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.
Tom O'Connor dead: Pick Pockets and Name That Tune star dies aged 81
express.co.ukThe Bootle-born icon found fame in 1970, with his break coming on the show The Comedians before he later became one of the televisions best-loved names.However, the much-loved comedian wasn't always destined for stardom - having trained as a maths and music teacher, studying at a London University.Shortly after finishing his studies, Tom began teaching at the St Joan of Arc School in Bootle.
After discovering his true passion, entertaining people, Tom soon started entertaining people in working men's clubs across his home city.Following his rise to stardom, he went on to front programmes such as Wednesday at 8, Tom O'Connor Show as well as the Tom O'Connor show for the BBC.The Tom O'Connor Show that aired to the nation at lunchtime had.
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