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 felt like I had a secret weapon when I had to face cancer
telegraph.co.ukMacmillan nurse, Kelsie, because it made me panic. I’d always associated Macmillan with palliative, end-of-life care and so my first thought was, ‘I’m going to die.’ I couldn’t have been more wrong – in fact, that day I was thrown a huge lifeline.I’d just been diagnosed with breast cancer after finding a lump the size of a grape in my left breast weeks before.
The diagnosis hadn’t come as a huge shock – I had prepared myself for it – but it was still upsetting. Being told you have cancer is like suddenly being transported to another world, but from day one, Kelsie was my interpreter.
She drew diagrams to explain what the consultant had told me, and took me through my treatment plan. ‘I’m here to walk beside you on your journey,’ she told.
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