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.
WATCH: Santa and his reindeer arrive in Lanarkshire town centre
dailyrecord.co.ukFamilies gathered in Hamilton Town Centre on Saturday afternoon eagerly anticipating the arrival of Santa Claus and his reindeer.
After the success of last month's fantastic Christmas lights switch on event, the festivities got well and truly underway in the town centre.
The festive cheer was greatly missed in the town last year due to lockdown restrictions but a total of five Christmas markets in the coming weeks will no doubt help to make up for lost time.
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