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 teen saved fellow Celtic fan who collapsed after match
dailyrecord.co.ukA hero teen Celtic fan saved the life of a fellow supporter who collapsed in the street while leaving Parkhead. Shannon Lorenston had just watched her team defeat Motherwell 6-0 to claim the league title on May 14 last year when she noticed a crowd of people and a woman lying on the pavement.
Using knowledge she had gained on a first-aid course during lockdown, Shannon took control of the scene and immediately started performed life-saving CPR.
Speaking to Glasgow Live, Shannon said: "I started to walk home after football celebrations. I was walking past Queen Street Station when I saw a crowd of people so I went over and saw someone lying on the ground. "Everyone else didn't really know what to do so I just checked if she was breathing and if she had a pulse but she didn't.
So I started chest compressions and I handed the phone to the person next to me who phoned 999."A police woman came over and I was still doing chest compressions and then a rapid response team arrived."Shannon has now been nominated for a Scottish First Aid Award for her heroic efforts and is hoping to become a paramedic.Now aged 17, Shannon said: "I do a lot of first aid courses.
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