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 raise thousands for grieving family of young man killed after gig
nme.comTaylor Swift have raised more than £100,000 for the family of a young man who was killed on his way home from one of the pop star’s concerts.Jacob Lewis was killed by a suspected drunk-driver after a fatal hit-and-run incident on Friday, April 21.The 20-year-old and his sister, April Bancroft, 26, were driving back from Swift’s show at Houston’s NGR Stadium when they ran into car trouble.
Jacob had stepped out of the car and started to push the vehicle from behind when suspect Alan Hayes, 34, allegedly drove into him.
Jacob died at the scene.Hayes allegedly drove off in a black Volkswagen Beetle and was later seen running on foot from the highway before being apprehended by officers.
He’s currently on a $90,000 (£71,573) bond and has been charged with failure to stop and render aid and driving while intoxicated.Now, Swift fans have raised more than $137,000 (£108,950) for Jacob’s family on a GoFundMe page.At the time of writing $137,977 (£109,727) has been donated to “honour the memory of [Jacob] by raising money for flowers and funeral costs”.
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