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.
Inspiring WW1 truce and pub folk songs: 12 festive facts about Christmas carols
dailystar.co.ukChristmas carols, it turns out the younger generation aren’t singing from the same hymn sheet!We revealed yesterday more than a third get the words to Silent Night wrong, believing it’s “Round John virgin, mother and child” rather than “Round yon virgin, mother and child”.While fewer than a quarter are able to hum the tune to O Come All Ye Faithful.But according to the same survey, most agreed traditional carols are an important part of the festive season.Here Kim Carr brings you 12 days of Christmas, joyful and triumphant, facts about carols...Christmas carols first popped up during the 18th Century, and Silent Night got its first airing in 1818.
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