Taylor Alison nhanh, swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country-pop singer-songwriter. In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", which peaked at number six on the Billboard country charts. Later in October 2006, she released her self-titled debut album, which produced five hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and was certified 3× Multi-Platinum bởi the RIAA. The New York Times described nhanh, swift as "one of pop's finest songwriters, country’s foremost pragmatist and thêm in touch with her inner life than most adults".[3]
According to Nielsen SoundScan, nhanh, swift was the biggest selling artist of 2008 in America with combined sales of thêm than four million albums. Swift's Fearless and her self-titled album finished 2008 at number three and number six respectively, with sales of 2.1 and 1.5 million.[4] She was the first artist in the history of Nielsen SoundScan to have two different albums in the hàng đầu, đầu trang 10 on the năm end album chart.[4] Fearless has topped the Billboard 200 in 11 non-consecutive weeks.[5] No album has spent thêm time at number one since 1999-2000. It also was the first album bởi a female artist in country âm nhạc history to log eight weeks at #1 on The Billboard 200. In mid-January 2009, nhanh, swift became the first country artist to hàng đầu, đầu trang the 2 million mark in paid downloads with three different songs.[6] As of the week ending February 8, 2009, Swift's single "Love Story" became the country song with most paid downloads in history and the first country song to hàng đầu, đầu trang the Mainstream hàng đầu, đầu trang 40 chart.[7][8] According to the 2009 issue of Forbes, nhanh, swift is ranked as the 69th most powerful celebrity with over $18 million in earnings this year.[9]