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.
Rutherglen group's special event for International Women's Day
dailyrecord.co.ukRutherglen group People’s Past People’s Future (PPPF) celebrated International Women’s Day in style with a busy event at the town’s library.More than 80 people attended the annual celebration, where they were treated to thought-provoking speeches and musical entertainment from an impressive line-up of local performers.They heard about inspirational women from speakers Geraldine Baird, who talked about the Richmond Park laundry strike in Cambuslang in 1935; and from Christina Quarrell, who discussed legendary Glasgow campaigner Mary Barbour.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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