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.
Ultra rare 'hypernova' star explosion detected in Milky Way for the first time
dailystar.co.ukDaily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A massive, ultra rare explosion dating back to the earliest days of the universe could explain a 13 billion year old mystery.Scientists have found evidence of a new stellar explosion, known as a "magneto-rotational hypernova", which may have composed another star in the Milky Way.When stars die a violent death, in a supernova, they leave behind a stew of elements that form new stars.Scientists believe this supernova, which would have been 10 times brighter and more energetic than a typical supernova, is believed to have formed a star which has been on the fringes of the Milky Way for 13 billion years.The star, known as SMSS J200322.54-114203.3, contains unusually high amounts of elements.
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