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.
Deadliest snake in the world found in UK after crawling into suitcase from India
dailystar.co.uksnake considered to be one of the most dangerous in the world sparked alarm when it arrived in the UK after sneaking into a suitcase and travelling 4,500 miles as a stowaway.The venomous saw-scaled viper was found by a stonemason as it slithered from a container of rocks from India.
Luckily the reptile was too chilly from its long journey to launch an attack when it was found in Coryton, Essex.But wildlife officials said the viper was "very agitated and aggressive".A reptile expert reportedly rushed to collect the animal and took it to South Essex Wildlife Hospital after being urgently called out on Friday.
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