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.
'Compassionate, talented' doctor, 29, took her own life after struggling with alopecia diagnosis and depression
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBury, had been battling depression and anxiety following a diagnosis of alopecia totalis at the age of 17. She was an 'extremely talented' emergency medicine trainee who worked 'tremendously hard' and was due to start a new role in the intensive care department at Salford Royal Hospital before she took her own life.Her death was described by a coroner on Thursday (November 26) as a 'loss to society' and to her family and friends who adored her.An inquest into Alicia's death held at Manchester Coroners Court heard how she struggled to deal with her alopecia diagnosis - a skin condition that causes complete baldness of the scalp.She was prescribed anti-depressant medication in January this year and was signed off work for two weeks after.
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