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.
Avril Lavigne thanks Olivia Rodrigo for the "return of rock'n'roll" to the charts
officialcharts.comAvril Lavigne has credited Olivia Rodrigo with helping to bring a rock'n'roll revival back to the charts with her debut album, Sour.
The pop-punk icon presented Olivia with the Songwriter of the Year award at this year's Variety Hitmakers Brunch in LA. "This year we were introduced to a new artist whose debut album marked a major return for rock ‘n’ roll in the charts," Avril said in her dedication. "From Driver’s License to Good 4 You’ to ‘Deja Vu, Olivia’s singles from her album ‘Sour’ are part of the collective psyche of 2021, and she wrote every single one of them." Accepting the award, Olivia - who has openly credited her musical influences to include Avril, as well as other female singer-songwriters like Taylor Swift, Phoebe
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