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.
Wade Goodwyn, NPR’s Longtime National Correspondent, Dies at 63
thewrap.comaccording to NPR. He reported on his native state of Texas, the southwest United States and stories like school shootings, the American Sniper murder trial, the Oklahoma City bombing, hurricanes and the Boy Scouts sexual abuse scandal.“Wade Goodwyn worked for NPR for over 30 years, mostly from his base in Dallas,” NPR CEO John Lansing said in a statement. “For generations of public radio listeners, including me, he was one of NPR’s iconic voices.
Aside from that instantly recognizable voice, Wade was a uniquely gifted storyteller and a brilliant reporter. From the first words of one of his stories, you always knew you were being taken on a journey by a master of our craft.
You were in for a true treat, whatever the subject matter. Find a moment to listen to one of Wade’s extraordinary stories for NPR that are his lasting gift to all of us.
We are keeping his family in our thoughts.”Goodwyn was known for his soothing bass voice as well as his detailed writing that helped listeners picture and feel the scenes he described.“You know Wade was a poet,” says NPR senior editor Steve Drummond. “The little detail, the little color or sound that he’d seen out in the field, and it just made what he said sparkle.
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