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-Scots sheriff who represented Lockerbie bomber arrested and charged by cops
dailyrecord.co.ukA former Scottish sheriff who represented Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has been arrested and charged in connection with an ongoing police investigation.
One-time Dundee judge Alistair Duff, 67, was picked up last month but cops are yet to say what he has been charged with. The Record understands that officers swooped on the top judiciary figure in recent weeks.
However, senior force figures are remaining tight-lipped as to what the leading lawyer has been accused of, citing "operational reasons".
We can also reveal that Duff, who was appointed as a resident sheriff at Dundee Sheriff Court in 2004, stood down as the head of the Judicial Institute for Scotland training college last month prior to his arrest.
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