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.
Ex-soldier stole £300 worth of petrol from garage to 'make ends meet'
dailyrecord.co.ukAn army veteran stole hundreds of pounds worth of fuel from a garage after his life had gone 'downhill'. According to Teesside Live, Liam McGirr first went to the BP garage in Stockton on April 5 last year.
The 28-year-old filled his car with £30 of petrol before going into the store to pay, Teesside Magistrates' Court heard. Alan Davison, prosecuting, said defendant told workers his card wasn't working but he would come back later with cash.He left his details with staff, however failed to return to the petrol station.McGirr went back to the same garage almost three months later and carried out the same scam five more times over the course of July.The prosecutor said he went back as the passenger in another vehicle, went into the garage
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