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.
Chorley swimming star Anna Hopkin reveals bright future for Team GB after Tokyo showing
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCut through the noise by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Team GB were not even intending to enter a team for the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay in Tokyo.
It was only when the quartet of Chorley’s Anna Hopkin, alongside Abbie Wood, Lucy Hope and Freya Anderson set the British record on the way to the gold medal at the European Championships in May that this race suddenly became a realistic possibility.
In Tokyo, the four Olympic debutants have lowered that British record not once but twice, the latter in the final to finish fifth.
And with all four now up and running, the future looks bright for both the relay, and its component parts. Hopkin, who will also compete in the 50m and 100m freestyle, said: “It was
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