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.
Scots deserve 'Christmas ceasefire' to allow families to meet amid 'digital Christmas' warning
dailyrecord.co.ukCovid to allow families to enjoy festive gatherings, a senior bishop has said. It comes just days after the Scottish Government's clinical director warned the public to prepare for a "digital Christmas" which could see large indoor gatherings banned in December.
John Kennan - who is the head of the diocese in Paisley and a senior figure in the Catholic church - has called for SNP ministers to offer the prospect of a temporary lifting of restrictions.
He argues it would provide Scots with hope in the dark winter months of lockdown that could lie ahead, with older people particularly likely to suffer from isolation over the Christmas season.
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