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.
Defiant mum feared she would die after cancer diagnosis in her 20s as she fights back for her two kids
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA single mum has promised she will fight for her life for her children's sake after being diagnosed with cancer at just 29. Abbie Turner, from Blackburn, was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer which rapidly spread to her lymph nodes and spine.
She is now hoping to help others by spreading awareness of any unusual symptoms that some may ignore, the Mirror reports. Since February, Abbie has undergone six rounds of chemo which have resulted in 90 per cent of her hair falling out, experiencing early menopause, and possibly face a double mastectomy in the future. “Being in menopause at my age is really tough,” she said. Read more: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community “The hot flushes are horrendous; one minute you can feel the sweat pouring out of your skin, the next you’re freezing cold again.
I've got achy bones and joints - every time I get a headache I'm paranoid the cancer is in my brain. "I was offered egg-freezing in case I want more children in future, but by the time they caught the cancer in my breast it was already stage 4.
I’ve already got two babies who need me - they couldn’t cope without their mum.” Speaking of her five-year-old daughter and how she coped with the diagnosis, Abbie said: "She thought I’d caught cancer from when she was sick over Christmas.
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