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 says Beyoncé has “been a guiding light throughout my career”
nme.comTaylor Swift has reflected on the impact that Beyoncé has had on her over the years, describing her as “a guiding light throughout my career”.The discussion of the ‘Break My Soul’ singer came following the recent premiere of Swift’s new concert film, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, which saw the two pop icons walk down the red carpet together.Posting a boomerang of the two sitting together in the cinema eating popcorn on Instagram, Swift took a moment to recall the ways that Beyoncé has influenced her throughout her career – and revealed to fans that she sees her as a revolutionary artist who guided her during her time in the industry.“I’m so glad I’ll never know what my life would’ve been like without @beyonce‘s influence,” she wrote in the caption. “The way she’s taught me and every artist out here to break rules and defy industry norms.
Her generosity of spirit. Her resilience and versatility.“She’s been a guiding light throughout my career and the fact that she showed up tonight was like an actual fairytale.”A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift)Previously, the two pop singers had been pitted against each other by some fans due to both their tours – Beyonce’s ‘Renaissance’ and Swift’s ‘Eras’ – running simultaneously and each breaking various records.Both runs of dates also saw the singers have a positive impact on the community too, with Swift reportedly giving a bonus of $100k to each truck driver on ‘The Eras Tour’, while Béyonce paid the same amount for the Washington DC Metro to run for an extra hour following delays.However, over the past few days, both have shown that there is no bad blood between them – each championing the other’s success without it needing to be a competition.Directed by Sam Wrench, who.
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