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.
Polish Provinces Roll-Back ‘LGBT-Free Zones’ After EU Threat To Cut Funds
starobserver.com.auThe Polish voivodeships (provinces) of Podkarpackie, Lubelskie and Malopolskie voted on September 27 to repeal their self-designated labels as “LGBT-free zones” after the European Commission threatened to pull €126 million in funding.
The funds were earmarked to the regions as part of the European Union’s REACT-EU program. The province of Świętokrzyskie was the first to repeal their “LGBT-free zone” designation.
On September 22, the province adopted a new resolution saying it would “respect the centuries old tradition and culture of the Republic of Poland as well as equality and fair treatment.” A fifth region, Łódzkie, is currently debating whether to drop its own declaration.
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