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.
Hong Kong Media Mogul Arrested Over Alleged Foreign Collusion
hollywoodreporter.comHong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has been arrested over alleged foreign collusion, under provisions of the controversial new national security law.
Lai, the founder of Hong Kong's leading newspaper Apple Daily and the media company Next Digital, was detained Monday morning according to a report in Apple Daily.
The newspaper reported that Lai's son had also been arrested. Mainland Chinese media reports say that the 71-year-old Lai was arrested for colluding with foreign forces and violating Hong Kong's recently implemented national security law.
If Lai is charged and convicted he could face anything from 3 years to up to 10 years in prison. The law, which came into affect June 30, broadly prohibits acts of treason,.
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