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.
Author Salman Rushdie Attacked on Stage Moments Before Giving Speech in New York
justjared.comAuthor Salman Rushdie was attacked, and reportedly stabbed, at an event on Friday morning (August 12) in Chautauqua, New York.
As the 75-year-old author was being introduced before a speech at the Chautauqua Institution, a man stormed the stage and began “punching or stabbing” Salman. Click on the next slide to read more…
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