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.
Church Urged To Consider Sainthood For Gay 9/11 Hero Fr. Mychal Judge
starobserver.com.auSaturday marked the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks in New York City, where 2,977 people lost their lives. Amongst the many heroes was the Brooklyn-born priest, Mychal Judge, who also happened to be the first recorded victim of 9/11.
Judge worked with helping vulnerable people, but also served as chaplain of the New York Fire Department. It was this post that he was performing when he died on the gruesome day while administering last rites in the lobby of the North Tower.Judge, who was posthumously revealed to be gay, had devoted his life to helping people living with HIV, the homeless and the LGBTQI+ community.
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