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.
Woman to Head Japan Olympic Games Committee After Sexist Comments Scandal
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefJapan has appointed prominent female politician Hashimoto Seiko to head the country’s Olympic Games organizing committee.
She takes the place of Mori Yoshiro, who resigned last week after a rare outcry against his earlier sexist comments.Hashimoto resigned her cabinet position as both minister for the Olympics and minister for female empowerment and gender equality.
She is replaced in both roles by Marukawa Tamayo, another well-connected female politician.Hashimoto is a well-known former skater who has represented Japan at multiple Olympic Games.
At 56, she is also a generation younger than the 83-year-old former prime minister Mori.“It is my mission to host the games by prioritizing safety for both.
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