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, 17, dies after car crashes into taxi in police chase
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox A teenager has died following a police pursuit which ended in an horrific crash.
The 17-year-old boy, a passenger, was critically injured when a Ford Focus crashed into a taxi in Chorlton at 3.45am on March 31.
Police say the car had run a red light and was being pursued when the crash happened on Mauldeth Road West, close to the junction with Yew Tree Road.
Firefighters had to use cutting gear to free three people from the wreckage. Two teenagers, aged 17 and 18, were taken to hospital with serious injuries.
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