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 joins calls to make Juneteenth a national holiday in the US
breakingnews.ieTaylor Swift has joined calls for Juneteenth, the date which marks the official end of slavery in the US, to be made a national holiday.
June 19 commemorates the day in 1865 when black people in Texas finally learned slavery had been abolished. While there have often been calls to make it a federally recognised holiday, Juneteenth has taken on a renewed significance following the mass protests against racial inequality sparked by the death of George Floyd.
Swift shared a video from the African American-oriented magazine The Root explaining why it should be a national holiday. The pop superstar said: “Personally, I’ve made the decision to give all of my employees June 19th off in honour of Freedom Day from now on, and to continue to educate
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