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.
Taylor Swift advocates for statues of racist historical figures to be removed: ‘It makes me sick’
metro.co.ukTaylor Swift has made her position on racial issues clear as day after she slammed those fighting to save statues of racist historical figures.The singer – who has been more vocal about her political opinions in recent years – spoke out about the behavior she was witnessing in her home state of Tennessee.The Blank Space singer tweeted: ‘As a Tennessean, it makes me sick that there are monuments standing in our state that celebrate racist historical figures who did evil things.‘Edward Carmack and Nathan Bedford Forrest were DESPICABLE figures in our state history and should be treated as such.
Edward Carmack’s statue was sitting in the state Capitol until it was torn down last week in the protests.’She continued: ‘The state of Tennessee has.
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