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.
Brit boxing hero Kirkland Laing dies aged 66 seven years after balcony fall
dailystar.co.ukWhere does Laing's victory over Duran rank amongst the best British boxing wins ever? Let us know in the comments section below.Laing's passing comes seven years after he fell from a fourth-floor balcony in East London, which saw him rushed to hospital in critical condition.He was loved by British boxing fans after carving out a successful career spanning almost two decades, in which he locked horns with and toppled one of the greatest fighters of all time in Duran.'The Gifted One' was a massive underdog heading into that fight, meaning he received Ring Magazine's Upset of the Year award when he prevailed.A number of boxing figures have paid tribute to Laing on social media after hearing of his passing this week, including legendary British.
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