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.
UB40’s Duncan Campbell announces retirement from music
completemusicupdate.comUB40 frontman Duncan Campbell has announced that he is retiring from music, following a seizure last week.“Unfortunately, due to continued ill health, I have reluctantly decided to retire from the band so as to focus on my recovery”, he says in a statement. “I am very grateful, and would like to express my sincere thanks, to the fans for all their support during this time and indeed throughout my time with UB40.
The band have my full support going forward and, of course, my very best wishes for the future with their new singer”.Campbell was hospitalised due to a stroke last year, but had been expected to return to the band for scheduled tour dates.
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