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.
Lanarkshire am-dram theatre group set to dazzle with two new shows
dailyrecord.co.ukA Lanarkshire theatre and drama school is set to entertain audiences with two fantastic shows. Self-funded am-dram group, Encore Stars Academy, have two shows coming up at East Kilbride Village Theatre next week starting with the adult class performance of Little Shop of Horrors on Tuesday, April 26 at 7.30pm.
This is followed by the junior's performance of Matilda on Thursday, April 28 and Friday 29 at 7pm and on Saturday, April 30 at 2pm ad 7pm.
The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now. Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android Allen Hannah, who founded Encore in 2013, told Lanarkshire Live : "We run Encore Stars Academy as a registered charity and it's based in East Kilbride."We moved to our new studio which I helped fund by streaming on Facebook during lockdown."Sadly, builders let us down and now more than ever we are looking to build back post COVID and continue to offer young people and adults a place to come and learn and have fun and ultimately perform."As a charity, especially after COVID, it's been challenging and we are seeking new ways to self-fund our plans to support the local community and not just young people but a whole range of age groups."And by having more people involved we would be able to meet these challenges head on and grow our studio and provide more and better services." Tickets £12 are available by emailing
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