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.
Time is running out to save this little girl's eyesight - her family desperately need your help
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox The family of a little girl battling a rare disease face a race against time to save her eyesight - and desperately need people's help to make it happen.
Amelia Carroll, eight, and her older brother Ollie, 10, were diagnosed with a neurodegenerative condition called Batten Disease in 2015.
Over time the terminal disease robs children of their abilities one by one - their speech, mobility, eyesight and ability to swallow.
It is often referred to as childhood dementia. Parents Lucy and Mike Caroll, from Poynton, have witnessed Ollie lose his independence.
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