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.
Woman loses half her body weight after 'wake up call'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA woman lost half her body weight after receiving a life-changing wake-up call. Sophie Higginbottom, 30, from Ellesmere Port, was 17st 11.5lbs at her heaviest which she said was "holding her back".
But after joining Slimming World, the 30-year-old lost a hefty 8st 11.5lbs, according to the Liverpool Echo. Read more: She had been struggling with her weight since being a teenager - now she's being named Slimming World's Woman of the Year 2021. "I did well in my studies at university and knew that I wanted a career in psychology," she said. "Traineeships were so competitive though, and I just didn’t have the confidence to even apply for them. "I had struggled with my weight since I was a teenager and couldn’t seem to get it under control.
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