Taylor 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 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 artist in music history with over 28
million digital tracks sold. As of December 2010, she has sold over 16 million
albums worldwide.
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