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.
Boy, 12, fighting for life in hospital after hit-and-run crash on south Manchester road
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Police have launched an investigation after a 12-year-old boy was left fighting for his life following a hit and run in south Manchester.
Officers were called at around 3.50pm on Tuesday (18 May) after the school boy was struck by a car whilst he crossed Barlow Moor Road in Chorlton.
The driver of the vehicle failed to stop and is understood to have turned left on to High Lane, police said. The boy was taken to hospital with serious head injuries, where he remains in a critical condition.
No arrests have been made. GMP's Serious Collision Investigation Unit are appealing to any witnesses or drivers with dash cam footage to get in touch.
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