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.
the country was hit by a devastating earthquake, killing more than 2,200 people. It was measured to be more severe than the 2010 quake, which killed hundreds of thousands and flattened capital Port-au-Prince, measuring 7.0.
Buildings including hospitals, government centres and churches were reduced to bricks and dust when the ground shook. The instability has seen thousands of Haitians flee to the US-Mexico border.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here..
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