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.
Six underage girls forced to strip naked as part of sick ritual to bring rain
dailystar.co.ukDaily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!In a bid to end India’s widespread drought, six young girls have reportedly been forced to take off their clothes and forced to house-to-house naked in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh.Locals following an ancient Indian superstition made the little girls parade through the village naked with a frog riding on a wooden shaft that was balanced on their shoulders.As they walked through the village, women walked beside them singing songs of praise to the rain god.The girls stopped at each house and begged for foodstuffs, such as bread and flour, which was then donated to a bhandara, or community kitchen, that had been set up in front of the village temple. For more.
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