Taylor Swift, the American county-pop singer who has sold more than thirty million albums worldwide to date, is coming to Cologne, Germany, on June 19 with her 1989 world tour.
Multitalented Taylor Alison Swift, an American country-pop singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and film and television actress, released her first self-titled album in 2006. In November 2008, Taylor Swift released her second album, Fearless. Fearless and Taylor Swift's albums landed as the third and sixth best-selling albums in the United States in 2008, with 2.1 and 1.5 million copies sold respectively. Fearless landed at the top of the Billboard 200, where it remained for eleven consecutive weeks; since 2000, no album has stayed at number one on this chart for so long. In 2009, Billboard Magazine awarded Taylor Swift the title Creator of the year. In 2010, the album Fearless won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. The third and fourth album, Speak Now (2010) and Order (2012) both sold over a million copies within a week of their official release in the US. The album Speak Now won a Grammy, and the singles from the album Red, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together and I Knew You Were Trouble were worldwide hits. Taylor Swift's fifth album, where the musician focused mainly on pop, 1989 was released last year and within a week the album sold more copies than any album in the last twelve years and Taylor Swift became the one and only artist who managed to sell more than a million copies of three albums in one week.
The musician is known for her narrative songs that talk about her own experiences. As a songwriter, she is part of both the Nashville Songwriters Association and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. She won seven Grammys, twelve Billboard Music Awards, eleven Country Music Association Awards and seven Academy of Country Music Awards.
As a philanthropist, Taylor Swift is actively involved in supporting children's education in the arts, literacy, eliminating the consequences of natural disasters, the LGBT fight against discrimination, and charities for sick children.
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Taylor Swift is coming with a concert June 19 in Cologne, Germany LANXESS Arena at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices range from 53.90 euros and up to 121 euros. You can also buy tickets at eventim.si and concerts.net.
More information:
www.lanxess-arena.de and taylorswift.com
