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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 gran honoured by the Queen for years of cancer charity work
dailyrecord.co.ukA Lanarkshire gran has spoken of her surprise and delight at being recognised in the Queen's birthday honours list.Jean Holloway has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for her years of work fundraising and supporting Prostate Cancer UK.
The Rutherglen woman lost he beloved husband Walter to the disease in 2007, and since then has done everything possible to help the charity, from raising awareness of the condition to helping out in the charity's office.
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 She has earned over £34,000 for Prostate Cancer UK through a host of events, from bag packing at the Tesco in Burnside to organising golf days at Cathkin Braes Golf Club, where her husband was once Captain.However despite her hard work, 85-year-old Jean told Lanarkshire Live it was a complete shock to be told she was being recognised for her hard work.She said: "I was totally surprised, I was not expecting anything like this at all.
I was very honoured.. I've been working with Prostate Cancer UK for 11 or 12 years now I think. A wee while after I lost my husband I started working as a volunteer with them, just doing anything that was needed."I'm not a saint but I needed a purpose after Walter died, so if they asked me if I could do something then I would go and do it.
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