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.
Upcoming Highway Code changes after over 1500 fatalities are recorded on UK roads in 2021
dailyrecord.co.ukThe number of fatalities on roads across the UK increased over the past year according to new government data. Figures released by the Department for Transport revealed that there were 1,560 people who lost their lives on the roads in 2021.
It is believed that the coronavirus lockdown of 2020 was a factor for this yearly increase, as many drivers stayed at home during the height of the pandemic, the Mirror reports.
A total of 1,460 people lost their lives on roads in the UK in 2020.Highway Code changes were introduced earlier this year in a bid to make our roads safer.
These included new rules for people using their mobile phone behind the wheel of a car and when drivers should give way to pedestrians and cyclists.
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