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.
Heartbroken childhood friend of cancer death Scots rapper says he 'lit up the room'
dailyrecord.co.ukA childhood friend of a Scots rapper who lost his battle with cancer has paid a moving tribute to his pal who 'lit up the room'.
Tyler Green, 22, underwent 12 months of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with bone cancer in May last year.The talented Glasgow artist, who was one half of Rangers supporting rap duo Triple01s, was then given just months to live after being told by doctors that the cancer had spread to his lungs.
He died peacefully at the Marie Curie hospice, in Springburn, on Saturday, December 10, with family by his side.Childhood friend Ross Hamill cut a holiday short and returned to Glasgow in time to say a final farewell to his pal of more than a decade.
The pair met playing football at a park in Govanhill when they were around 12-years-old and remained friends since.Ross, 22, told Glasgow Live: "I’m an emotional person but when he passed I was just shocked.
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