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.
Takeoff's alleged murderer released on $1M bond... surrenders passport and under house arrest
dailymail.co.ukPatrick Xavier Clark, the man who allegedly gunned down two-time Grammy nominee Takeoff on November 1, posted his $1M bond and was released from Harris County Jail in Texas on Wednesday night.The 33-year-old Texan - who's next scheduled to appear in court March 9 - surrendered his passport to the judge and donned a GPS monitor for house arrest, according to TMZ.Conditions of Patrick's release include him being barred from possessing deadly weapons and he cannot contact anyone related to the case.
Out of jail: Patrick Xavier Clark (L), the man who allegedly gunned down two-time Grammy nominee Takeoff (R) on November 1, posted his $1M bond and was released from Harris County Jail in Texas on Wednesday nightClark's attorneys Carl Moore and Letitia Quinones had argued that his $2M bond should be lowered to $1M despite his 'large amount of cash' and 'successful efforts to obtain an expedited passport shortly after the murder and an imminent travel itinerary to Mexico.' The suspect nicknamed 'DJ Pat' - who tweeted 'I ain't perfect, I'm solid tho' on November 9 - was a 'popular promoter' at Houston strip club The The Flame HTX - according to The Daily Beast.'I know him.
He's not like that. I honestly feel like they got the wrong guy,' one of Patrick's pals told the outlet.'He doesn't get mad or hostile.
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