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.
Shamed CEO banned from working in childcare in Scotland after £330,000 cash row
dailyrecord.co.ukchildcare following her move to Scotland.Janice McAleese was given a suspended sentence last year after admitting misconduct in public office while heading up the Northern Ireland Events Company.The NIEC folded shortly after her resignation in 2007, leaving taxpayers to settle debts of £1.6million.The 56-year-old was chief executive of the company, which used public money to promote events, when she committed the offences between 2004 and 2006.
She was given a two-year sentence, suspended for three years, at Belfast Crown Court after admitting arranging payments of approximately £330,000 to be made to Damien Fleming/Schism Ltd.
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