تايلور سوفيت.. الأكثر إثارة للإعجاب في عام 2009
تايلور سويفت ( الرياض)لوس أنجلس- ي ب ا:-
تربعت المغنية الأميركية الشابة تايلور سوفيت على غلاف مجلة "بيبول" بعدما اختيرت كأحد الأشخاص الأكثر إثارة للإعجاب لعام 2009.
وشهدت سويفت البالغة من العمر 20 عاماً سنة حافلة بالإنجازات، إذ احتلّ ألبومها "فيرلس" المرتبة الأولى في المبيعات ،وبيعت جميع تذاكر جولاتها الموسيقية، كما فازت بجوائز أفضل مغنية موسيقى ريفية وجوائز غرامي.
ووصفت المجلة سويفت بال"الفتاة الذهبية"، ونقلت عنها قولها "يمكنك أن تبقى الشخص نفسه حتى لو تغير كل شيء حولك".
ووردت على لائحة "بيبول" هذا العام أسماء مجموعة من النجوم إلى جانب سويفت، كان أبرزهم الممثلين براد بيت وأنجلينا جولي، والممثلة مونيك ،والرئيس الأميركي باراك أوباما وزوجته ميشال، والممثلة ساندرا بولوك، والمرشحة السابقة لمنصب نائب الرئيس الأميركي سارا بايلن، وضحية عملية الخطف جايسي دوغارت ، والمغنية ريهانا وغيرهم.
The next big thing: Taylor Swift
By Adrian Thrills
Last updated at 12:03 AM on 20th February 2009
Blonde bombshell: Nashville’s Taylor
Swift
نبذة عن المغنية لأغاني الريف الأمريكية ثايلور سويفت
WHO IS SHE?
A teenage country singer-songwriter with long, blonde locks.
WHY THE FUSS?
Taylor, 19, was the biggest-selling American artist of last year. Her second album, Fearless, stayed at the top of the Billboard charts for two months, while the single Love Story is the most downloaded country song ever, selling two million online.
WHAT’S THE STORY?
Raised on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania, Swift became obsessed with country music as a child. She developed a liking for Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton, although her style lies closer to the glossy, poppy sound of The Dixie Chicks.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
Swift moved to Nashville at 13 and signed a publishing deal with Sony Music soon afterwards, becoming one of the label’s youngest writers.
AND THEN?
Taylor found a record label, Big Machine, that allowed her to record her own material. A selftitled debut album, released three years ago, propelled her into the country charts, while TV appearances with Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers introduced her to a younger audience.
WHERE CAN I HEAR MORE?
Love story is out on March 2 with the album, Fearless, following a week later. Live shows are expected in May
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Cognac-swigging Kanye West storms MTV stage and grabs microphone during Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech
By Charlotte Spratt
Last updated at 4:52 PM on 16th September 2009
Kanye West gave a performance that will never be forgotten at the MTV Video Music Awards, but unfortunately for him, it had nothing to do with his music.
The rapper stormed on stage to unleash an astonishing rant during an acceptance speech by country starlet Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards last night.
The 19-year-old singer, who was collecting Best Female Video for You Belong To Me, was left humiliated as West snatched the microphone from her hands.
He turned to the audience and shouted that the gong should have gone to his friend Beyonce, for Single Ladies.
Rudely interrupted: Kanye West grabs the microphone from Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards last night
The rapper tells the stunned country starlet that Beyonce should be receiving the award instead of her
The hip hop star, who had been swigging Hennessy cognac on the red carpet earlier in the night, was booed roundly by the celebrity-packed audience of thousands.
And it was only the first category of the night.
Swift had breathlessly began her speech with the words, ‘I always wondered what it would be like to maybe win one of these some day, but never actually thought it would happen’.
But before she could continue any further, West leaped from his seat in the audience, ran onto the stage and rushed to grab the microphone as a bemused Swfit struggled to take in what was happening.
Kanye West tells the audience Beyonce’s single should have won
Beyonce looks horrified as the rapper grabs the microphone from Taylor Swift and claims she should have won
West told the stunned star: ‘Yo Taylor. I’m really happy for you, I’m going to let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time.’
Cameras cut to Beyonce in the crowd who looked shocked and mortified.
As West shrugged his shoulders and handed back the microphone, a shell-shocked Swift stood in the centre of the stage seemingly unable to continue.
However, she was given another chance to say her piece when Beyonce did win an award for Single Ladies, in the Best Choreography category.
The rapper was booed by the audience. He had earlier been spotted swigging alcohol on the red carpet
First she told the audience about her first VMA win as a 17-year-old with Destiny’s Child and how much it meant to her and then she sportingly brought the teen singer back on stage to huge applause.
The pair, both dressed in bright red, embraced before Beyonce passed the microphone to Swift.
West was ejected from the awards show at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
He apologised for his outburst on his blog later.
He wrote: ‘I’m sooooo sorry to Taylor Swift and her fans and her mom.’
The singer is called back up on stage during Beyonce’s acceptance speech for Best Video
The Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) singer hugs Taylor Swift after asking her to come up and finish her speech for Best Female Video
He added: ‘I’m in the wrong for going on stage and taking away from her moment. Beyonce’s video was the best of this decade . . . I’m sorry to my fans if I let you guys down . . . I’m sorry to my friends at MTV . . . I will apologise to Taylor.’
It is not the first time he has made his feelings known at award ceremonies.
At the 2007 MTV VMAs, he was caught on camera ranting backstage because he had not won for the second year in a row and in 2004, he stormed out of the American Music Awards for losing the best new artist category.
The singers wore both wore bright red for their acceptance speeches
And at the MTV Europe awards in 2006, Kanye jumped onstage after losing out on the Best Video award for Touch The Sky to Simian.
Grabbing a microphone during their speech, he claimed his video should have won because it ‘cost a million dollars, and Pamela Anderson was in it. I was jumping across canyons.’
He later admitted to having a ’sippy sippy’ before the performance.
For her part, Swift called the evening ‘interesting.’
‘I was standing on stage and I was really excited because I’d just won the award and then I was really excited because Kanye West was on stage,’ Swift recalled after the show. ‘And then I wasn’t excited anymore after that.’
Kanye West swigs from a bottle of Hennessy as girlfriend Amber Rose poses on the red carpet before the event
The rapper wore a shiny shirt and Caterpillar boots, accessorising with a bottle of cognac, while his other half opted for a racy Lycra snake-print catsuit
She later said she had been getting many messages of support and that she felt indebted to Beyonce for giving up her moment to allow her to speak.
‘It was just so wonderful and so incredibly classy of her and just gracious and wonderful to let me say something.
‘She’s just been my hero and one of my idols ever since I was little. Before the talented artist, the superstar, she’s always been a great person and I just, I thought I couldn’t love Beyonce more tonight, than tonight.’
Swift said she doesn’t have any ill-will toward the rapper, 32, of whom she said she was once a fan.
‘I don’t know him, and I’ve never met him, so…’ she said. ‘I don’t want to start anything because I had a great night tonight.’
According to a tweet on Twitter from Jay-Z’s DJ, Neil Armstrong, the singer and her mother were deeply upset by his outburst and were seen crying backstage.
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