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 album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ drops Friday — everything you need to know
nypost.com“The Tortured Poets Department,” is about to turn us all into wannabe bards when it is dropped from the pop heavens.The LP got the grandest of announcements on the Grammy stage in February — after Swift won Best Pop Vocal Album for 2022’s “Midnights.”“I want to say thank you to the fans by telling you a secret that I’ve been keeping from you for the last two years, which is that my brand-new album comes out April 19,” Swift, 34, said while cradling her lucky 13th gramophone. “It’s called ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’ I’m gonna go post the cover backstage.”Of course, Swift would go on to win a record fourth Album of the Year Grammy — her 14th gramophone overall — for “Midnights.” But ever the marketing boss that she is, she went right into launching her next era — and Swifties all over are here for it.While no singles or videos have been released from “The Tortured Poets Department,” here’s everything you need to know before the latest Taylor takeover. “The Tortured Poets Department” will be released Friday at 12:01 a.m.
Swift announced the new album while accepting her 13th Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album for ‘Midnights’ in February.Beginning with “Fortnight” and ending with “Clara Bow,” the 16 tracks on “The Tortured Poets Department” represent a special number for Swift: That’s the age Baby Tay was when she released her first single, “Tim McGraw,” and her self-titled debut album in 2006.
But there’s also a bonus track, “The Manuscript,” on the standard edition of the LP. Here’s the full track list.There were no explicit tracks on any Swift album until her eighth studio LP, 2020’s “Folklore,” when she was 30.
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