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.
Tokyo Police Investigating Death of Olympic Official (Report)
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefPolice in Tokyo are reported to be investigating the death on Monday of Moriya Yasushi, a senior member of the Japan Olympic Committee.Citing police sources, Nippon Television reported that Moriya jumped in front of an underground train at Nakanobu station, in Shinagawa ward.
He was taken to hospital but pronounced dead two hours later. Police are treating the incident as death by suicide, according to the broadcaster.The 52-year-old Moriya was head of the JOC’s accounting department.
It is not known whether his death was in any way connected to the upcoming Olympic Games, which are due to be held in July 23 – Aug.
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