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.
Michael Sheen to use all future career earnings to help homelessness, other social causes
wonderwall.comBig Issue for their Letter to My Younger Self. "I had to make a decision – I could walk away from it, and it wouldn't happen.
And all those people from all around the world who were banking on coming to have this extraordinary experience, maybe a life-changing experience, wouldn't have it.
I thought, I'm not going to let that happen."The Homeless World Cup's website cites that 94 percent of players claim the tournament positively impacted their lives.With this in mind, Michael couldn't let the lack of funding end the organization."I put all my money into keeping it going," he said.
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