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.
LL Cool J celebrating as police get a break in 18-year-old Jam Master Jay murder case
peoplemagazine.co.zaLL Cool J is celebrating after learning two man have been indicted for the murder of his friend Jam Master Jay.The Run-DMC star was killed in 2002 and now New York police officials are convinced they have the men responsible. “I’m just so happy that they got indicted on that,” LL tells Rolling Stone, “and I’m just glad that they’re one step closer to a conviction.
It was an absolute tragedy. Jay will always be forever respected by me.” The arrests have brought back happy and sad memories for the rap pioneer, who toured with Run-DMC in his teens. “I can’t even remember the first time I met Jay,” he adds. “He was definitely already in Run-DMC, but we’re from the same neighbourhood.
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