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.
Tributes paid to long serving Stewartry secretary of NFU Scotland
dailyrecord.co.ukTributes have been paid to the long serving Stewartry secretary of NFU Scotland. Mickey Coutts, who passed away on February 14, was based in the Castle Douglas office for 36 years until his retirement two years ago.
He started with NFU Scotland and NFU Mutual in 1985, helping his father for six years before fully taking over on his father’s retirement in 1991.
In 2007, Mickey was the inaugural winner of the union’s prestigious Miskelly award, which recognises outstanding service to Scottish farming communities and the NFU.
Mickey’s dedication and commitment were instrumental in helping those struck or severely restricted by foot and mouth in 2001, going on to assist many members to get through BSE, salmonella in eggs and the Stranraer port protests, all the while ensuring the union’s activities reflected members’ interests.
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