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.
Timbaland claims he “was the one who found Ludacris”
nme.comTimbaland has revealed the story of how he met Ludacris, and how he “was the one” who discovered the rapper.The Virginia-born producer has been sharing his production knowledge on social media, including his own Twitch channel and numerous podcasts.On April 24, Timbaland – real name Tim Mosley – became the first interviewee in the I Am Hip-Hop series.
He spoke about how he and Atlanta rapper-turned-actor’s 2000 track ‘Phat Rabbit’ made “labels started calling” Ludacris.“I was the one who found Ludacris,” he said. “Because Ludacris was working in the radio station and I was like, ‘Hey, ain’t nobody sign you?
What’s going on here?’ [He was like], ‘Nah man.’”Mosley spoke about Ludacris asking who should sign with: “He asked me one time, ‘Would you sign to Def Jam or Eleltra?’ I said, ‘Man, you better go to Def Jam.’ And I didn’t know how the business go.
I just backed them ’cause I knew he was incredible.”Timbaland and Ludacris hopped back in the studio to work on the latter’s 10th album in 2019.
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