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Taylor Swift

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Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country pop singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress. 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 by the RIAA. The New York Times described Swift as "one of pop's finest songwriters, country’s foremost pragmatist and more in touch with her inner life than most adults". According to Nielsen SoundScan, Swift was the biggest selling artist of 2008 in America with combined sales of more 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. She was the first artist in the history of Nielsen SoundScan to have two different albums in the Top 10 on the year end album chart. Fearless has topped the Billboard 200 in 11 non-consecutive weeks. No album has spent more time at number one since 1999-2000. It also was the first album by a female artist in country music history to log eight weeks at #1 on The Billboard 200. In mid-January 2009, Swift became the first country artist to top the 2 million mark in paid downloads with three different songs. 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 top the Mainstream Top 40 chart. Swift then subsequently went onto replicate the feat, reaching #1 again on the Mainstream Top 40 in September 2009 with "You Belong With Me", making it just the second country song in the chart's history to reach the top. According to the 2009 issue of Forbes, Swift is ranked as the 69th most powerful celebrity with over $18 million in earnings this year.

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Discography

  • Taylor Swift 2006-10-24
  • Sounds of the Season: The Holiday Collection 2007
  • Taylor Swift 2007-11-06
  • Taylor Swift 2008-03-18
  • Fearless 2008-11-11
  • Fearless 2009-03-02
  • Fearless 2009-03-06
  • Fearless 2009-03-06
  • Fearless: Platinum Edition 2009-10-26

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On Feb 8, 2010. 6:21pm
NaomiD said

I love Taylor a lot. I love her songs and she’s really a great artist. No doubt she’s featured on the Grammy winners 2010 list. She deserves receiving the 2 awards. No doubt why many teens, even adults love her.

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