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.
Hero Scots schoolboy given new life after major heart surgery celebrates turning 16 on Christmas Day
dailyrecord.co.ukschoolboy who was given a new life after major heart surgery celebrated turning 16 on Christmas Day.Leo Simpson, from Chryston, North Lanarkshire, was banned from running with his pals and told he may not see adulthood if he didn’t undergo the gruelling operation less than two years ago.But the teenager ran across the finish line at an event in support of the charity that has helped him through his ordeal last week and celebrated his milestone birthday with proud parents Helen, 42, and Stuart, 49, and brother Kai, 19, yesterday.Helen said: “He’s my hero and I’m so proud of everything he’s overcome.”When Leo was born medics discovered a heart murmur and at three months old he was diagnosed with Aortic valve stenosis, when the valve narrows,.
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