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.
Rapist who won £7.2m in lottery while in prison given full access to fortune after 15-year legal dispute
dailyrecord.co.ukA convicted rapist has been granted full access to his £7.2million lottery winnings after a 15-year legal battle. Iorworth Hoare was sentenced to life in prison in 1989 for the attempted rape of Shirley Woodman as she walked through Roundhay Park, Leeds.
He had six previous convictions for rape and other sex offences since 1973, according to the Mirror. In August 2004, he purchased a lottery ticket while on weekend leave from Leyhill open prison in Gloucestershire - and won the £7.2 million jackpot.
The 70-year-old was released on licence in 2005, but prevented from having unlimited access to the lottery funds. It is understood that he was initially granted a monthly allowance of £8,666.To receive his fortune in full, Hoare required the consent of the fund trustees – a Home Office official, his lawyer and his accountant.
In 2008, he began legal action to win control of the cash, and has now been granted complete access, plus interest.He has since used his money to build a property portfolio and art collection, including a Picasso 'Bull' sketch.
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