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.
Afghan Director Saba Sahar Hospitalized After Being Shot by Gunmen in Kabul
variety.comJordan Moreau Saba Sahar, an Afghan director, actor and activist, has reportedly been hospitalized after being shot by gunmen in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday.According to a report from the BBC, Sahar was in a car with several other passengers when three gunmen opened fire on the vehicle.Emal Zaki, Sahar’s husband, told the BBC that the shooting occurred as she was traveling to work.
He said he heard the sounds of gunshots about five minutes after Sahar left their home. Zaki called her on the phone, and she said she had been shot and hit in the stomach.“I reached the scene and found them all wounded,” Zaki told the BBC. “She received first aid and we transferred her to the emergency hospital and then to the police hospital.” He told the.
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