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’s ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ Returns to No. 1, as She Ties Elvis Presley’s Solo-Artist Record for Most Weeks Atop Billboard 200
variety.comChris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Taylor Swift‘s “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” has returned to the top spot on the Billboard 200, as Nicki Minaj‘s “Pink Friday 2” drops to No.
2 in its second week out. The Swift release is spending its fourth non-consecutive week at No. 1, and its re-ascendency in the last full week before Christmas is no surprise, as vinyl editions of her records have been enjoying blowout sales among gift buyers.
Her dominance in the latest Luminate data puts her in sight of setting a record. This marks the 67th week that Swift has had an album in the No.
1 position on the Billboard 200, which ties her with Elvis Presley as the solo artist with the most weeks spent on top of that chart.
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