Taylor Alison 迅速, スウィフト (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 によって the RIAA. The New York Times described 迅速, スウィフト as "one of pop's finest songwriters, country’s foremost pragmatist and もっと見る in touch with her inner life than most adults".[3]
According to Nielsen SoundScan, 迅速, スウィフト was the biggest selling artist of 2008 in America with combined sales of もっと見る 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 上, ページのトップへ 10 on the 年 end album chart.[4] Fearless has topped the Billboard 200 in 11 non-consecutive weeks.[5] No album has spent もっと見る time at number one since 1999-2000. It also was the first album によって a female artist in country 音楽 history to log eight weeks at #1 on The Billboard 200. In mid-January 2009, 迅速, スウィフト became the first country artist to 上, ページのトップへ 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 上, ページのトップへ the Mainstream 上, ページのトップへ 40 chart.[7][8] According to the 2009 issue of Forbes, 迅速, スウィフト is ranked as the 69th most powerful celebrity with over $18 million in earnings this year.[9]