Hailey Rhode Bieber (born November 22, 1996) is an American model and television personality.
She lives in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. She is married to Canadian singer Justin Bieber.
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.
Celebrities have 'incredibly powerful' ability to influence election: Harvard study
foxnews.comCelebrities have a "powerful" ability to influence elections and increase voter turnout, a Harvard study found. "While some polling shows that people claim they aren’t influenced by celebrity voices when it comes to politics, more rigorous evidence indicates that these voices are incredibly powerful," reads a study conducted by Harvard’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. "Nonprofits report higher rates of online voter registration or poll worker sign-ups when a celebrity promotes these calls to action.This potential impact is why nonprofits, candidates, and elected officials are increasingly seeking ways to engage celebrities." Researchers working on the study analyzed the approaches of 15 managers, publicists, nonprofit partners, philanthropic advisers and celebrities, including well-known names such as Hailey Bieber, David Dobrik, Billie Eilish, Trevor Noah, Taylor Swift, Kerry Washington and The Roots co-founder and drummer Questlove. "Celebrities, like all of us, face choices about how to engage in democracy.
For example, they can serve as surrogates for political candidates, helping to ‘rally the base’ or reach new audiences," the study reads, adding that there is also evidence that "celebrities can help with candidate fundraising, attracting large crowds to political events or volunteer shifts, which draws press attention." Overall, the researchers found that celebrities are motivated to activism not only because of their beliefs, but because it can also be "good for their brands," something that was supported by a previous study on the issue. "It helps your audience stay connected to you—a connection based on values, which humanizes an artist and a celebrity in a way that the audience then feels.
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