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.
Scot forced to spend dream holiday alone as partner deported after visa mix-up
dailyrecord.co.ukA Scot was forced to spend his dream holiday to Mexico alone after his Brazilian girlfriend was deported after a visa mix-up.
Scott Kinghorn, 32, and partner Thallise Marciano, 29, splashed out £2,500 on the trip of a lifetime. But their holiday plans were left in tatters when Scott became separated from Thallise.
She is a Brazilian national and was therefore required to apply for a separate visa to gain entry to Mexico. But Scott claims they weren't told this by the booking agent - meaning he was left stranded in Mexico for a week while Thallise was sent home.
Tui said it was sorry to hear of the couple's experience but that it is the customer's responsibility to check visa rules. Scott, from Edinburgh, Scotland, said: "The whole trip was a complete nightmare from start to finish.
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