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.
Win a family pass to the Blair Drummond Safari Park in this weeks West Lothian Courier competition!
dailyrecord.co.ukThe West Lothian Courier has teamed up with Blair Drummond Safari Park to offer readers the chance to win a family pass for two adults and two children each week - and learn a bit more about their residents at the same time.We have just marked International Tiger Day, an annual celebration to raise awareness for tiger conservation.
This year it was doubly special, as it also happens to be the Year of the Tiger.Tigers are an endangered species and have suffered a huge population decrease in the past 100 years.
It is estimated that their numbers dropped from 100,000 to 3200 in this time.After a century of decline, however, overall wild tiger numbers are starting to increase once more.
Thanks to dedicated conservation efforts, numbers have increased by 40 per cent since 2015. There are now believed to be around 4500 in the wild.Although their numbers have thankfully increased, much more work needs to be done to secure the future of these beautiful animals.
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