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.
‘We did the right thing’ Darina Allen defends in-person cookery classes during lockdown
evoke.ieDarina Allen has come under fire for continuing to holding cookery classes in their renowned Ballymaloe Cookery School. However, the Irish chef has defended the decision to go ahead with these in-person classes.
It has emerged that nine students from America, The Netherlands and the UK were attending these classes. The country is currently in Level 5 restrictions meaning all non-essential businesses must remain closed. ‘We felt we had a strong responsibility to them and that we did the right thing,’ Darina told The Irish Examiner.
She explained that the students took precautions and quarantined for two weeks in December. The students were offered the opportunity to join the ‘Ballymaloe Bubble’ after their 14-day quarantine.
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