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.
British Transport Police admits failures on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCut through the noise by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A high-ranking cop at British Transport Police has admitted to a series of failures on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing.
Communication broke down between BTP officers and with other emergency services, Assistant Chief Constable Sean O'Callaghan has conceded.
The force also failed to send any officials to six of nine key multi-agency meetings to discuss how to deal with such attacks in the two years before the bombing.
Although individual officers acted 'swiftly and bravely' on the night, communications broke down and BTP's 'bronze commander' only arrived at the arena two-and-a-half hours after the bombing, the inquiry was told. READ MORE:Man, 38,
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