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.
New 'Jack and the Beanstalk' gene could feed the world with giant fruit and vegetables
dailystar.co.ukDaily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A discovery being touted as the “Jack and the Beanstalk gene” is giving scientists renewed hope that they’ll be able to keep feeding the world despite the threats posed by climate change.A US and Chinese team has devised a technique that has seen yields of staple crops such as rice and potato increase threefold after sprouting longer roots.The crops proved speedier at turning sunlight into energy, and they also survived drought better than their conventional cousins.The breakthrough by the boffins opens the door to a real-life fairy-tale of being able to grow produce that’s immune to climate change, keeping the planet in food at a time when the population continues to boom.
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