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.
Beyoncé Lands 'Harper's Bazaar' Icon Cover and Confirms New Music Is On the Way
etonline.comBeyoncé says there's a renaissance on the way, and she wants to be in the thick of it. Clad in several pieces from her upcoming Ivy Park Rodeo collection, the 40-year-old artist landed the cover of 's September Icons Issue, where she opens up about her journey from musician to media mogul, mother of three and revolutionary icon.
As a woman who's been in the media's eye for over two decades, Beyoncé shares that she's done her best to set boundaries between her stage persona and personal life as a way to protect her inner self. «My family and friends often forget the side of me that is the beast in stilettos until they are watching me perform,» she admits.
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