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.
Lana Del Rey’s ‘… Ocean Blvd’ is the best-selling vinyl album of 2023 so far
nme.comLana Del Rey’s ‘Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd’ has become the best-selling vinyl album of the year so far.Released last month, the ninth studio album to be released by the pop icon debuted at the Number One spot on the Official Albums chart – making it her sixth chart-topping LP in the UK.Now, the album has also been certified as the best-selling album on wax for 2023, surpassing the likes of Pink, Paramore and Taylor Swift.
It has also provided Del Rey’s strongest first week on the charts since 2014, when her second LP ‘Ultraviolence’ reached the peak position.As reported in the Official Vinyl Albums Chart Top 40, less than a month after its release, ‘Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd’ sold over 20,800 copies on the format.
This meant that the ‘Summertime Sadness’ singer beat off Pink’s chart-topping release ‘Trustfall’ for the strongest first week of album sales in 2023.Other Number One albums to make the list of best-selling vinyl LPs in 2023 include Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’, Paramore’s ‘This Is Why’, Miley Cyrus’ ‘Endless Summer Vacation’ and Courteeners’ re-release of 2008’s ‘St.
Jude’ – which hit the top spot 15 years after its original release.Depeche Mode’s ‘Memento Mori‘ and Inhaler‘s ‘Cuts & Bruises‘ were also among the 2023 releases to make the top 10, while classics by Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac also made the cut.Currently, Metallica’s latest effort, ‘72 Seasons’ is ranked in the Number One spot in the charts, following its debut earlier this month.Earlier this month, the overall list of best-selling albums of 2023 was revealed – with the likes of Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, SZA, Pink and Harry Styles all dominating the top 10.In a four-star review of ‘…Ocean Blvd’,.
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