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.
Flowers on the street, a family devastated and another young life full of promise taken too soon
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA tight-knit local community is reeling from the killing of a ‘lovely’ 16-year-old boy. Kennie Carter was stabbed to death on Thirlmere Avenue, in Stretford, yesterday evening (Saturday January 23).
Four boys - aged between 15 and 17 - were arrested on suspicion of murder last night and a fifth has since handed himself in at the police station.
READ MORE: 'A beautiful young soul has been taken far too soon': Boy, 16, killed in Stretford stabbing named as tributes pour in The fifth boy - a 17-year-old - has also been arrested on suspicion of murder.
A huge scene has been in place, with several streets taped off and two forensic tents in place, as detectives work to establish a motive for the shocking crime.
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