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.
Family of student found dead in Salford Quays in desperate search for answers
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe family of a young woman who had moved to Manchester to 'pursue her dreams' before being found dead in Salford Quays say they are still desperate for answers three months on from her tragic death. 'Incredibly gifted' student Charlotte Burlace-Colquhoun, 20, was found in the water at Salford Quays on December 20 of last year.
She had been reported as missing after last being seen two days before, in the early hours of December 18. More than three months on from her death, her family say they have been conducting their own investigations and remain desperate for answers - still searching for a number of her belongings that have not yet been recovered and trying to trace anyone who may have seen or spoken to her in the hours before her disappearance. READ MORE Young woman moved to Manchester to pursue her dream - then she was found dead Charlotte, who had only recently moved to Salford and was living in student accommodation on Frederick Road, frequently went out for walks late at night.
CCTV images before she went missing saw her carrying a black tote bag, wearing a pink/red coloured wig and a black beanie hat, none of which have been found.
She was last seen wearing a red white and blue American flag cardigan, black leggings and Doc Martens. She had a shaved head so her mum says it is unclear if she was wearing the wig or not.
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