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.
Beautiful little girl couldn't speak, but she didn't need words to show her love
manchestereveningnews.co.ukEllissa Dodd was a 'little ray of sunshine'. She couldn't talk, but her love for her family - and life - was clear. She died aged just seven.
The impact of the little girl known as 'Boo Boo' on all she met, her dad says, was huge. "She was such an amazing person," Jack, 35, said. "She was so full of life, even with everything she had to go through." READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Ellissa was born in August, 2015.
At only two weeks old, doctors discovered she had a rare condition - FoxG1. The neuro-developmental disorder is caused by a mutation of the FOXG1gene, which impacts brain development and function.
Though Ellissa needed 24-hour care, she didn't let it hold her back. "Even though she couldn't talk, she communicated in her own way and made such a huge impact on everyone she knew and taught us all so much in life," Jack, from Warrington, said. "It was difficult for us all.
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