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.
Poignant floral tributes in Largs as school pays tribute following tragic death of girl, 13
dailyrecord.co.ukLargs.The town is in mourning this week after 13-year-old Sarah Short from Fairlie was fatally injured late on Saturday night.Emergency services raced to the incident in the North Ayrshire seaside town's Aitken Street but she was pronounced dead at the scene.Police have said there do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding what happened and that enquiries are continuing.Bunches of flowers, balloons and a teddy bear have been carefully laid out with heartbroken friends and residents attending to pay their own respects.Sarah was a pupil at Largs Academy and the school's head teacher John Doherty confirmed a support service will be put in place for grief-stricken students.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download.
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