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.
Brits could be 'turned away' from Portugal under EU rules - as holiday ban lifts next week
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSign up to FREE email alerts from the Northern Agenda Brits travelling to Portugal could be turned away at the borders once a ban on international holidays lifts on May 17, reports suggest.
The UK government has confirmed that Brits will be permitted to travel to a limited number of 'green list' countries, including Portugal, from next week without the need to quarantine on return to England.
But EU travel restrictions imposed on travellers from outside the bloc may obstruct their holiday plans. EU countries have reportedly banned non-essential travel from non-EU states, with an official describing the restrictions as 'diplomatically delicate' to reverse, the Mirror reports.
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