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.
'She was strong, independent and a brilliant mum': Family's heartbreak as mum-of-11 dies, aged 39
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA heartbroken family has paid tribute to a 'strong and independent' mum-of-11 who died after being diagnosed with cervical cancer.
Sharon Lawless, from Toxteth, Liverpool, died on Friday, August 5, with her family by her side, the Liverpool Echo reports. The 39-year-old leaves behind five daughters and six sons aged between four and 22 years old.
Sharon first fell ill back in October last year when she started feeling tired and complaining of stomach pains. Sister Megan Povey, 26, said : "She was just tired a lot and she was getting stomach pains.
At first she didn't think anything of it. We just thought she was unwell and then obviously it was prolonged and prolonged. READ MORE: The cowboy parking firms plaguing the streets near Manchester Airport "She was going to the doctors to find out what it could be.
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