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.
Madonna Reveals The Outfit Mishap That Almost Ruined Her Career - Watch!
justjared.comMadonna almost had a very short career. While appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the 63-year-old entertainer recalled a performance at an awards show back in the ’80s that almost ruined her career. Click inside to read more… During her interview, Madonna revealed she was told her career was over after a wardrobe mishap at her first MTV VMAs back in 1984 where she performed “Like a Virgin.” “I don’t know why they chose ‘Like a Virgin’ because I thought it was quite controversial,” Madonna admitted. “It turned out that the controversial thing wasn’t the song itself but my performance at the MTV Awards, the first MTV Awards.” “I walked down these very steep stairs…and I got to the bottom, and started dancing around, and my white stiletto pumps fell off,” Madonna explained, adding that this mishap caused her dress to flip up and expose her butt when she went bent over to grab them. “Those were the days when you shouldn’t show your butt to have a career,” Madonna joked. “Now it’s the opposite… I didn’t even know my butt was showing!” Once she walked off stage after the performance, Madonna recalled her manager telling her backstage that her “career was over with.” If you missed it, Madonna recently got a very sweet note from another huge star!
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