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.
Claims pupils 'climbed on school roof and a child was injured' on first day of teacher strike
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPupils climbed onto the roof of a high school and a child was injured during the first day of a teacher strike. We reported yesterday how teachers at Co-op Academy Swinton were taking action over the way the secondary is being run.
More than 200 parents have also signed a petition over 'pedantic' school rules they say are making children's lives a misery. Read more: Siblings of pupils testing positive told to isolate amid rising cases As more than 30 members of the teachers' union NASUWT took to the picket line for the first day of the strike on Wednesday, it's emerged that 'chaotic' scenes broke out at the Salford school.
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