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.
It was more of a case of if you can't stand the sweet, than heat, in Monday's episode of Coronation Street. For Corrie fans may have been surprised to learn what the cast members were really having to endure in tonight's chilli-eating contest scenes - and it wasn't anything to do with spice.
Monday night's episode featured Gemma's chilli-eating contest, which saw her organise the event to raise money for Paul, who has motor neurone disease.
Dev, Chesney and Shona took part in the competition, with Shona winning. And while the popular cast members did put on a hilariously impressive performance by appearing as if their mouths were on fire.
Twitter fans were soon informed exactly how they managed to eat so many of the fiery peppers. The 'chillies' were actually made completely out of sugar.
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