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.
Crews stood down after devastating three-day moor fire wracks up six-figure damage bill
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFor the latest news from in and around Oldham sign up to the MyOldham newsletter here Firefighters have been stood down from the site of a massive wildfire on Marsden Moor, which burned for three days.
Crews have been battling the flames near Black Moss Reservoir since 7pm on Sunday, April 25. Firefighters thought they'd brought the blaze under control on Monday, before a change in wind direction at around 2.30pm reignited the flames - pushing the fire to grow further.
A major incident was declared, and specialist equipment and the support of a helicopter wwas brought in to tackle the blaze.
However, after days of hard work, and a very welcome spell of heavy rain yesterday evening, the fire has now been extinguished, leading West Yorkshire
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