Taylor Alison rapide, 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 par the RIAA. The New York Times described rapide, swift as "one of pop's finest songwriters, country’s foremost pragmatist and plus in touch with her inner life than most adults".[3]
According to Nielsen SoundScan, rapide, swift was the biggest selling artist of 2008 in America with combined sales of plus 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 haut, retour au début 10 on the an end album chart.[4] Fearless has topped the Billboard 200 in 11 non-consecutive weeks.[5] No album has spent plus time at number one since 1999-2000. It also was the first album par a female artist in country musique history to log eight weeks at #1 on The Billboard 200. In mid-January 2009, rapide, swift became the first country artist to haut, retour au début 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 haut, retour au début the Mainstream haut, retour au début 40 chart.[7][8] According to the 2009 issue of Forbes, rapide, swift is ranked as the 69th most powerful celebrity with over $18 million in earnings this year.[9]