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.
The BBC has responded to criticism over its highlight show of the One World: Together at Home concert. The concert saw more than 100 artists come together via video calls and perform renditions of their songs, including Taylor Swift, Tom Jones, Little Mix and Jennifer Lopez.
The highlight show on BBC1 was presented by Claudia Winkleman, Dermot O'Leary, and Clara Amfo who stood in a studio together.
This caught the eye of some viewers who took to Twitter to blast the fact that the presenters were not at home. A spokesperson has now responded to the claims, telling MirrorOnline: "This was a live two hour broadcast with numerous pre-recorded and live inserts and it was safer for the production team to work in a single controlled space that
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