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.
Tina Turner's turbulent life from her children's tragic deaths to money woes
ok.co.ukToday the "queen of rock 'n' roll" Tina Turner passed away peacefully at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland.The 83 year old had an iconic voice that is best known for huge hits such as The Best, Proud Mary and What's Love Got To Do With It?
Despite her success in the music world, her life was far from plain sailing and she faced her fair share of issues throughout her life in the spotlight.
Childhood For the start of her life Tina grew up in Brownsville Tennessee before she was uprooted soon after when her mum decided to leave the family for freedom.
Tina was just 11 years old when her mum Zelma fled the family and sadly it wasn't long before Tina then was separated from her two sisters and went to live with her grandparents during the war.
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