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 star Jake Wood launches appeal after friend’s young child dies of cancer
dailystar.co.ukEastEnders legend Jake Wood has launched an urgent appeal after his friend's young child passed away from cancer.Wood, who is best known for playing Max Branning in the BBC One soap, has urged that more money needs to go towards research for "this awful disease".It comes after Jake's friend Ceri tragically lost his son Hugh on 18 September following the young lad's battle with a rare form of cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma.Taking to Instagram, Jake posted a link to a fundraiser that helps a children's cancer charity called Alice's Arc.The Just Giving fundraiser, which is called 'In Memory of Hugh Menai-Davis', has already raised over £12,000 [at the time of writing].Sharing a post which showed a sweet snap of Hugh, Jake penned: "Please help.
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