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.
Police Shoot at Queer Bar Owner in North Carolina Giving First Aid to Protestors
thegavoice.comThe owner of a queer bar in North Carolina was shot at by police for providing first aid to peaceful protestors, reported The News and Observer.
Tim Lemuel, the owner of Ruby Deluxe in Raleigh, North Carolina, was shot at by police while defending his bar and helping out protestors.
On Sunday evening (May 31), Lemuel discovered that the bar had been vandalized; the glass doors had been broken, and a white supremacist symbol was spray painted on a window.
The next day, Lemuel and his staff showed up to protect the building from more damage as protests surrounding police brutality continued in the city.
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