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.
Monday headlines: Scots mum's hair gives away crime and cuffed prisoner escapes
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Here is everything you need to know to keep up to date.A blonde mum was snared for her role in a gang attack on a drunk partygoer after being identified by her “very distinctive” hair.
Courtney Ellwood, 21, was part of a group who battered Fraser Brown in a dawn assault in Edinburgh and left him covered in blood.
The victim refused to cooperate with police, but cops were able to pick out Ellwood on CCTV due to her tresses. Fraser was the boyfriend of one of Ellwood’s pals and was jumped after leaving a drinking session.
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