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 Returns to No. 1 on Billboard Chart with '1989 (Taylor's Version),' Ties Record with Elvis Presley
justjared.comTaylor Swift is back in the No. 1 spot on the albums chart! The 34-year-old songstress’ latest release 1989 (Taylor’s Version) climbed back up the Billboard 200 albums chart for the week of her birthday.
This is the fourth non-consecutive week for the re-recorded release, which dropped in October. In addition, she actually has three albums currently in the Top 10, as Midnights and Lover are sitting at No.
3 and No. 7, respectively, on the chart ending December 21st. 1989 (Taylor’s Version) returning to the top has caused Taylor to tie a record held by Elvis Presley! Find out more inside… Taylor‘s latest No.
1 spot marks her 67th week that she has had an album in the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart, tying Elvis for the most weeks a solo artist has spent in the No.
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