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.
GMP apologises after cyclist hits out at 'ignorant' officer who pulled them over
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA cyclist has blasted Greater Manchester Police (GMP) after he was forced to correct an officer's knowledge of the highway code while out on a ride in Bolton.
Grahame Cooper, from Bolton, was on a group bike ride with three other cyclists riding two abreast, when a GMP officer in a liveried van rolled down his window and told them that they should be riding in single file next to the kerb.
Experienced cyclist Grahame politely corrected the officer, before posting the video to YouTube and criticising the 'shocking' and 'ignorant' behaviour.
He has since received an apology from GMP, who say they will 'educate' the officer involved. READ MORE: Detectives granted more time to question murder suspect after man found dead in house In the video, the officer can be seen pulling up next to the group in a GMP van and telling them: "You can't be riding out in the road like this," to which Grahame replies, "Yes we can".
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