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.
Comedian Paul Mooney Has Died At 79
essence.com#RolandMartinUnfiltered— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) May 19, 2021Mooney was born Paul Gladney on August 4, 1941 in Shreveport, Louisiana.
He moved to Oakland at the age of seven where he was primarily raised by his grandmother. It was while working as a ringmaster with the Gatti-Charles Circus that Mooney began to develop his knack for comedic writing and telling jokes.
In 1968, Mooney met Pryor and they remained friends until the comedic legend’s death in 2005. He said of their bond in a 2010 interview with popmatters.com, “Opposites attract.
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