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.
Mum forced to give up her job to take her son to school
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA 12-year-old boy who has Autism has spent months out of the classroom and is now facing a new battle to get transport to his new special school.
Charlie Bowe was forced to leave mainstream education just weeks into year seven as his school couldn't meet his needs, according to his family.
However, despite his last lesson being in October, Charlie technically remained on roll for several months afterwards. He had no work sent home for him since then and his mum Samantha Bowe has said: "It was affecting his mental health.
He was really upset.” They lodged a special needs tribunal and, following that, he was offered a place at a special needs school.
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