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.
Funding boost for North Lanarkshire community projects
dailyrecord.co.ukA new cycle park, walking projects for older people and the purchase of police quad bikes to help safeguard a world heritage site are among six North Lanarkshire projects to have received match funding totalling £85,000 from Scotland Loves Local.The recipient projects also include a youth sports programme, active travel hub and creation of a wildflower meadow.Community groups in North Lanarkshire were successful in the recent round of awards from the match funding scheme, which aims to help revitalise areas impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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