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 turned to tech to stop my dogs barking at the neighbours
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThere's a window in my stairway that keeps my two dogs entertained for hours. They sit on the landing while I'm hard at work in my office and watch the world go by.
But every now and again something might happen they feel they need to tell me about. It might be the arrival of the postman, or one of my neighbours getting a delivery or, perish the thought, a cat might nonchalantly stroll by.
Obviously, they are always keen to report these events by barking their heads off. And if I'm in the middle of a phone call or a Zoom meeting that's really not ideal.
I always like to turn to technology to solve life's little problems, and I was convinced there would be some sort of home automation gadget that would enable me to shut the dogs up at the touch of a button or the call of an "OK Google" command.
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