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 makes history with VMAs win for The Man music video
breakingnews.ieTaylor Swift made MTV Video Music Awards history after winning best direction for her gender-flipping The Man music video. The pop superstar transformed into the embodiment of toxic masculinity for the video, looking unrecognisable in a brown beard and business suit.
It was Swift’s critique of music industry sexism, exploring how she would be treated differently if she were a man. The video also marked her first attempt at directing on her own and her effort was rewarded during Sunday’s VMAs, when she won the best direction gong.
The win made her the first solo female artist to earn the honour. Accepting the prize, Swift said in a video message: “This is amazing.
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