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.
Galway paddleboarders who got lost at sea receive letter from Taylor Swift
evoke.ieTaylor Swift has written a letter to two Galway paddleboarders who sang her songs while lost at sea in the Atlantic Ocean. Cousins Ellen Glynn and Sara Feeney made headlines August 2020 when they were swept out at sea at Furbo Beach.
They had been out for an evening paddle when strong winds pushed them further and further out from the shore. Unable to paddle back to land, the pair were stuck on the water for 15 hours before eventually being rescue by father and son fishermen Patrick and Morgan Oliver.
The pair were found 27km from where they had set off with their paddleboards at Furbo Beach. Neither of the women had their phone with them when they set out, meaning they had no means to call for help.
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