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.
Sir Elton John branded ‘an inspiration’ as he celebrates 30 years of sobriety: ‘I’m truly a blessed man’
metro.co.ukbeen open about his addiction struggles throughout the early years of his career, revealing that he lost many friendships as people begged him to get help.In a candid interview with Graham Norton last year, he explained that he was also suffering with bulimia at the same time, and would binge eat after not having any food for three days.‘Not only was I a drug addict I was an alcoholic.
I used to drink a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black every day,’ he told the host. ‘I used to smoke joints and I was bulimic. I would go to sleep for three days, I hadn’t eaten, then I would go out and gorge myself and then throw it all up.
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