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.
We’re in a new Golden Age of pop music cinematography
thefader.comThere was Beyoncé, stationed on the roof of a sinking New Orleans Police Department vehicle, surrounded by water; flashing lights from various sources, some more chilling than others; the Southern Gothic aesthetic of an old plantation.
The visual for “Formation” clocked in at under five minutes and was quickly regarded by many as the greatest music video of all time.
What came after, the full-length film and visual album Lemonade (2016), further cemented Beyoncé as a once-in-a-lifetime artist.
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