Taylor Alison Swift (born December thirteen, 1989) is an American country pop singer-songwriter and actress.
In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", then her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently licensed multi-platinum by the Recording Business Association of America and was nominated for the Greatest New Artist award at fiftieth Grammy Awards. In
November 2008, Swift launched her second album, Fearless, and the recording earned Swift four Grammy Awards, together with the Album of the 12 months, at the 52nd Grammy Awards. Fearless and Taylor Swift completed 2008 at number-three and number-six respectively, with sales of 2.1 and 1.5 million Fearless topped the Billboard 200 for eleven non-consecutive weeks no album has spent more time at No. 1 since 2000. Swift was named Artist of the 12 months by Billboard Magazine in 2009 Swift launched her third album Speak Now on October 25, 2010 which bought 1,047,000 copies in its first week.
In 2008, her albums bought a combined 4 million copies, making her one of the best-promoting musician of the 12 months in the United States, in line with Nielsen SoundScan. Forbes ranked Swift 2009's 69th-most powerful superstar with earnings of $18 million and 2010's twelfth-strongest movie star with earnings of $45 million Swift was ranked the thirty eighth Finest Artist of the 2000-10 decade by Billboard In January 2010 Nielsen SoundScan listed Swift as probably the most commercially profitable nation (or country/pop crossover) artist in music historical past with over 28 million digital tracks sold. As of December 2010, she has bought over sixteen million albums worldwide
