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.
One year on from Caroline Flack’s death, people are remembering how terribly women are treated online
msn.comprompted to reflect on the treatment of women in the spotlight by both the traditional media and social media. Headlines, particularly those relating to her upcoming trial, were raked over, as were comments made about her on social media.
In her penultimate Instagram post, Flack wrote:“Been advised not to go on social media… but I wanted to say happy Christmas to everyone who has been so incredibly kind to me this year… this kind of scrutiny and speculation is a lot to take on for one person on their own… I’m a human being at the end of the day”.
Flack’s emphasis on kindness certainly meant that, in the year that followed, ‘Be Kind’ would be posted a handful of times in response to online bullying and harassment – particularly of.
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