Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
'American Idol' contestant asks for donations to help pay for brain cancer treatment, second surgery
foxnews.comFormer "American Idol" contestant Avalon Young is asking her fans for donations to help her pay for brain cancer treatment. The singer, 26, appeared on Season 15 of "American Idol" in 2016, where she was eliminated after making it to the top 24 semifinals.
In November, she revealed that she was experiencing seizures. Now it seems her situation is even more dire than she thought and she’s set up a GoFundMe campaign to help her pay for medical expenses.
According to the campaign, Young underwent a 16-hour surgery on Feb. 26 to remove "a tumor the size of peach" in her brain.
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