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.
Archbishop performs exorcism after protesters pull down statue of controversial saint
mirror.co.ukAn archbishop carried out an exorcism at the site of a fallen statue depicting a controversial saint in San Francisco after it was pulled down by protesters.
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone sprinkled holy water and prayed over the spot where the statue of Father Junipero Serra normally stands outside Raphael Catholic Church, in the US city's downtown San Rafael area on Saturday.
Serra oversaw the California mission system in the 18th century and was accused of brutality against Native Americans, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.
Cordileone said he was driving out evil and protecting the image of the saint - with the statue currently being repaired before it is returned to the area. “This sacred site has been desecrated, so we know
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