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.
Scottish war hero who lost eye in Afghan bomb blast dies aged 39
dailyrecord.co.ukHurt Locker hero who once dodged death in an Afghan bomb blast has died at the age of 39.Army legend David Timmins lost an eye and suffered massive internal injuries in an explosion in Afghanistan during Operation Panther’s Claw in July 2009.The Royal Logistic Corps Corporal showed incredible bravery when he helped save badly injured Sapper Matthew Weston.The decorated war hero saved scores of lives in his career, defusing deadly IEDs as a member of crack squad Explosive Device Disposal Team 5, known as the famous five.David – who was due to turn 40 later this month – was awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal.His death triggered many tributes.
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