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.
Controversial housing plan on Ayrshire estate withdrawn ahead of crunch vote
dailyrecord.co.ukAyrshire estate has been withdrawn at the eleventh hour. Dozens of Kilmarnock residents objected to proposals to construct a home on a spare strip of land on the Southcraig estate.
One neighbour said blueprints aiming to construct a detached two-storey villa and double garage on Wallacetown Avenue would make traffic on an already congested street "horrific".Morag Kerr added that: "The grass area is used regularly by dog walkers and for other recreational purposes.
Wildlife also frequents the area."But hours before the unpopular housing plan was due to go before East Ayrshire Council's planning committee, the application was sensationally withdrawn by the applicant, Neil Hood.Mr Hood had planned to build a home on a currently unoccupied.
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