Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
The curse of Number 11: Big songs that missed the Top 10
officialcharts.comWith 40 slots to fill every week, and plenty of songs vying for attention, not everyone can make it to the top flight. While breaking into the Top 40 is a feat many tracks don't manage, the Top 10 is an even more exclusive club, and to find yourself frozen out and allowed only as far as Number 11 can be tough.
It happens to some pretty brilliant songs, though; they're in good company. Here's a small selection of favourites that have fallen prey to the curse of Number 11.
Now that Bey is more or less an albums artist, huge hit singles are rather thin on the ground recently. She got super close earlier in 2016, however, when Hold Up became Lemonade's highest charting track.
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