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 cancels summer Lover Fest concerts and all shows for 2020
peoplemagazine.co.zaTaylor Swift has scrapped her Lover Fest shows and all 2020 live appearances and performances due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Fans were hoping Swift’s sold out shows in Los Angeles and Massachusetts in July would survive the lockdown, but the singer has now decided that all her shows around the world should be axed, weeks after her headlining slot at the Glastonbury festival in the U.K.
was cancelled. “Fighting COVID-19 is an unprecedented challenge for our global community and the safety and wellbeing of fans should always be the top priority,” a statement reads. “Health organizations and governments around the world have strongly discouraged large public gatherings for an undetermined period of time.
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