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.
First look inside the old Didsbury police station transformed into luxury rental apartments
manchestereveningnews.co.ukOne of the most renowned buildings in Didsbury has now been transformed into luxury rental apartments after undergoing an extensive three-year redevelopment.
The old Didsbury police station on Wilmslow Road has been given a new lease of life after a Manchester based property developer took over the abandoned site.
The former police station stems right back to the early 1900s and was a staple of the local village. Originally built for Lancashire County Constabulary, the station taken over by Greater Manchester Police and for many years it was home to the Didsbury and Withington neighbourhood policing team.
A number of years ago the station was closed down as the force began selling off properties to raise money for new stations.
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