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.
Otis Reading III dead: Son of legendary singer dies age 59 after cancer battle
ok.co.ukOtis Reading III has died following his cancer battle. Otis was the son of the late, great Otis Ray Redding Jr. who was best known for tracks such as The Dock of the Bay, My Girl and I've Been Loving You Too Long.
Otis III followed in his famous father's footsteps and also pursued a career in music. He was only three years old at the time of Otis Jr's passing after a plane crash in 1967 with the rest of his band.
Confirming the news of Otis III's death, his devastated sister Karla Redding-Andrew penned on Facebook: “It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening." Otis is survived by his siblings Karla, Demetria and Dexter.
It was with his brother Dexter and their cousin Mark Lockett who he created the band The Reddings with, with the trio going on to record six albums in the 1980s.
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