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.
Munro bagging: Ayrshire climbers join exclusive club and end with poignant tribute to late friend
dailyrecord.co.ukAyrshire hillwalkers have joined two exclusive clubs — after climbing all of Scotland’s 282 Munros. Harry Kirkwood and Wallis Riddell, both of Ayr, managed the feat when they climbed their final Munro of the 4,000ft Aonach Mor, near Fort William, last weekend.
For Wallis, 69, it’s his first complete set of Munros; and for Harry, aged 67, it’s his second. But the second time around was an especially poignant one for Harry, from Bourtree Park, because he was honoured to scatter the ashes of a dearly departed friend.
Harry, originally from Mauchline, completed the Munros for a second time, having completed a first round in 1993 with his great pal John ‘Big Jock’ Smith.
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