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.
Historic Airdrie department store disappears after demolition
dailyrecord.co.ukA historic Airdrie landmark has now disappeared from the town centre.The long-vacant former Orr’s department store on South Bridge Street has been demolished, with clearance work now taking place and building of new shops and council flats on the site due to begin next month.It comes more than 14 years after the shop closed its doors for the final time – but its history will be preserved, with a marble plaque bearing the store’s name now having been transferred to Summerlee industrial museum in Coatbridge.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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