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.
The Official Charts and Hits: 2022 book is out now
officialcharts.comThe Official Charts Company’s latest annual charts book, The Official Charts & Hits: 2022, is out now. Featuring every Official Singles Chart and Official Albums Chart Top 75s, plus Top 20 Official Compilations Chart for the year, the book also chronicles all of the artists who reached the Official Charts, biographies, awards and honours.
Once again working in partnership with chart archivist Graham Betts, The Official Charts & Hits: 2022 joins an impressive collection of more than 20 volumes detailing the Official Charts from 1952 onwards while marking the Official Singles Chart’s 70th anniversary year.
Containing nearly 300 pages of chart history, look back at huge hits from Harry Styles, Taylor Swift and Lewis Capaldi, see the ascension of Kate Bush’s record-breaking Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) and a summer of major dance hits from rising stars like LF System and Eliza Rose.
The book is priced £20 and is produced as print on demand and available via Amazon – alongside over 20 decade-specific books.A full outline of all of the books available, with links to buy them, is available at: officialcharts.com/who-we-are/official-charts-books/
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