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.
MTV VMAs begin with tribute to Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman
breakingnews.ieThe MTV Video Music Awards opened with a tribute to Chadwick Boseman, following the Black Panther star’s death aged 43. A starkly different VMAs is taking place across New York City’s five boroughs, with little to no audience and performances outside due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Host for the evening Keke Palmer opened the show with a tribute to Boseman, whose death on Friday stunned Hollywood. He was diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago. “We dedicate tonight’s show to a man whose spirit touched so many,” Palmer said. “He is a true hero, not just on screen but in everything he did.
His impact lives forever.” Self-proclaimed “millennial diva” Palmer’s opening monologue contained references to the tumultuous year, touching on the
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