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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