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.
Usher Talks Vegas Residency And Black Independence
essence.comColosseum in Caesar’s Palace for the opening night of his Las Vegas residency. For many in the audience, it was their first concert since the country began pulling itself out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
For Usher, it was another major milestone in his nearly 30-year career that cemented him among the greats.“What I saw is an opportunity to go back and do things that I hadn’t done before and also find a way to introduce all of my audience to each other,” Usher tells ESSENCE of signing on for the weekly concert series. “We managed to put together a show that I think has definitely made a lot of people happy and more than anything it’s a pleasure and a continuum of my passion because I love this.”For three nights a week throughout July and.
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