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.
Craziest Tupac conspiracies - body double, corpse riddle and 'spotted in 2011'
dailystar.co.ukshowbiz gossip straight to your inbox with the Daily Star's FREE newsletterToday (September 13) marks 25 years since the legendary rapper Tupac was shot and killed during a premeditated drive-by shooting, but some of his diehard fans claim this wasn't the end of him.Tupac Shakur would be 50 years old now and over the years, a quarter of a century to be exact, many fans have claimed that the icon isn't actually dead.The artist's death surrounds so many conspiracy theories - much more than the usual celeb passing, with so many concoctions claiming that he is in fact still alive and kicking.The star's murder in 1996 sent shockwaves throughout the music industry and, of course, his worldwide cult fanbase.Now, 25 years on from the day he was.
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