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.
Pamela Anderson Recalls Being 'Painfully Shy' Before She Posed for 'Playboy'
justjared.comPamela Anderson is opening up about how posing for Playboy changed her self esteem. The 55-year-old actress spoke about her decision to pose for the magazine to Morgan Hoffman in a “One-on-One” special, recalling she was painfully shy. Pamela appeared on the cover of the magazine in 1989, just before her acting career took off. Keep reading to find out more… “The shyness was something that was so debilitating.
When I was little, I would wear a hat over my head and pull the hole closed so I could only see out this much,” she described on the program, via ET Canada. Pamela added that before Playboy, she “hated the way I looked, I hated everything.
I was so shy and I always thought everybody was pretty and I just didn’t have that confidence or self-confidence.” “Then I was in Vancouver and Playboy approached me a few times and I said no.
Finally I was in a situation and thought ‘Why not? Let me try this.’ Then I got to L.A. and I was horrified,” she shared. “Then I did my first photo shoot with Playboy… it was the first flash when I opened my eyes and it felt like I was falling off a cliff.
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