Taylor Alison 빠른, 스위프트 (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 의해 the RIAA. The New York Times described 빠른, 스위프트 as "one of pop's finest songwriters, country’s foremost pragmatist and 더 많이 in touch with her inner life than most adults".[3]
According to Nielsen SoundScan, 빠른, 스위프트 was the biggest selling artist of 2008 in America with combined sales of 더 많이 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 상단, 맨 위로 10 on the 년 end album chart.[4] Fearless has topped the Billboard 200 in 11 non-consecutive weeks.[5] No album has spent 더 많이 time at number one since 1999-2000. It also was the first album 의해 a female artist in country 음악 history to log eight weeks at #1 on The Billboard 200. In mid-January 2009, 빠른, 스위프트 became the first country artist to 상단, 맨 위로 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 상단, 맨 위로 the Mainstream 상단, 맨 위로 40 chart.[7][8] According to the 2009 issue of Forbes, 빠른, 스위프트 is ranked as the 69th most powerful celebrity with over $18 million in earnings this year.[9]