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.
Young philanthropist competition winners make donation to Coatbridge Foodbank
dailyrecord.co.ukiOS - Android Each team then put forward a presentation to win a £3000 YPI grant for their chosen charity through a unique programme of team work, research and competition.
A school spokesman told Lanarkshire Live : "All of our S2 pupils researched local charities and created a presentation to showcase who their charity is, what they do and what they could do if they won the £3000 grant from YPI.
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