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.
Former Countdown guest 'threatened by fans and sent explicit fan mail' after show
dailystar.co.ukCountdown contestant has claimed that she was hounded by threatening fans who said they would stamp on her head after she appeared on the beloved Channel 4 daytime show.
The popular TV show pushes the guests’ mathematical skill and literary knowledge to the test as they battle it out to be crowned the series Countdown winner.And as the long-standing series prepares to celebrate its 40th anniversary later this year, former winner Jen Steadman – the highest-scoring woman of all time – has lifted the lid on what it’s like to be on the show.Aside from her long list of impressive accomplishments on the show, the blonde belle confessed that her success wasn’t always sweet after she was flooded with a flurry of wild fan mail – but not all of it was nice.In a recent interview with Metro, the TV star confessed that alongside the positive messages from her adoring fans, she was also received threatening and sexually-explicit letters from viewers.She told the publication: “There was hilariously explicit fan mail from middle-aged men, and a woman saying that I'd inspired them to apply for the show.“But also, a man threatening to stamp on my head because I was bobbing it in time to the music, and a woman criticising the bow I wore in my hair.“I definitely learned that you can’t please everyone and that some people have no taste in headwear.”Earlier this Spring, former contestant Gary Woodward went on to reveal some of the backstage secrets from the show to The Sun after appearing on the show a total of nine times over the years.As he revealed what it was like to take part on the show, he revealed how telly bosses often fake scenes in order to disguise X-rated answers, presenter faux pas and technical errors.He told the outlet: “When.
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