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.
Why this college hoops team wants Taylor Swift at their game
nypost.com“The Dunk,” have taken to Twitter to lure the “Shake It Off” singer to the Big East matchup.pic.twitter.com/n2J6WKpYM6It’s unclear if Swift, 32, who has a house in Watch Hill, RI can even hit a lay up or knows the first thing about hoops, but she is something of a totem for the 11th ranked Friars.As the team — led by veteran players and Coach Ed Cooley, who is so awesome that when he split his pants during the 2018 Big East tournament final, he tucked a Gatorade towel in his trousers and kept coaching — have battled their way to a 23-3 record, Swift’s music has put some extra wind in their sails.Her 2009 hit, “You Belong with Me” has become the anthem for the squad and the raucous student section, as they’ve gone viral for belting it out in unison.
The floor shaking interlude has helped create an electric atmosphere at the arena this season. Sure, on a scale of one to “Jump Around,” this song has pretty low natural pump up currency, but all that changed in December when three female “Swifties” who are juniors at the school asked the The Dunk’s dj to play “You Belong With Me,” according to the Boston Globe.
Mason Santos aka DJ Finesse reluctantly played the tune which little by little gathered steam in the building. It came to a crescendo during the February 12 match up against DePaul, when more students began requesting it.
He played it late in the game, sending the entire section into a tizzy, and it garnered comparisons to the Red Sox “Sweet Caroline” tradition.The BEST!!
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