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.
Jay Slater: Body found is missing teenager, court official says after fingerprints analysed
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe body found by a mountain rescue team in Tenerife is British teenager Jay Slater, a court spokesperson has confirmed. The spokesperson said fingerprints examined in a post-mortem had confirmed the body is that of the 19-year-old from Lancashire, Sky News reports.
The spokesperson added that the injuries suffered were compatible 'with a fall from a cliff'. Members of a mountain rescue team from the Spanish Civil Guard discovered the body near the village of Masca yesterday (July 15).
The body was found after a gruelling four-week search on the Spanish island for Jay. READ NEXT: Jay Slater's best friend Lucy Law breaks silence after body found in Tenerife search The teenager went missing on June 17 after a night out in Playa de las Americas.
The apprentice bricklayer had been partying in Papagayo nightclub the night before he vanished. Following the rave, Jay travelled more than 30km north to a remote Airbnb in the village of Masca, before leaving on foot into the Rural Parc de Teno.
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