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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.
New Livingston defender admits it's a 'dream' to sign for club after being told he was 'crazy' to want Scottish move
dailyrecord.co.ukLuiyi de Lucas was told he was ‘crazy’ to want to play in Scotland - but the new Livingston defender admits he’s living the dream.The 28-year-old Dominican Republic centre-back became the club’s second signing of the January transfer window when he penned an 18-month deal after leaving Finnish side FC Haka.It’s a first stint in British football for the eight-times capped international, but it’s not his first spell at the Tony Macaroni Arena having failed to win a deal last term.He admits it took ‘balls’ to return for a second trial but insists that just shows how desperate he was to earn a deal with Livingston.He said: “The manager told me last season that he liked me but he had enough centre-backs and he didn’t need me.“It was always my ambition to come back here and try to win a deal.
It takes balls to come to a club twice on trial to win a contract. I don’t think too many people would try that, but I was determined to stay here and win a contract.”de Lucas impressed in friendly clashes during Livi’s winter training camp in Turkey and says he already knows the ethos of the club - and believes he can thrive in that environment.He commented: “The gaffer doesn’t have favourites.
If you aren’t doing your job you don’t play so it isn’t just me who is under pressure to do well, it is the whole squad. You can’t relax.“It is probably the most intense training I have ever had, but I like it.
The intensity is eye opening but it can only help you. I know that the Premiership games will be a bit more intense than those games but I am ready.
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