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.
From Sowan Nicht to Daft Days - Scotland's Christmas traditions
dailyrecord.co.ukJoin thousands of others who have signed up to the weekly Scotland Now newsletter for the latest Scottish heritage and culture news.It's hard to imagine a time when Christmas didn't play a huge part in our lives.For centuries though this was the case in Scotland, as following the Reformation, Christmas celebrations were frowned upon for almost 400 years.Thankfully we have still have a selection of great festive traditions, here are some of the best.Ok, so not technically a tradition but the poem by 17th century Scots poet, Robert Fergusson is the perfect way to describe the twelve days that run between Christmas and the 5th January when everything is joyful and merry, days run together and people can go a bit daft (mad).The actual party in.
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