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.
Dalai Lama Will Release First Album 'Inner World' to Honor His 85th Birthday, Shares 'Compassion' Single
billboard.comInner World on July 6, the same date as his 85th birthday, via Khandro Music and L.A. Reid's HitCo Entertainment.The Tibetan religious leader prepared 11 tracks that fuse music with mantras of seven Buddhas and conversations touching on wisdom, courage, healing and children, according to the Associated Press exclusive.
He shared "Compassion," one of the most famous Buddhist prayers, as the first "single" today (June 9), which calls listeners to open up their hearts and bring them closer to one another by feeling love and compassion through wisdom, according to his official website."Music has the potential to transcend our differences.
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