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.
St Andrew's Day - everything you need to know about Scotland's patron saint
dailyrecord.co.ukMillions of Scottish people will be celebrating St Andrew's Day today. November 30 marks the day when people across Scotland come together to celebrate the feast day of our patron saint.
The famous saint, whose diagonal cross is the reason Scotland's flag features a white saltire, is not only a much-loved figure here, but also in countries as far-reaching as Barbados, Greece, Russia, Colombia, Romania, and Cyprus where he is also the patron saint.
The first Apostle to be named, he was a Disciple, a brother to St Peter, and a martyr, but how much do we really know about the saint and why we celebrate his life?
St Andrew's Feast Day is celebrated on November 30 (the supposed anniversary of his martyrdom). Andrew is thought to have begun his life as a fisherman in Galilee and may actually have originally been a disciple of St John.
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