Taylor Swift Supports Kansas City Kids with $250,000 Donation
In a gesture to spread holiday cheer, pop sensation Taylor Swift donated $250,000 to the Kansas City-based nonprofit Operation Breakthrough. In celebration of the donation made just days before Christmas on December 21, the organization took to social media with a heartfelt post. Operation Breakthrough was founded in 1971 by Sister Corita Bussanmas and Sister Berta Sailer to provide a safe and educational environment for impoverished children, while also advocating for and providing emergency assistance and education to their families.
Personal Thanks from Operation Breakthrough
In a heartwarming Instagram post, the children of the organization sent their thanks in person, with the caption below the photo reading: "Thank you, @taylorswift, for making our holiday season shine even brighter! Your kindness and thoughtful 250K donation means the world to our children and families." It is without doubt that a lot of people will experience merriment due to such an act of charity in the festive season.
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Taylor Swift Breaks Record With Her Eras World Tour
It came not long after Swift completed the wildly successful 'Eras' World Tour on December 8 in Vancouver, topping the ranks as the top-grossing 2024, outlasting Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, and Madonna's biggest stars' tours to date. The tour ended with quite the party, as Swift attended an 'Eras'-themed party thrown by her boyfriend, NFL player Travis Kelce, with attendees dressed to represent a variety of eras in Swift's illustrious career.
Kelce's outfit also subtly referenced his cameo appearance, since Swift was at Wembley Stadium; the player took the stage as a guest on 'The Tortured Poets Department' set. The recorded tour, 21 months long with 149 shows, pulled an astonishing 2.2 billion-dollar profit (£1.73 billion).
Other Achievements Aside From the Tour
Even halfway through its run last December, the 'Eras' tour became the first in history to gross $1 billion (£796 million). By its close, it had attracted a record-breaking 10,168,008 attendees worldwide. A book that followed the journey of the tour sold more than 800,000 copies in its first weekend of release, testament to how Swift's musical journey resonated with so many people.
A Record-Breaking Year for Taylor Swift
This has been a groundbreaking year in many ways for Taylor Swift. Her latest album, 'The Tortured Poets Department,' has become the best-selling album of 2024 within the United States, accomplishing 4.66 million equivalent album units through the first half of this year. It also did something that no album ever done by a female has done, as it stayed atop the Billboard 200 chart for the first 12 weeks after its release. These are feats that have written the year with unparalleled success for this internationally acclaimed pop sensation.
