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.
Grammy-nominated Juan Carlos Formell dies aged 59 after suffering a heart attack onstage
msn.comNew York City on May 26. Formell, who was the son of musical legend Juan Formell, was nominated for a Grammy in 2000 for his debut album 'Songs from a Little Blue House. 'He fled from Cuba and moved to New York in 1993, and following his father Juan Formell's death in 2014, he took over as the bassist in his Afro-Cuban band, Los Van Van.
Los Van Van's drummer is his brother Samuel, his sister Vanessa is on vocals. They were performing in the Bronx when he suddenly wandered off, and collapsed near a curtain at the back of the stage after suffering from a heart attack.
The band took a half an hour break before telling the audience that Formell was suffering with health problems. They then finished the set, playing for another hour, reports NYT.
Juan Carlos Formell comes from a long line of musicians in Cuba. His great-grandfather, grandfather, and father were all known for their musical skills - playing among some of the greats of their ages.
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