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.
Big night out! Long lost pictures from Greater Manchester's clubland
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThese old clubbing pictures from the M.E.N vault show revellers at some of Greater Manchester’s most popular club nights. The snaps, largely taken between 2005 and 2011, show clubbers at a range of venues across the region.
Poptastic, Sankeys, Livingstones and Preacher’s all make an appearance. This iconic Manchester dance club, in Ancoats, closed in 2017, but the brand lives on.
As do the hazy memories of many Manchester clubbers who frequented Beehive Mill over the years. This nightclub, close to Oldham Coliseum, was a popular hotspot for clubbers in the town.
Do you recognise yourself in these snaps taken at the popular Macclesfield club? A stalwart of the alternative queer clubbing scene, Bollox is still going strong.
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