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.
‘Visionary’ designer Terence Conran dies aged 88
breakingnews.ieDesigner, retailer and restaurateur Terence Conran has died aged 88, his family said in a statement. Born in Kingston upon Thames in 1931, Mr Conran began his career making and selling furniture in London.
He went on to open restaurants across the capital before launching Habitat in 1964. In a statement released on Saturday, his family said he “passed away peacefully today at his Barton Court home”.
They described the Design Museum founder as a “visionary who enjoyed an extraordinary life and career”. The statement went on: “From the late forties to the present day, his energy and creativity thrived in his shops, restaurants, bars, cafes and hotels and through his many design, architecture and furniture making businesses. “Founding The
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