Taylor
Swift with her guitar
Biography of Taylor Swift:
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989)
is an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress. In
2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", then her self-titled
debut album, which was subsequently certified multi-platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America and was nominated for the Best
New Artist award at 50th Grammy Awards. In November 2008, Swift
released her second album, Fearless, and the recording earned Swift four
Grammy Awards, including the Album of the Year, at the 52nd Grammy
Awards. Fearless and Taylor Swift finished 2008 at number-three and
number-six respectively, with sales of 2.1 and 1.5 million. Fearless
topped the Billboard 200 for 11 non-consecutive weeks; no album has
spent more time at No. 1 since 2000. Swift was named Artist of the Year
by Billboard Magazine in 2009. Swift released her third album Speak Now
on October 25, 2010 which sold 1,047,000 copies in its first week. In
2008, her albums sold a combined four million copies, making her the
best-selling musician of the year in the United States, according to
Nielsen SoundScan. Forbes ranked Swift 2009's 69th-most powerful
celebrity with earnings of $18 million[8] and 2010's 12th-most powerful
celebrity with earnings of $45 million. Swift was ranked the 38th Best
Artist of the 2000–10 decade by Billboard. In January 2010 Nielsen
SoundScan listed Swift as the most commercially successful country (or
country/pop crossover) artist in music history with over 28 million
digital tracks sold. As of December 2010, she has sold over 16 million
albums worldwide. Source: Wikipedia.
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