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.
Roger Waters Concert Protested by Jewish Groups Amid Allegations of Antisemitism
thewrap.comreport from AP. The protest comes just days after Berlin authorities announced Waters was under investigation for a Nazi regime-themed performance that took place earlier this month at Berlin’s Mercedes-Benz Arena.
In a video circulated on social media of the performance, Waters is dressed in what appears to be a Nazi-styled uniform — including a red armband that swapped out swastikas for hammers — while pretending to fire a fake machine gun.
According to Berlin chief inspector Martin Halweg, Waters is under “suspicion of incitement of the people,” with the use of Nazi imagery and clothing being a crime in Germany“The context of the clothing worn is deemed capable of approving, glorifying or justifying the violent and arbitrary rule of the Nazi regime in a manner that violates the dignity of the victims and thereby disrupts public peace,” Halweg wrote in a statement.Ahead of Sunday’s event, the AP reported that Frankfurt authorities attempted to prevent the concert from happening, but was ultimately unsuccessful in blocking Waters in a local court.Following the allegations of antisemitism, Waters defended his Berlin performance in a statement on Facebook, which accused protestors of aiming to “smear and silence [the musician] because they disagree with [his] political views and moral principles.”“The elements of my performance that have been questioned are quite clearly a statement in opposition to fascism, injustice, and bigotry in all its forms,” Waters wrote. “Attempts to portray those elements as something else are disingenuous and politically motivated.
The depiction of an unhinged fascist demagogue has been a feature of my shows since Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’ in 1980.”“I have spent my entire life speaking out.
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