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.
NCIS: Los Angeles star Ravil Isyanov dies aged 59 after cancer battle
metro.co.ukcancer battle.The NCIS: Los Angeles star died in his Los Angeles home on September 29, his manager confirmed.In a statement to People magazine, Frederick Levy said: ‘Ravil was one of a kind.
He was a true gentleman, extremely generous and incredibly talented.’The Russian-born actor was best known to fans for playing mobster Anatoli Kirkin in NCIS: Los Angeles.
It was during his time on the show that the TV star received his cancer diagnosis. His manager continued: ‘He knew that his future looked bleak because of the cancer and he let producers know, and if they wanted to write him off, they might want to do it, soon… I just thought it was really sweet that they were able to give him a proper send off.’Isyanov also appeared in the movies.
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