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.
R Kelly found guilty of racketeering in sex-trafficking trial after decades of abuse allegations
metro.co.ukallegedly abused 22 victims, however, the charges laid out in the indictment centered around six alleged victims.CNN reports that during closing arguments, assistant US attorney Elizabeth Geddes said Kelly masterminded a scheme to ‘target, groom and exploit girls, boys and women.’The anonymous jury of seven men and five women deliberated for about nine hours across two days before reaching their unanimous verdict.The musician denied all charges as prosecutors showed jurors how Kelly used a network of friends and employees to transport his victims across state lines, control their actions and facilitate the sexual abuse.Outside the courtroom, Kelly’s lawyer, Deveraux Cannick, told reporters his team was ‘disappointed with the verdict’ and.
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