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.
Charles Osgood, longtime ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ anchor and radio host, dead at 91
nypost.comCBS News announced Osgood’s passing Tuesday. The former journalist died at his New Jersey home from dementia, kin said.“Charlie absolutely loved being part of the ‘Sunday Morning’ community,” his family said in a statement to the outlet.“We’ll miss him terribly, but there is comfort in knowing his life was charmed, in large part thanks to you.
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for welcoming him into your homes on Sundays to share stories, and to highlight the better parts of humanity.
He’ll see you on the radio,” they referenced Osgood’s signature TV signoff. The Bronx native graduated from Fordham University in The Bronx with an economics degree in 1954 — once quipping he hung out more in the school’s famous radio station, WFUV, than classes.He went on to work at CBS News for 45 years before retiring in 2016.
Osgood began as an anchor for “CBS Sunday Morning” in 1994. The show reached its highest ratings levels in three decades during his run, according to the network. “For years now people — even friends and family — have been asking me why I keep doing this considering my age,” Osgood said when he retired at 84.“It’s just that it’s been such a joy doing it,” he added. “Who wouldn’t want to be the one who gets to introduce these terrific storytellers and the producers and writers and others who put this wonderful show together.”He continued hosting “The Osgood File” until 2017, when he was forced to stop for health reasons.“Although I was very much looking forward to continuing … unfortunately my health and doctors will now not allow it,” he announced at the time. “So I will retire from ‘The Osgood File’ and radio at the end of the year with great appreciation for all the success we’ve had together.”Osgood won.
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