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.
Chris Rock opens comedy show, still ‘processing’ Oscar slap
msn.comSmith slapped Rock on the Oscars stage, stunning the crowd at the 94th Academy Awards and those watching at home. Rock was greeted by thunderous applause and told the audience “I'm still kind of processing what happened," according to audio posted by the Hollywood trade outlet Variety.
He also tamped down any audience expectations that he would talk at length about the slap, telling them: ““If you came to hear that, I’m not . . .
I had like a whole show I wrote before this weekend. ”“We love you,” someone shouted at one point, eliciting cheers from the audience, according to the audio.
At Sunday's Oscars, Rock had made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's buzzed haircut. Pinkett Smith has spoken publicly about her diagnosis of alopecia, which can cause baldness. “Jada, I love you. ‘G.
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