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.
From brushing your teeth to chewing gum and smoking... The dos and don'ts of fasting during Ramadan
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThis weekend marks the start of the holy month of Ramadan and will see the beginning of fasting over the next 30 days for Muslims all over the world.
While on the surface fasting appears to be a simple process of not eating or drinking anything from sunrise to sunset, there is in fact much more to it than that.
Because Ramadan is a very sacred time of the year, Muslims are encouraged to use the time to become closer to Allah and improve themselves while paying extra attention to friends and families as well as the wider Muslim community (known as the Ummah).
Educating yourself in Islam is also extremely important during Ramadan since there are some clear cut rules around fasting and how one should act throughout the fasting period.
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