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.
Bury 'refused' extra Covid support from government despite rising infection rates
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing that's happening in and around Bury by signing up to the free MyBury newsletter Public health teams in Bury have been told they will not be handed extra government support to help tackle rising infection rates.
The borough now has a transmission rate of 72.8 cases per 100,000 people, a figure which has increased by 58 percent since this time last week and is now the third highest in Greater Manchester.
Neighbouring Bolton - where Covid cases have been rising rapidly since April - has been given extra support by the government.
This included soldiers to help with testing, a 'surge rapid response team' of 100 nurses, advisers and environmental health officers.
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