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.
Watch Taylor Swift give ‘We Are Happy’ and ‘Happiness’ their live debuts
nme.comTaylor Swift performed ‘We Are Happy’ and ‘Happiness’ live for the first time during a show in Germany last night (July 23).
Watch the footage below.The pop star played the first of two consecutive concerts at the Volksparkstadion stadium in Hamburg yesterday as part of the European leg of her ongoing ‘Eras Tour’.During the ‘surprise songs’ segment, Swift delivered a solo piano mash-up of ‘We Are Happy’ – a ‘From The Vault’ song featured on ‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’ – and the ‘Evermore’ track ‘Happiness’.“So these next ones I’ve never played live, so wish me luck,” the singer told the crowd.The live debuts came after Swift aired a mash-up of ‘Teardrops On My Guitar’ and ‘The Last Time’ on acoustic guitar.
Check out the fan-shot videos here:Last week saw Swift give ‘Superstar’ its live debut at a show in Gelsenkirchen. Earlier on the tour, she played ‘Sweeter Than Fiction’ live for the first time as well as ‘imgonnagetyouback’ and ‘The Albatross’.In other news, Swift recently confirmed ‘I Can Do It With A Broken Heart’ as the next single from her latest album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’.The singer is due to return to London next month for five more sold-out concerts at Wembley Stadium, having played three gigs at the venue in June.
Support will once again come from Paramore.In a five-star review of her UK ‘Eras Tour’ opener in Edinburgh, NME wrote: “Despite being an arena show, in a huge, cavernous venue, Swift and her fans have managed to cultivate a community.“Strangers swap friendship bracelets, laugh and cry together, and embrace the tour’s in-jokes and lore (for example shouting “one, two, three, let’s go bitch” during ‘Delicate’).
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