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 ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ is US’ biggest album of 2024 so far
nme.comTaylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ is the biggest album of the year so far in the US, while Benson Boone’s ‘Beautiful Things’ has been the most-streamed song.The album, which NME gave three stars, was only released on April 19, but earned 4.66 million equivalent album units in the first half of this year.
It also became the first album by a woman to spend its first 12 weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 chart.Equivalent album units comprise not only traditional album sales, but also track equivalent albums and streaming, with each unit equalling either one album sale, ten individual tracks sold from an album, 3,750 ad-supported on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album, or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official and audio streams generated by songs from an album.However, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ has also been the top-selling album by traditional album sales, with 2.47million sold.
It’s the top-selling album on CD, vinyl, and digital download. Two more of Swift’s albums, ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ and ‘Lover’ came in at nine and 10 respectively, with albums by the likes of Beyoncé, SZA, Noah Kahan and Morgan Wallen also among the best-selling records.Boone, meanwhile, saw his hit ‘Beautiful Things’ get 448.7 million clicks in the first half of 2024.
It peaked at Number Two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March. It’s followed by ‘I Remember Everything’ by Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves in the ranking of the year’s most-streamed songs, while the likes of Kahan, Kendrick Lamar, Teddy Swims, and Hozier also all feature.The tracking period was from December 29 to June 27, and data tracking company Luminate found the data.Swift is currently on the European leg of.
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