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 Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ sets new top 10 record in the US Hot 100
nme.comThe Weeknd‘s ‘Blinding Lights’ has become the first song ever to spend an entire year in the top 10 of the US Hot 100 singles chart.Originally released as a single in November 2019, the track – which featured on the Toronto artist’s March 2020 album ‘After Hours’ – went to number one in the US on April 4 last year and has so far spent a total of 64 weeks in the Hot 100.In the latest Hot 100 chart (dated March 13) that is set to be published later today (March 9), ‘Blinding Lights’ will remain in the top 10 for the 52nd consecutive week – ensuring that it is the first song ever in the Hot 100’s history (which dates back to August 1958) to spend a year in the top 10.The Hot 100 blends all-genre US streaming (official audio and official.
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