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.
Who Is Oliver Anthony? All About The Controversial ‘Rich Men North Of Richmond’ Singer Topping The Billboard Charts
etcanada.comIt’s not hyperbole to describe Oliver Anthony as an overnight sensation, thanks to the out-of-the-blue success of his hit song “Rich Men North of Richmond”.
After the video was posted to YouTube, it’s racked up more than 33 million views in just 13 days. Meanwhile, the song — which Anthony wrote, sang and produced — has climbed to No.
1 on the iTunes charts, and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts. Clearly, the song — a country protest tune decrying an America in which people slave away for “bulls**t pay” while the wealthy one per cent and the politicians they control don’t care that “your dollar ain’t shit / And it’s taxed to no end” — has connected with listeners, making Anthony the first-ever artist to debut at the top of Billboard‘s Hot 100 without any prior chart history. Who Is Oliver Anthony? While his exact age isn’t known — it’s been estimated at being somewhere between 29 and 31 — Olivers life hasn’t been an easy one. READ MORE: Rolling Stones Tease New Music In An Undercover Local Newspaper Ad “In 2010, I dropped out of high school at age 17.
I have a GED from Spruce Pine, NC,” he wrote in a lengthy Facebook post that, so far, remains the most comprehensive details about his backstory. “I worked multiple plant jobs in Western NC, my last being at the paper mill in McDowell County,” he continued. “I worked the 3rd shift, 6 days a week for $14.50 an hour in a living hell.
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