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 has sent a message of support to the people of Tennessee after parts of the state were devastated by tornadoes.
At least 25 people were killed after twisters tore through the city of Nashville and neighbouring areas, destroying scores of buildings and burying residents beneath the rubble.
The tornadoes struck in the early hours of Tuesday morning when many victims were asleep, officials said. Swift, who launched her career in the country music hotbed of Nashville and lived in the city from the age of 14, tweeted: “My heart is with everyone in Tennessee who has been affected by the tornados.
Sending you my love and prayers.” Swift reportedly owns two properties in Tennessee and in 2018 endorsed two Democratic politicians in the
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