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.
CBeebies presenter Ben Cajee praised for discussing mixed-race heritage
breakingnews.ieCBeebies presenter Ben Cajee has been praised for a discussion on his mixed-race heritage on air. Cajee, who was worked on CBeebies since 2015, told his young audience it is “really important to be kind” as he opened up on his background.
He said his mother, Fiona, is white, and his father, Yacob, is black. The Ipswich-born star said he is “really, really proud” to be mixed race and discussed what he inherited from both parents, including supporting West Ham United from his father and his smile from his mother. “Sometimes people have been unkind about what I look like and the colour of my skin,” Cajee said. “But I try and forget about those people and instead focus on the people who were there for me and who supported me. “They just like me
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