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 fans launch fundraiser, raising over £100k after Southport knife attack
nme.comTaylor Swift fans have launched a fundraiser to raise funds for those who have tragically passed following a mass stabbing at a Swift-themed event.Yesterday (July 29), three children were killed in a knife attack that took place at a Swift-themed dance and yoga workshop on Hart Street.
As reported by Sky News, three of the victims – six-year-old Bebe King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe, and nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar – have sadly passed while five other children and two adults remain in critical condition.A 17-year-old male was arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody.
According to police, he is originally from Cardiff and lived in the village of Banks close to Southport in Merseyside, England.Earlier today, Swift shared a handwritten statement addressing the attack on her Instagram Stories feed. “The horror of yesterday’s attack in Southport is washing over me continuously, and I’m just completely in shock,” she wrote.“The loss of life and innocence, and the horrendous trauma inflicted on everyone who was there, the families and first responders.”The singer continued: “These were just little kids at a dance class.
I am at a complete loss for how to ever convey my sympathies to these families.”Now, two Swift fans have launched a fundraiser to help raise funds for those affected by the tragedy and have so far raised over £120,000.“We are working with Alder Hey Children’s Hospital to help raise money for the families affected by the tragedy in Southport, and raising funeral funds for the two young swifties who have tragically passed.
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