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.
Deacon Blue's Ricky Ross on 30 years of having his wife in the band
dailystar.co.ukIf Deacon Blue’s Ricky Ross ever advertises for a personal assistant, I reckon I’ll apply. I’ve just pointed out that he and wife Lorraine have their 30th wedding anniversary coming up. “Oh, well reminded, Mike!” Ricky cries. “I’d actually forgotten until you said that.” To be fair, it’s a hectic time for the Glasgow-based couple, who’ve been bandmates as well as partners since the mid-80s.
Hectic in a good way, mind. There’s the superb new album, City Of Love, out today. There’s a big UK tour later this year. And, naturally, there’s the job of promoting both.
Mind you, it sounds as if at least one sale is already notched up. “I got a tweet the other day,” Ricky tells me, “from a guy calling himself Glasgow Tory Boy!
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