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 terrifying road accident that made me lose five stone in just five months'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukKirstine McCord piled on the pounds during lockdown after suffering from back and hip pain. But a terrifying road accident was the trigger she needed to finally decided to turn her life around for good – a change that would see her lose an incredible five stone in just five months.
Kirstine McCord, from Birkdale in Southport, was out shopping when she was struck by a van. The incident left her unable to move and she needed physiotherapy therapy treatment in order to recover. READ MORE: 'I thought my new husband had a cold - the real diagnosis is a death sentence' The mum-of-two said: “I went to put things in the charity shop.
My mum was across the road in her car, and I went back to walk across the road and a van reversed and hit me. He just didn't see me. "He did get out and help me.
I got taken straight to hospital. It was horrendous for my mum to watch. She couldn't get out of the car quick enough." Kirstine needed to move in with her parents for support following the incident, the Liverpool Echo reports. "I think after the accident I probably had a bit of depression,” she continued. "I went a bit low and probably ate more because I couldn't move properly.
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