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.
L.A. rapper Ketchy the Great has died
thefader.comLos Angeles underground rapper Ketchy the Great, a member of Stinc Team along with Drakeo the Ruler and Ralfy the Plug, has died, his management has confirmed to Pitchfork.
Outside of his work with Stinc Team, Ketchy appeared on four tracks on 03 Greedo's The Wolf of Grape Street in 2018. That same year, Ketchy was charged with vandalism for spray painting in the video for his and Ralfy the Plug's collaboration "The Right Decision," and spent near three years in prison.
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