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.
Hak Baker: “Budget cuts and middle class elites are killing London’s working class culture”
nme.com‘The Real Eastenders’, airing on Channel 4 tonight (July 21), takes an in-depth look at working class families in London’s East End.
The Isle of Dogs used to be the heart of Britain’s shipping industry, but now the docks are long gone and the community finds itself squeezed between high-rise office blocks and unaffordable housing.
Here, in his own words, local musician Hak Baker explains why the capital’s rich cultural landscape is slowly dying.Hak Baker: “I always knew I loved music, but the first place I was actually allowed to make music was in my local community.
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