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.
Official Charts Flashback 2003: Will Young – Leave Right Now
officialcharts.comOne of the biggest challenges for TV talent show winners is breaking away from the show that made them. An album is (almost) always guaranteed, and if it's reasonably successful, the real test comes with what to do next, when those who have raised you into stardom are distracted by a new fresh face.
Will Young had huge success with his Pop Idol winner’s single Evergreen/Anything Is Possible, which has sold 1.8 million copies to become one of the best selling singles of the 21st century and was followed by two Number 1s, but by 2003, it was time to move on to his second album.
No more would he have the cosy protection of his Idol win – this time he was on his own. Will never was one to follow the rules – he famously disagreed with arch judge
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