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.
Brilliant Georgia Taylor-Brown captures hearts after conquering adversity to grab Olympic silver
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSign up for The Torch to receive email updates about all things Olympics - from Team GB and beyond Imagine conquering a flat tyre to win Olympic silver - and that not being your biggest hurdle.
Enter Mancunian triathlete Georgia Taylor-Brown, who reached the podium ten weeks after being on crutches and six weeks after returning to running.
The 27-year-old’s Olympic dream was in jeopardy after suffering a stress response in her femur in May and had to undergo solo testing to prove she was fit enough to make a Games debut.
Taylor-Brown passed a fitness check a week before flying and got to the Tokyo start line, only for a mechanical failure on the final lap of the 40km bike ride to seemingly scupper her chances of a medal.
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