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.
Pickle is West Hollywood’s first drag laureate
qvoicenews.comPickle is scheduled to be officially installed Sunday, International Drag Day, as West Hollywood’s first Drag Laureate. The public event will take place at 3 p.m.
at West Hollywood Park. “West Hollywood has been one of the centers of drag culture for decades,” Councilmember Lauren Meister said in a statement. “Drag performers are often a thrilling attraction at many of our restaurants and bars and West Hollywood’s drag performers take center stage in a wide range of our city’s arts and culture events. “This year, we’ve witnessed conservative attacks on drag performers by those who seek to ban culture and expression.
Plain and simple, this is a proxy for homophobia and such ‘drag bans’ attack LGBTQ people,” Meister said. “I’m thrilled that West Hollywood’s Drag Laureate program will raise awareness about drag culture.” The West Hollywood City Council unanimously approved Pickle as the city’s Drag Laureate during its regular meeting on June 26.
Pickle was selected through an application process with a selection committee composed of members from the city’s Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission.
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