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 Does It Again, Tops Billboard 200 Album Chart With New Record
deadline.comAnother day, another record for Taylor Swift. As expected, Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated May 4).
It is her 14th album to reach that plateau, tying Jay-Z for the most No. 1s among soloists. The Beatles, with 19 No. 1s, have more, but it should be noted that the chart’s methodology for determining sales has changed over time.
The Tortured Poets Department had 2.61 million equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 25, with traditional album sales (purchases of digital download albums, CDs, vinyl LPs and cassettes) comprising 1.914 million of that sum.
Of that sales figure, vinyl sales represent 859,000 units. The collected 31 songs on the deluxe edition of the album generated 891.34 million on-demand official streams.
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