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.
Official biography of 'incomparable entertainer' Victoria Wood
msn.comVictoria Wood will always be unique. Unlike almost anyone else, she could do it all: sketches, songs, stand-up. She could write, act, compose, direct, and much more.
Once upon a time, at the very start of her career, she even did magic tricks. I interviewed Victoria many times over the years and, after she died of cancer, five years ago aged just 62, I was given the great privilege of writing her authorised biography.
During the course of researching Let's Do It, which was published last year, I was granted access toVictoria's archive and was stunned to unearth a huge cache of sketches and ideas that had never been seen.
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