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.
That "New" Taylor Swift Live Album Feels Like the Unauthorized Cash Grab It Is
pitchfork.comLast week, new Taylor Swift music appeared on streaming services, an event that typically comes with much fanfare. Live From Clear Channel Stripped 2008, a recording of a radio performance, captures an 18-year-old Swift around the release of Fearless, the record that guided her transition from country underdog to girl-next-door pop star.
This time, rather than participate in an elaborate marketing campaign, Swift marked the release by encouraging her fans not to listen to it. “I’m always honest with you guys about this stuff so I just wanted to tell you that this release is not approved by me,” she wrote in a note to fans on social media.
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