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.
Britney Spears fights back tears as her voice cracks during harrowing testimony
mirror.co.ukBritney Spears can be heard getting very emotional as she delivered her testimony during yesterday's hearing into her conservatorship case.
In a leaked audio recording of the court hearing, the 39-year-old songstress seemed to fight back tears as she read out a lengthy statement in which she recalled the ordeal she has been living through since 2008.
The 23-minute long testimony included Britney revealing that she had been put on lithium medication that made her feel drunk, was banned from getting married and was forced to remain on contraception against her will.
Her statement, which is the first time she has publicly addressed the conservatorship in court, comes amid ongoing calls to 'Free Britney' as the songstress tries to have her
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