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.
Fraudster forklift driver splashed out £175,000 for life of luxury - all on Man City star Riyad Mahrez's bank card
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the biggest City stories, analysis and transfer updates delivered straight to your inbox A fraudster who used a bank card belonging to Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez to go on a £175,000 spending spree has been jailed.
Sharif Mohamed, 32, admitted he spent the footballer’s money on clothes for his children and drinks in high-end bars in Ibiza - but claimed he was part of a wider group of people who accessed the card and had been made “the fall guy”.
London’s Snaresbrook Crown Court also heard the Barclays Bank card was used at a casino in London, for hotels stays, at a nail salon and for meals at Nando’s and Greggs.
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