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.
Scotland's schools ranked from best to worst by Higher results in 2021 league table
dailyrecord.co.ukScotland's best performing state schools have been announced in this year's 2021 league table. The Times has ranked all Scots high schools on the percentage of pupils attaining the 'gold standard' of five Highers.
In this year's league table, a Glasgow secondary was named as Scotland's top performer - for the sixth year in a row. Jordanhill School, in the city's west end, is the only government-aided secondary school and has once again topped the table with 86 per cent of pupils reaching the mark.
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