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.
Taylor Swift donates $1million to Tennessee tornado relief fund
nme.comAfter four tornadoes hit the state on Tuesday Taylor Swift has donated $1million to the a Tennessee tornado relief fund. The funds were channelled to the Middle Tennessee Emergency Response Fund, a spokesperson for the pop star confirmed to local news outlet the Tennessean on Thursday (March 5).
Swift’s donation came after four tornadoes hit the state earlier on Tuesday. Last night, the longtime Nashville resident and singer made a statement on her Instagram story, calling the recent disaster in Middle Tennessee “devastating”. “Nashville is my home,” Swift wrote. “And the fact that so many people have lost their homes and so much more in Middle Tennessee is devastating to me.” She also encouraged others to make a donation.
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