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.
While the Queen was visiting New Zealand in 1981, a man made an attempt to take her life – and the incident is often regarded as the closest anyone has come to assassinating Her Majesty.
Christopher Lewis, who was just 17 at the time of the incident, hid in an empty toilet block on the fifth floor of a building that was on the Royals' route.The gunman then shot at the Queen as she stepped out a car, but was thankfully off target.
While some witnesses recalled hearing the gun shot, others were unaware and the day's proceedings in Wellington continued on as planned.
Although Christopher was arrested, he was never charged for the attempted assignation, but was instead arrested for public possession and discharging of a firearm.
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