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.
'Unrelenting' paedophile sent nearly £21k to women in Philippines for child abuse streams
dailyrecord.co.ukA paedophile who spent nearly £21,000 to set up Skype live streams of child abuse in the Philippines has been jailed. Bernard Grace, 72, was found by police with thousands of chat messages to women.The sick pervert was found 'liaising' with women online even after his arrest over sending images of himself and money.
He admitted to the charges put to him in court, reports the Manchester Evening News.Investigators from the National Crime Agency (NCA) searched his home in October 2020 and recovered an Apple MacBook which contained 23 chats in which Grace offered to make payment in exchange for the sexual abuse of children and gave 'instructions'.Rosalind Scott-Bell, prosecuting the case at Manchester Crown Court, said: "These women were endeavouring to make ends meet, to better themselves and the lives of their children in relation to education."The defendant would engage in conversation with the younger members and extended members of the family, and would send images of his [genitals]."In one conversation, the court heard how Grace told one woman who had a five-year-old daughter he would send her money if she performed an indecent act.
He then sent a graphic picture to the woman and said to show it to the child, paying £15 for the act.In another exchange, a woman asked if he would pay her rent.
The 72-year-old wanted a picture of her nine-year-old daughter in return and sent two payments totalling £35.One conversation recovered contained over 1,000 messages between August and September 2019.
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