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.
How to create a spa holiday in your own back garden
telegraph.co.ukSamantha Kennell moved into her Surrey home in 2018, part of the attraction was a large, rundown pool in the garden, which she dreamt of renovating. ‘It looked like a swamp; there were broken tiles, leaks and stagnant water that had been sitting there for years,’ she says. ‘We even had frogspawn.’After being quoted £50,000 to £60,000 to restore it, she shelved her plans. ‘It was unaffordable, especially as we were concentrating on extending and remodelling the main house.’ But during the first lockdown – and the heatwave – she began dreaming about her pool again.
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