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.
Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A raft of new destinations have been added to the "green list" for quarantine-free travel taking effect from next week.
The UK government has updated its traffic light system to include a host of popular tourist destinations including Malta and the Balearic islands of Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca and Formentera - on to the green list which allows foreign destination travel for holidays.
The new list will come into effect from 4am on Wednesday June 30. It's the first significant change to the list, and represents some good news for holidaymakers keen to get away for a foreign break this summer.
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