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.
Botswana govt accepts court ruling overturning gay ban
mambaonline.comThe Government of Botswana has formally acknowledged Monday’s landmark court ruling that finally decriminalised homosexuality in the country. In a statement on Tuesday, Attorney General Adv.
Abraham M Keetshabe said the Court of Appeal of Botswana had “delivered a major decision affecting members of the gay community” confirming that laws banning same-sex sex “have the effect of violating gay men’s right to liberty, privacy, dignity and not to be discriminated against on the basis of their gender.” He noted that, “Since independence, Botswana has had an impressive record of the observance of human rights and the rule of law and its citizens have generally enjoyed the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution.
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