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.
Where are the Olympics being held next? - All the host cities of upcoming games including Paris and LA
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCut through the noise by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox After being postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 Olympics are finally kicking off in Tokyo this week.
Anticipation is mounting in Japan ahead of a stripped-back official opening ceremony on Friday (July 23), which will take place in a virtually empty national stadium.
The event was postponed in March 2020 as countries faced strict lockdowns to try and slow the spread of Covid-19. Previous editions of the Games had been cancelled during the First and Second World Wars - but this was the first time that the Olympic Games had ever been postponed and rescheduled.
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