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.
Nicola Sturgeon 'optimistic' as Supreme Court meets to hear Scottish independence referendum case
dailyrecord.co.ukNicola Sturgeon has said she is "hopeful and optimistic" that judges will rule in the Scottish Government's favour when they assess her referendum plan.The UK Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments today on whether Holyrood has the power to hold a second vote on independence without obtaining prior approval from the UK Government.The First Minister announced in the summer it was her intention to stage an IndyRef2 on October 19 next year - but only if the referendum could not be subjected to legal challenge.Lawyers representing the UK Government will argue that as constitutional matters are reserved to Westminster, judges should rule against the plan.Sturgeon spoke to reporters at the SNP conference in Aberdeen before her set-piece speech to members.Asked by the Record if she was confident of victory at the Supreme Court, she said: "I am very hopeful and optimistic of that."But anyone who knows anything about court hearings would know that there's not a lot of point about trying to second guess or speculate about the court's outcome - the arguments will be put and the court will decide.
I respect the rule of law and I respect the process and we will see what comes out of that."The First Minister has previously said that if the Supreme Court rules against her plans, the SNP would campaign solely on the issue of independence at the next general election - turning it into a "de facto" referendum.Under Sturgeon’s definition, pro-independence parties would need to win more than 50 per cent of the vote.A UK Government spokeswoman said: "People across Scotland want both their governments to be working together, focusing on the issues that matter to them, not talking about another independence referendum."On the question of
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