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. 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.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,2010's
12th-most powerful celebrity with earnings of $45 million and
2011's 7th-most powerful celebrity with earnings of $45 million,
too. Swift was ranked the 38th Best Artist of the 2000s by
Billboard.In January 2010 Nielsen SoundScan listed Swift as the
most successful digital artist in music history with over 34.3
million digital tracks sold. On June 2011, renowned site The Boot
named Swift and Carrie Underwood The Country Royalty, as they were
the only female country artists to be ranked on Rolling Stone's
Queens of Pop list. As of March 2011, she has sold over 20 million
albums and 34.3 million singles worldwide.She has been listed in
the 2012 Guinness Book Of World Records as the Fastest Selling
Digital Album by a Female Artist for her album Speak Now, and Most
Simultaneous U.S. Hot 100 Hits by a Female Artist.In 2011,
Billboard named her woman of the year.
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