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 pooch's lucky escape after vets find football-sized tumour
dailyrecord.co.ukA dog had a lucky escape after a tumour the size of a football was found on his spleen. Marty the 11-year-old Golden Retriever needed emergency surgery to save him after the cancerous growth, which weighed 1kg, was discovered.
Owner Jane Gallacher, from Stirling, faced the tough decision of going ahead with the risky operation or taking her beloved pooch home to die.
Marty had been taken to a local vets for treatment.But due to the complexity of the tumour they couldn't help so the worried family were referred to Linnaeus-owned Veterinary Specialists Scotland (VSS) in Livingston.
Our sister title, Edinburgh Live, reports that the West Lothian dog's owners were terrified of what would happen, and it emerged the swelling had ruptured, causing potentially fatal bleeding.
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