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.
'Evil took his last breath': Mum of murdered baby Leiland-James pens heartbreaking letter
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe birth mother of Leiland-James Corkill said her baby boy was 'placed in the home of a monster' after his killer was jailed for life.
Laura Corkill, 38, penned an heartbreaking letter asking the judge to pass the longest sentence possible for her 'beautiful, blue eyed boy', LancsLive reports.
On Wednesday his killer Laura Castle, who wanted to adopt the 13-month-old baby, was jailed for life. Leiland-James was removed from his mother and placed into temporary foster care, two days after his birth on December 21, 2019. Read more: Woman jailed for life for murdering boy she was hoping to adopt He lived happily with his foster mum, Charlotte Day, enjoying cuddles and stories, and playing in his Jumparoo bouncer.
But in July 2020, the family court ruled Leiland-James was to be adopted - and Laura and Scott Castle were a suitable match.
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