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.
Whoopi Goldberg Through the Years: From EGOT Win to Hosting ‘The View’
usmagazine.comA true icon! Whoopi Goldberg went from humble beginnings to making history — and she doesn’t show any signs of stopping.The multitalented star grew up in New York City before moving across the country to California in the 1970s.
Her first major career breakthrough occurred back on her home turf with the success of her one-woman show, originally called The Spook Show.
When the production was brought to Broadway for a brief run in 1984, it was renamed Whoopi Goldberg and later released as an HBO special the following year.Her turn on the Great White Way ultimately led to her first big film role in 1985’s The Color Purple.
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