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.
Wade Goodwyn Dies: Longtime NPR Correspondent Was 63
deadline.comWade Goodwyn, a longtime correspondent for NPR’s national desk who reported on Texas and the southwest, has died. Goodwyn was 63.
The cause was cancer, the news organization said. He worked for the network for more than 30 years, mainly from Dallas. NPR CEO John Lansing wrote in a memo to staffers, “For generations of public radio listeners, including me, he was one of NPR’s iconic voices.
Aside from that instantly recognizable voice, Wade was a uniquely gifted storyteller and a brilliant reporter. From the first words of one of his stories, you always knew you were being taken on a journey by a master of our craft.
You were in for a true treat, whatever the subject matter.” Goodwyn covered stories ranging from the Oklahoma City bombing to the American Sniper murder trial, along with natural disasters and other major events.
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