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 toy range is widely inclusive - with skin tones and hair types represented
dailystar.co.ukA new inclusivity range has been released by leading toy manufacturer Fisher-Price, with ethnicities, physical abilities and skin conditions represented in these new figurines.The generationally loved brand has created the limited-edition 'People Kind' figure pack, with the aim of better representing modern Britain.The new toys created include a wheelchair user, another with the skin condition vitiligo, and a toy that resembles a person with sight issues.Different job roles are also featured in the pack - with a recycling collector, baker, photographer, doctor and a mother available.An array of skin tones, genders, ages and hair styles are also on show.Fisher-Price early childhood development expert, Lisa Lohiser, said: “From a very early age, children start to notice similarities and differences all around them.“Since play is a foundation for early learning, toys such as Little People figures provide a developmentally appropriate opportunity for kids to notice the uniqueness of each figure - and to explore and appreciate those differences that are reflected within their community in a really fun way.”It comes after a study of 1,000 parents, with children aged 0-5, found more than half believe children’s toys should be more inclusive and representative of society.Disability (39%), a variety of work professions (33%) and different ethnicities (32%) were three areas where parents felt more could be done to increase inclusivity.While 32% wanted different gender options and 16% would like toys which showed a variety of ages.And 59% want to see retailers stock toys on their shelves which are more inclusive and better representative of British society.The study, carried out by OnePoll, found only 16% of parents felt there is a.
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