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.
Everything But The Girl take the lead over Enter Shikari in this week's Number 1 album race
officialcharts.comThings are hotting up in the race for this week's Official Number 1 album, as Everything But The Girl edge ahead of Enter Shikari in today's update.
As things stand, indie-pop duo Everything But The Girl's first studio album together in 24 years, Fuse, currently sits just 650 chart units ahead of alt-rock band Enter Shikari's latest release A Kiss For The Whole World at Number 2.
There's all to play for in this week's race as both acts are hoping to score their first Number 1 album - so whoever you're backing, you've got until 11.59pm on Thursday 27 April to show your support. (Credit: Edward Bishop) Everything But The Girl have four UK Top 10 albums to their name currently; 1985’s Love Not Money (10), 1990’s The Language of Love (10) 1993’s greatest hits compilation Home Movies (5) and 1996’s Walking Wounded (6).
Explore Everything But The Girl's Official Charts history in full here. Meanwhile Enter Shikari, comprising Chris Batten, Rou Reynolds, Rob Rolle and Rory Clewlow, have previously claimed five Top 10 records; 2007 debut Take To The Skies (4), 2012’s A Flash Flood of Colour (4), 2015’s The Mindsweep (6), 2017’s The Spark (5) and their highest-charting LP so far, 2020’s Nothing Is True And Everything Is Possible (2).
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