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 had a beautiful wife, happy children, a successful career - but inside I was crippled with anxiety'
telegraph.co.ukdepression. It felt like a life prison sentence – some days I was unable to get out of bed. From my early 20s, I suffered from chronic anxiety, extreme panic attacks and crippling insomnia.
I’ve tried everything from exercise, meditation and diet to antidepressants. Nothing worked and I started relying on a cocktail of alcohol and sleeping pills to keep going.Then Covid-19 hit.
Being unable to work properly or see family and friends took its toll and the constant fear of financial ruin and potential illness further affected my mental health.Yet without the distractions of day-to-day life, the pandemic has forced me to confront my struggles.
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