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.
Sinéad O’Connor’s ‘date of death is unknown’: coroner
nypost.comdeath of Sinéad O’Connor has yet to determine when the Grammy Award-winning singer died.The 56-year-old’s remains were found by London Metropolitan Police Wednesday, and while her death is not being treated as suspicious a spokesperson for the London Inner South Coroner’s Court said the singer’s “date of death is unknown,” the Daily Mail reported.No medical cause has been given for the death and an autopsy will be conducted with results taking “several weeks” to be delivered, the Coroner’s Court added.O’Connor lived in a converted 1940s warehouse just a few minutes walk from the bustling Brixton district in South London.
In her last public statement on Facebook, O’Connor on July 11 told fans she recently moved back to London after 23 years and was “very happy to be home.” She added that she was finishing a new album expected to be released next year and planning a world tour, including stops in the U.S.
and Europe, and Australia. O’Connor erupted onto the music scene with her debut album, “The Lion and the Cobra,” in 1987 at the age of 20.
Known for her fiery temperament and shaved head, O’Connor went on to release 10 studio albums during her record-setting career.Three years after her debut, she became a household name with a rendition of “Nothing Compares 2 U” — a power ballad written by Prince.The track turned O’Connor into an international sensation and was named the No.
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