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.
Superdad who devoted his life to adoptive children 'blown away' by special honour
dailyrecord.co.ukA superdad who has adopted six children with complex disabilities has been nominated for a national award. 37-year-old single father Ben Carpenter adopted his first child when he was just 21-years-old.
The Huddersfield dad has since dedicated his life to caring for his children, promoting adoption and helping prospective adoptive parents to consider opening up their homes to children who may have complex disabilities.
Yorkshire Live reports that Ben is a proud dad to Jack, 14, who has autism, Ruby, 11, who has complex needs, Lilly, nine, who is deaf, Joseph, six, who has down's syndrome and two year-old Louis, who has cerebral palsy and is blind.
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