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.
Chicago violence: 9 killed, 37 shot in bloody Thanksgiving Day weekend
foxnews.comOfficials in Chicago reported a violent Thanksgiving Day weekend in the city that resulted in 37 shooting victims, including nine who died from their injuries.
CBS Chicago reported that the first deadly shooting occurred early Friday when a 30-year-old man was struck in the head by a bullet and died at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Within the hour, another shooting occurred outside a gas station. In that case, gunshots were reportedly fired from a black sedan that hit the victim in the chest.
He was pronounced dead at a city hospital. The Sun-Times reported that a 14-year-old boy was among those injured in a shooting Sunday in West Garfield Park.The teen was struck in the wrist and managed to take himself to Stroger Hospital.
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