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.
Brits are being issue a warning to check their passports after a family missed their £3,000 holiday because of a little-known rule.
The Gurd family believed they were all set for their trip to the Algarve, in Portugal, with their documents all in order. But the family told the BBC they ended up having to cancel the trip because of a passport issue, thanks to a rule being enforced in some European countries following Brexit.
Mum Nina Gurd was turned away from the flight - even though she believed her passport was OK. Nina's passport is due to expire in February 2023 - well more than the three months to expiry date some countries require, Wales Online reports.
But at the airport, she was told the passport would still not be valid in Portugal, and that the expiry date was meaningless. READ MORE: "People are trusted to do the right thing...
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