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.
The Northern contenders to host Eurovision Song Contest 2023
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Here is today's Northern Agenda: By ROB PARSONS - August 11 2022 It might not be their normal choice of morning listening but Northern leaders will likely have their dial switched to BBC Radio 2's Breakfast Show tomorrow when the shortlist is announced for the host of next year's Eurovision Song Contest .
The UK was given the chance to host Eurovision for the ninth time as organisers decided the event cannot be held in war-torn Ukraine following the Russian invasion.
And with towns and cities invited to bid for the honour of hosting the major international event next May, it would probably be easier to list those which haven't put themselves forward.
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