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, 9, killed after being hit by lightning named and pictured
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A young boy who was killed after being struck by lightning has been named.
The nine-year-old, named locally as Jordan Banks, was playing on a football field in Blackpool yesterday (May 11) during a heavy storm when the incident happened.
A huge emergency response was issued shortly after 5pm with several police vehicles and an air ambulance attending the scene off School Road, where a child was reported to have been injured.
The boy was rushed to hospital with "serious injuries" but died a short time later, police confirmed. Officers believe the boy had been struck by lightning, although enquiries are still ongoing.
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