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.
Anti-dog meat activists enraged as politician claims food trade is not animal abuse
dailystar.co.ukSouth Korea has sparked outrage after he claimed dogs raised for their meat is not animal abuse.Presidential hopeful Yoon Seok-youl appeared to agree with those in the dog meat industry by saying the consumption of dogs born solely to be eaten is different from pets.The comments arose during a live debate with a possible dog meat ban being one of many election issues ahead of the election next year, South China Morning Post reports.South Korea already has laws on the cruel slaughtering of dogs but none on eating their meat.Yoon was asked about the issue and said while he “personally opposed” eating dog meat, he said there would need to be a “social consensus” on the matter.As reported by This Week In Asia, the 60-year-old politician said:.
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