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.
Former Strictly star warns of huge pressures as two celebs bow out over health issues
msn.comREAD MORE: Strictly Come Dancing fans call for big change to It Takes Two Rihanoff discussed on BBC Breakfast how the dancers and celebrities used to only receive the judges' commentary about their performances, but now have the added pressure of instant feedback from the public through social media.
She said: "I think everyone is under a lot of pressure because they can read the comments, they can see what people say. "When I joined the show it wasn't like that, it was pure ballroom dancing, there were no extra things. "And then a couple of years later, during my eight years on Strictly, all of a sudden everything changed, we were allowed props and more things to the production.
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