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.
SA Human Rights Commission justifies delays in Beloftebos case
mambaonline.comBeloftebos owners, Andries and Coia de Villiers (YouTube) In court papers, the South African Human Rights Commission has defended the long delays in its handling of the case against the Beloftebos wedding venue which refuses to host same-sex weddings. The papers were lodged this week in connection with the ongoing Equality Court discrimination case against the Western Cape venue, initiated by the commission earlier this year.
The Christian owners, Coia and Andries de Villiers, have been accused of violating the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act (PEPUDA or the Equality Act) by refusing to allow same-sex weddings on the premises because of their religious belief.
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