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.
Mum-of-three felt 'funny' celebrating dad's birthday - then she got a devastating diagnosis
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSign up for the MyWigan newsletter for the biggest stories direct to your inbox A beloved mum-of-three was given the heartbreaking news that she had an 'aggressive brain tumour' after merely feeling 'funny' in the moments before suffering a major seizure.
Kirstin Hart, 49, was celebrating her dad's birthday in April of this year with no indication that anything was wrong, until she began to feel 'funny'.
Just seconds later, she passed out, only just managed to get herself onto the floor before losing consciousness. Kirstin was rushed to the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary along with her frightened husband John, 50.
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