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.
Troubled Macmerry venues scolded by cops after breaching booze licence rules
dailyrecord.co.ukVenues run by troubled Dundee pub firm Macmerry were closed at the weekend after police scolded managers for breaching their booze licences.
Cops visited several venues in the city centre on Friday night after receiving a tip-off to suggest that the bars might be operating without the proper paperwork.
Sources told Dundee Live that the affected venues included nightclub Nola - part of rum bar The King of Islington - as well as pasta bar Franks and its associated venues, The Blue Room and Draffens.
Food venue Bird and Bear and the attached Abandon Ship Dundee bar were also visited by cops, who said the watering holes had been operating "otherwise in accordance" with their licences.
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