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.
Young mum tragically took her own life after struggling with traumatic event when 'something happened in London'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA young mum from Lancashire tragically took her own life after experiencing a traumatic event the year before - with mental health services admitting there were 'some failings' in her care.
Paula Halliday hadn't seen her two young girls since an incident in October 2021 and on a number of occasions had taken overdoses and said she wanted to end her life.
The 33-year-old, who was born in Buckinghamshire where her family still live, was being seen by mental health services at the time, LancsLive reports.
At an inquest into her death in Preston Coroner's Court on Thursday (April 28) heard that there had been 'failings in her care'.
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