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.
Shamima Begum cannot return to the UK to fight for citizenship, Supreme Court rules
manchestereveningnews.co.ukLondon schoolgirls who travelled to Syria in 2015 to join the so-called Islamic State group (IS). She was found heavily pregnant four years later in a Syrian refugee camp and her British citizenship was revoked on national security grounds.Ms Begum, who is now 21, is challenging the Home Office’s decision to strip her of her citizenship and wants to return to the UK to pursue an appeal.
In July last year, the Court of Appeal ruled that “the only way in which she can have a fair and effective appeal is to be permitted to come into the United Kingdom to pursue her appeal”.
The Home Office challenged that decision at the Supreme Court in November, arguing that allowing her to return to the UK “would create significant national security risks”.
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