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 real ‘girl math’ – Women will be behind three quarters of all non-essential spending by 2028
nme.comNielsen, women will be behind 75 per cent of all non-essential or discretionary spending by 2028, making them “the world’s greatest influencers”.
The data comes swiftly after a new meme format ‘girl math’ goes viral as women justify their generous spending patterns. Recently, 29 per cent more women said they bought a concert ticket in the last six months this year, compared to 2022 – while Barclays claimed live events encouraged a 15.8 per cent increase in spending this summer.And that’s reflected in fresh data gathered by viagogo.
According to the platform, Adele was the most popular artist on their global marketplace in 2022 while this year, Madonna, PINK and Beyoncé are all in the top ten.
Looking ahead over the next twelve months, Taylor Swift and Madonna are top of ticket sales on viagogo’s global marketplace, representing 35 percent of all sales.
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