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 next Taylor Swift' is not what the world needs
edition.cnn.com(CNN)Hollywood loves copying a success story.That's why there are a ton of movie sequels and TV reboots galore. Because if something makes money, why wouldn't you want to replicate that?Following that pattern in the music industry is not always as easy.That's why I often chuckle whenever I hear someone referred to as "the next (fill in the blank)."Music is so personal that it's virtually impossible to create a carbon copy of an artist, even if the singer sounds like the artist.In the case of Taylor Swift, it's a bit more complicated.Swift's confessional songs, some inspired by her high-profile romances, musicality, girl-next-door-ness and connection to her fan base, have led to the kind of royalties -- and royal treatment -- any aspiring.
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