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.
Web Summit CEO Paddy Cosgrave Resigns In Wake Of Comments On Israel-Hamas Conflict
deadline.comPaddy Cosgrave, the CEO and cofounder of annual tech conference Web Summit, has resigned after his comments on the Israel-Hamas war led Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon to cancel their participation. “Unfortunately, my personal comments have become a distraction from the event, and our team, our sponsors, our startups and the people who attend,” Cosgrave said in a statement on Saturday.
Earlier, Cosgrave expressd his personal opposition to Israel’s counterattacks in Gaza on his social media accounts. “To repeat: War crimes are war crimes, even when committed by allies & should be called out for what they are,” Cosgrave said on X. “I will not relent.” His remarks triggered cancellations from Web Summit attendees like Meta, Alphabet, Amazon and others.
This year’s conference is scheduled for Nov. 13 to Nov. 16 in Lisbon, Portugal. The day after he posted on X, Cosgrave apologized on Web Summit’s blog.
He wrote that the timing of his comments “caused profound hurt.” “What is needed at this time is compassion, and I did not convey that,” Cosgrave said.
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