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.
Theatre show highlighting pancreatic cancer heads to South Lanarkshire
dailyrecord.co.ukiOS - Android She lost her beloved husband John to the disease four years ago - only three weeks after receiving a pancreatic cancer diagnosis.The experience propelled her to write the play Islets of Silence.
Isobel told Lanarkshire Live : “I did not know a lot about pancreatic cancer until my husband died of this silent killer. "Realising that the arts can deliver a powerful message I decided to write a play to raise awareness for others.”Her play ‘Islets of Silence’ centres around the Gourley family, who are dealing with everyday situations.Parenting, teenagers, growing up, school, work, hopes, dreams, plans for the future, friendships and relationships.Then life throws a grenade.
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