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.
Council issues statement and launches review after pensioner's body found in his flat six years after he died
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA council has launched a review to 'identify any potential missed opportunities to act sooner' after a pensioner lay dead in his flat for six years before his skeletal remains were found.
The tragic case of Robert Alton, a 70-year-old retired bookmaker, was revealed after an inquest into his death concluded this week.
The body of Mr Alton was discovered inside his flat on Hemsworth Road in Bolton on March 9 this year, but the inquest found he 'likely' died in May, 2017, said his landlord Bolton at Home in a statement after a coroner recorded an open verdict.
The housing association, Bolton's largest supplier of social housing, owns, manages and maintains more than 18,000 homes across the town. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community The inquest heard Mr Alton's body was found only when staff from the housing association forced entry to his home under a warrant to check on his gas supply.
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