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.
Horrifying X-ray shows five-inch knife lodged in base of man's neck
dailyrecord.co.ukThis horrifying X-ray images showcases how a man was left with a five-and-a-half inch blade lodged in his throat following a brutal attack.
Thomas Brazell, 28, lunged at the victim with a kitchen knife and stabbed him at the base of his neck. The handle of the knife snapped off and the blade remained lodged in his body, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
Prosecutor, Robin Turton, told the court how the victim had to undergo emergency surgery to remove the blade following the incident in Shildon, County Durham, Manchester Evening News reports.
He said that he has been unable to use his right arm and it is anticipated that he may have a long term disability.Mr Turton said the landscape gardener, who has also been left with a scar, described being in "unbearable pain".He said: "He can no longer open the car door, he can not turn on the ignition.
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