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.
Launch of futuristic £1.3m 'floating home' results in red faces when it starts sinking
dailystar.co.ukREAD MORE: Giant nuclear-powered 'flying hotel' with gym and swimming pool to carry 5,000 passengersThe unique habitat includes a special smart ring that will summon takeaway-carrying drones when the owner gets a little peckish.But the futuristic home’s launch turned out to be a bit of a damp squib when the £1.3m ocean habitat keeled over in front of an audience that included Panama’s president, Laurentino Cortizo.In their advertising pitch for the SeaPod, Ocean Builders explain that: "Just like an iceberg, the hidden magic of a SeaPod lays beneath the surface."The towering structure, looking like a classic Bond-villain lair, is kept afloat by 1,688 cubic feet of air-filled steel tubes which, according to the manufacturers, results in so much buoyancy that it is able to push the entire SeaPod up 3 metres above the water”.Unfortunately, a malfunctioning bilge pump threw the prototype habitat off balance and caused it to flood.The company explained: "At roughly 4:35pm on Thursday Sept 22nd, our SeaPod experienced a ballast tank and pumping system malfunction which caused flooding in the jacuzzi spar.
This flooding quickly passed through to the other spars causing what we’re referring to as 'The Tilt'."Ocean Builders stressed that no-one was harmed in the unfortunate, but hilarious, mishap.In a statement to Autoevolution, a spokesperson for the company said, “Like all innovation and new technology, there is a likelihood of trial and error, and that provides an opportunity to learn, improve, and continue to innovate on ocean technology.”If you’re still interested in a life on the ocean wave, prices of the SeaPod at around $295,000 (£263,000), but can reach up to $1.5 million (£1.3m).READ NEXT:.
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