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