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.
What classic girl band stars did next - arson, cocaine, panto and unspeakable tragedy
dailystar.co.ukThe late 80s, 90s and early 00s brought us some of the best pop tunes ever, particularly if you were into the countless all-girl bands around at the time.Many of the chart-topping female groups had long and successful careers and some of them are still performing today.Others split up as various members went their separate ways, often launching equally successful solo careers along the way.But there were also a few personal tragedies and heartaches along the way, from fatal car accidents and serious health problems to alcohol addictions and gastric bypass surgery.Here’s a round-up of what happened to some of the acts from the golden era of girl bands.British group Bananarama made their name in the 1980s with smash hits like Venus, Cruel.
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