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 student dies just months after headaches diagnosed as inoperable brain tumour
dailyrecord.co.ukA Scots student who suffered from headaches has died just months after being told that his brain tumour was inoperable. Jordan Kearney, from Peterhead, was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer when a large, 4cm mass was discovered after an appointment at an opticians in June.
The 22-year-old was taken into Aberdeen Royal Infirmary where an emergency biopsy was performed and three weeks later he was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM grade 4).The tumour was inoperable due to its location and the Record previously told how the young man was undergoing chemo-radiotherapy as his family searched for alternative treatments.
However, on Thursday Jordan passed away leaving his family and friends completely devastated. His aunt Lisa Ann Kearney lead the tributes as she hailed her nephew in a heartfelt message on social media.
Lisa said: “Jordan Kearney was tired and you called him home to heaven on Thursday. You could never of meet a kinder person who never had a bad word to say about anyone. “He was caring and full of life.
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