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.
Drake to be Honored With Billboard's Artist of the Decade Award
essence.comScary Hours 2 back in March. The “Wants and Needs” rapper will be honored at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) with the prestigious Artist of the Decade Award.
Drake will be awarded on behalf of dick clark productions and NBC and will be broadcasted live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, May 23 at 8 p.m.
ET / 5 p.m. PT on NBC. Currently, the record-breaking rapper holds the title for most Billboard Music Awards with 27 awards total, which was set in stone after snagging 12 awards in 2019.
Billboard’s Artists of the Decade is based upon the “activity on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart and the Billboard 200 albums tally, as well as social media data and touring revenue from Billboard Boxscore, from Dec.
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