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 Condemns Former Label's ''Shameless Greed'' Ahead of Album Release
eonline.comTaylor Swift says she did not consent to a new collection of her music being released by her former record label, Big Machine Records.
The pop star released a lengthy statement on Thursday, calling the move a "tasteless" money grab. Swift also confirmed previous reports that Scooter Braun acquired the label (and with it the rights to Taylor's entire discography) for $330 million. "I want to thank my fans for making me aware that my former record label is putting out an ‘album' of live performances of mine tonight," she wrote via Instagram Stories. "This recording is from a 2008 radio show performance I did when I was 18.
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