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.
Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx attend George Floyd’s funeral
breakingnews.ieHollywood actors Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum were among the hundreds of mourners packed into a Houston church for the funeral of George Floyd.
Mr Floyd, a black man, died after being arrested in Minneapolis last month and his death sparked a wave of protests against racial injustice around the world.
He was laid to rest at the Fountain of Praise church in his home town on Tuesday. Oscar-winning actor Foxx and Magic Mike star Tatum wore white shirts, while Foxx, 52, wore a face mask bearing Mr Floyd’s name.
Also reportedly attending were American football stars JJ Watt and DJ Reader and record producer Al B Sure. In a video eulogy played to mourners, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said: “No child should have to ask questions
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