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.
Scots man who founded social enterprise after death of friend named in Forbes 30 under 30 European list
dailyrecord.co.ukA Scots man who founded a social enterprise after losing his friend to suicide has been named in the Forbes 30 under 30 European list for social impact.Robbie Tolson launched Turn The Tables (TTT) in 2020 to help those experiencing homelessness, unemployment, youth crime or mental health issues through music.The 29-year-old, from Edinburgh, used DJing as a way to escape and process the loss of his friend and now hopes to help others struggling by using music as a way of expression and growing confidence.The charity offers sessions for beginners and those who are more advanced so that they can learn skills to produce music or to perform live, Edinburgh Live reports.Robbie said: “A massive influence for setting up TT was when a friend took his own life.
It was a lightbulb moment as DJing helped me to overcome that and deal with the loss and that motivated me to set up TTT so that others could benefit in the same way.”He added: “I started running workshops as a volunteer at the Social Bite village in 2018 whilst I was working as a full time DJ.
From there it grew arms and legs and we were able to launch TTT in 2020.“TTT has grown from being a volunteer initiative working in the homelessness community to now helping a mixture of people from different socially disadvantaged groups.
For instance we help young offenders through action for children.“These programmes are based around mental health which uses music to give people a creative output.
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