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.
James Vickery teams up with Musiq Soulchild on new track Come To Me: Premiere
officialcharts.comRising star James Vickery is pulling out all the stops ahead of the release of his debut album, teaming up with soul legend Musiq Soulchild for his latest track Come To Me.
The collaboration, premiered below, is a full circle moment for South Londoner James, who credits Musiq as one of his main inspirations to pursue a career as an R&B artist.
Come To Me blends James and Musiq's smooth vocals with modern neo-soul sonics and an uplifting, near-instant chorus that nods to the classic Motown sounds of The Temptations and Smokey Robinson.
Listen below: "My goal for my debut album is to create a timeless body of work," James says of his forthcoming debut album, due later this year. "In order to do that I need to pay homage to the greats.
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