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.
Family of Scots teen who died from accidental drugs overdose issue warning after being 'ripped apart'
dailyrecord.co.ukThe family of a Scots teenager who died of a suspected accidental overdose have issued an emotional warning about the dangers of street drugs.Kyle Stewart Duncan was found unconscious in his bedroom at his home in Falkirk on February 25.
The 17-year-old, from Whitecross, was rushed to Forth Valley Royal Hospital where doctors found he had been left with severe brain damage.
He tragically died eight days later on March 5. His gran Jackie Hunter, 59, told the Record the family has been ripped apart by the loss of her 'little diamond'.She said: "A massive part of me has gone with Kyle.
He was my little diamond and his death has destroyed our family."Kyle was a quiet lad, just a lovely young boy. He was loved dearly by all of us. "My heart is breaking.
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