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.
Lottery conman who forged ticket to 'win' £2.5m still hasn't paid back a penny
dailystar.co.ukLotto ticket still hasn’t paid back a penny of his “winnings”.Convicted rapist Edward Putman, now 56, was told at a hearing in January that he had three months to cough up nearly £940,000 – or he would have another six years added to his nine-year jail term, reports the Mirror.But following a Freedom of Information request it’s emerged that “to date the full confiscation order amount of £939,782.44 is outstanding”.Prosecutors say Putman – who still owns a £700,000 property – had been given an extension to pay up.Putman tricked Camelot in 2009 with a fake ticket made by Giles Knibbs, who worked at Camelot’s fraud detection unit.
Putman called Camelot just days before the six-month limit was to expire, claiming he was “having palpitations”.His claim was honoured, even though the crumpled “winning ticket” was missing its bottom half and a barcode.But the scam was uncovered when Mr Knibbs took his own life and left notes incriminating Putman.
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