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.
EastEnders’ Danny Dyer admits regrets over turning down Tom Hardy’s role in The Take after failing to crack America
thesun.co.ukDANNY Dyer thinks he missed his one shot at becoming a Hollywood star, and instead that chance went to Tom Hardy. The EastEnders star, 43, thinks he could've seen his name in the big lights if only he'd said yes to playing a sociopathic gangster in 2009's The Take.
The role of Freddie Jackson ended up going to Tom Hardy who would go on to take Hollywood by storm and even earn himself an Oscar nomination along the way.
Speaking on his podcast - Sorted with the Dyers - alongside daughter Dani Dyer, he revealed he regretted rejecting the role in the Sky crime drama.
Asked what he would tell his 15-year-old self, he said: "I'd have gone: 'Right, you're going to be offered a job called The Take. "Say yes to it even though your agent and everyone.
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