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.
Jennifer Garner 'can't believe' she's still an actress
msn.comJennifer Garner "can't believe" she's still an actress. The Hollywood star admits acting is a "very hungry, greedy career" and she feels very lucky to have a career in the film industry as she confessed she has "chosen family way more often than she probably should have".
Speaking about her success, she said: "Acting is a very hungry, greedy career and a very unforgiving one and for someone who has chosen family way more often than I probably should have, I can’t believe I’m still here. " And the 48-year-old actress - who has Violet, 15, Seraphina, 12, and Samuel, nine, with her ex-husband Ben Affleck - recalled when her agent told her she had to take the job on 'Dallas Buyers Club' or she might aswell retire because she kept saying "no to.
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