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.
Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Beyoncé Lead Mid-Year Album Sales, Latin Music Continues Fast Growth
variety.comSteven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Billie Eilish had the most successful years thus far in terms of U.S.
album sales, according to Luminate‘s midyear music report for 2024. The report, which examines trends from the year thus far based on multiple data points, notes that the musicians benefitted not only from streaming but from physical sales, notably from the multiple versions released of a project — “variants,” which generally feature bonus tracks or artwork variations.
On average the top 10 U.S. physical albums had an average of seven different LP variants, 13 CDs and two cassettes. “The Tortured Poets Department” touts the highest sales in the U.S.
with 4.66 million total album-equivalent units, followed by Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time,” Noah Kahan’s “Stick Season,” Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” and SZA’s “SOS.” In terms of total sales, “Poets” leads the pack, followed by “Hit Me Hard,” “Cowboy Carter,” Swift’s “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” and Swift’s “Lover.” Benson Boone undoubtedly has the biggest song of the year with “Beautiful Things,” which has accrued 1.434 billion on-demand audio streams worldwide. “Beautiful Things” also tops various singles-focused charts including U.S.
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