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.
RTÉ’s Zainab Boladale explains how lack of black Irish role models moved her to action
evoke.ieBeyond Representation, an organisation set up to make sure the next generation doesn’t go without visible black role models.Jess Majekodunmi and Zainab’s fellow RTÉ colleague Wuraola Majekodunmi set up the organisation which champions women of colour who are breaking new ground in the Irish media, arts and business.
She brings it to you every ball!A post shared by Zainab Boladale (@zainab_boladale) on May 5, 2020 at 3:21am PDTSpeaking to the RTÉ Guide Zainab shared a moment that made her realise the effect not seeing black Irish women represented in different industries has had on young black girls as they carve out their own ambitions in life.Discussing what drove her to set up Beyond Representation she said, ‘Personally, I had very few.
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