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.
Five-day school strike planned from Tuesday is called off
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox The strike at a Manchester secondary school planned to start on Tuesday has been called off at the last minute.
A union spokesman said that following eleventh-hour developments announced by the academy, they have taken the decision to withdraw strike action this week to enable further progress to be made through negotiation.
Members of NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union at Co-op Academy Manchester were to start five days of strike action from Tuesday claiming adverse management practices are affecting teachers’ pay, performance management, workload and working conditions.
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