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 fans petition for free water at all gigs after fan dies in Rio
nme.comTaylor Swift‘s fans have started a petition to make it law for venues to offer free water at all gigs, following the death of a fan at a recent ‘Eras’ tour show in Rio de Janeiro.Ana Clara Benevides died after suffering a cardiac arrest while attending Swift’s show in Rio de Janeiro last month.
She was aged just 23. It came after temperatures in Brazil reached over 100 degrees (38 Celsius) on that day, and videos later circulated online of Swift pausing her show to make sure fans received water.Following news of her death, Swift took to social media to say that she was left “devastated” by the announcement, and later cancelled the following show in the city due to the extreme temperatures.
She later met with Benevides’ family to offer her condolences.Now, in response to Benevides’ death, Swifties have been campaigning to make having free water available at gigs a legal requirement, which they call the Ana Benevides Law.
At the venue where she died, fans had been told they were not allowed to bring their own water in.“At one of the two most anticipated events this year, someone died right before our eyes due to pure negligence.
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