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.
Women in Afghanistan launch fashion protest against Taliban's restriction on rights
dailystar.co.ukDaily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!After the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan in August, one of the hard-line islamist group’s first acts was to crack down on women’s freedoms.In particular, they enforced the wearing of heavy burqas that covered women’s bodies and faces almost completely.But now a group of Afghan women are rebelling against the oppressive clothing rules, and wearing what they say is real traditional Afghan dress.They’re flooding social media with photos of themselves in the colourful embroidered dresses that women of their war-torn country would have worn in the past.Afghan-born make-up artist Marjan Yahia, 28, now lives in Canada and can freely post images of herself wearing the clothes and makeup.
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