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.
Burqa ban in public in Switzerland criticised as 'dangerous violation of freedom'
mirror.co.ukSwitzerland's new 'burqa ban' has been criticised as a 'dangerous violation of freedoms' by Amnesty International. The proposal to ban facial coverings in the country won by a narrow victory in a referendum today.
It was brought by a the same group that organised a 2009 ban on new minarets, reports the Independent. But full facial veils will still be allowed to be worn inside places of prayer and for “native customs".
Provisional results show 51.2 voted in favour, compared to 48.8 per cent against. “After the ban on minarets, a majority of Swiss voters has once again backed an initiative that discriminates against a single religious community and needlessly stirs up fears and division,” Amnesty International said. “The veiling ban is
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