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.
Mahalia 'cannot believe' she's nominated for same Grammy as Beyonce
msn.comMahalia "cannot believe" she is nominated for the same Grammy as her idol, Beyoncé. The Neo-soul singer has landed a nomination in the Best R&B Performance category for 'All I Need', alongside the R&B megastar's 'Black Parade', and she is still not over receiving a nod in the same list as the 'Crazy in Love' hitmaker.
Speaking to the Daily Star newspaper's Wired column, Mahalia said: "The one sentence that keeps going through my brain is that if Beyonce watches, she will hear my name alongside hers - that is crazy. "Just thinking about that to me is insane - the thought that we are on the same list, and that she might hear my name is astonishing to me.
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