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.
Ex-primary school headteacher's shock death just days before Christmas
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAn ex-primary school headteacher committed suicide just days before Christmas, an inquest has heard. Simon Tonge, who was headteacher at Spring Hill Community Primary School in Accrington, died on December 2 last year.
Simon, of Clarendon Gardens, Bromley Cross, had struggled with his mental health for some time and felt a lot of pressure from his job as a headteacher, Bolton Coroners' Court heard.
He also had 'problems with alcohol', according to family members present at the hearing, and Covid lockdowns made him become 'very stressed', they said.
The death of two school colleagues and an illness to his father also added to his stress. In 2020 the 50-year-old left his role as headteacher and made attempts to quit drinking by going to rehab.
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