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.
‘I don’t drink a lot’ Ray D’Arcy on his family link with alcohol dependence
evoke.ieOne of RTÉ’s most beloved radio hosts Ray D’Arcy has spoken about growing up with his father’s alcohol dependence and how it’s affected his own relationship with the substance.
He explained: ‘I drink, I do drink but I don’t drink a lot.’ Ray told listeners of his Radio One afternoon show: ‘I’ve always been very cautious around drink because my dad was a big drinker and I grew up in a house where the effects of drink were constantly there.’ He was quick to add, ‘now, he wasn’t a violent man there was just tension.’ The radio and TV personality has often spoken of his, now deceased, father and their relationship.
According to the Irish Independent, Ray said he and his dad, ‘weren’t that close,’ but he added, I miss him in small ways.’ The
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