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.
Beijing Olympics Scraps Ticket Sales, Will Only Invite “Groups Of Spectators” Because Of Covid
deadline.comOrganizers of next month’s Beijing Olympics said Monday that only select “groups of spectators” will be invited to watch the Winter Games in person, a move that further restricts attendance at the event.“Given the current grave and complicated situation of the Covid-19 pandemic and to ensure the safety of all participants and spectators, it was decided that tickets should not be sold anymore but be part of an adapted programme that will invite groups of spectators to be present on site during the Games,” according to a press release today on the official Beijing Organising Committee site.“Organisers expect that these spectators will strictly abide by the Covid-19 countermeasures before, during and after each event as pre-conditions for the safe and sound delivery of the Games.”No spectators were allowed into any venues in Tokyo during the Olympic Games there last summer because of concerns over the global pandemic.
The lack of energy in the stadiums and on NBCs broadcasts was noticeable. Depending on how many spectators are allowed in an how far apart they are required to sit, the Beijing Games could look quite sterile on TV, negating of China’s greatest assets as a host country — its massive population, ready to cheer the competitors.Beijing had already restricted ticket sales for the Games to exclude any spectators outside mainland China but had never made tickets available to purchase.
It’s unclear who would be eligible to be invited under the new policy, which comes as the country is working to control outbreaks of Covid.
Despite those efforts, Beijing reported its first case of Omicron last week. Officials quickly placed the neighborhood where it was found under lockdown.
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