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.
Childhood school dinner treat loved by Mancunians... but with a controversial ingredient
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGenerations of children will shudder at the thought of some of the food served to them in school canteens through the years.
School dinners haven't always had the best reputation, but it's no wonder with memories of frogspawn like tapioca pudding, spam fritters, boiled cabbage and prunes with custard.
However, everyone will remember one or two dishes that were actually delicious, and made us salivate when we spotted them standing in the dinner queue.
One of these rare treats for generations of Mancunians has to be the Manchester Tart. Thought to be a variation on the original Manchester Pudding, it was many kids' favourite sweet treat during their school years.
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