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.
Hindu man, 25, 'lynched' during alleged birthday party 'hate crime' stabbing
dailystar.co.ukThe Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxA Hindu man has been stabbed to death at a birthday party in what many outraged Indians are calling a hate crime.
Rinku Sharma, 25, died on Wednesday in Mangolapuri, Outer Delhi during an altercation allegedly involving four other men armed with knives.Local media has reported that Rinku was "dragged from his home and lynched in front of his family", and there are also reports the killers may have followed him to hospital to continue the assault.
The details of what caused the argument remain unclear. However, the killing has sparked outrage on social media, with many denouncing the incident as a sectarian hate crime.Some Twitter users.
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