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.
Glasgow nightclub bouncer changes career in lockdown to support vulnerable Scots kids
dailyrecord.co.ukyoung people after he discovered his passion during lockdown. As many in the UK found themselves out of work during the pandemic, Hamish Hutchinson took a leap and changed career.
The Glasgow security guard said his family were certain childcare was what he was "born to do" but he always had doubts himself.
With continuous lockdown extensions and the realisation he might not get back into work, Hamish took their advice and looked into a career working with young people.
Now almost a year on from the first lockdown, Hamish is working full-time in a traineeship role at a children's charity and inspiring Scots kids by proving to them that your background doesn't define you.
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