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.
A baby girl who was born prematurely early Tuesday after her mother was shot and killed in Chicago was in critical condition, according to reports.
Stacy Jones, 35, was due to give birth to her baby next month. Jones was shot multiple times in the back shortly after midnight Tuesday, Fox 32 Chicago reported.
University of Chicago Medical Center (Google Maps) She crumpled to the ground on a porch, where police found her unresponsive.
Officers showed up at the scene in response to a ShotSpotter alert, the station reported. Doctors at the University of Chicago Medical Center were able to deliver the baby who was then transferred to another hospital, according to the station.
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