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.
'His contribution to the town will never be forgotten': Tributes to former Rochdale councillor Robert Clegg following his death
manchestereveningnews.co.ukTo keep up with Rochdale news sign up to the MyRochdale newsletter here Tributes are being paid to Robert Clegg, a former Rochdale councillor and NHS boss who was instrumental in the foundation of the town's hospice.
Mr Clegg died aged 70 in hospital in the early hours of Sunday following a short illness. The father-of-two, of Hurstead, Rochdale, represented Wardle and West Littleborough for the Conservatives for 14 years.
A former chief executive of the old Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust, Mr Clegg also played an instrumental role in the opening of Springhill Hospice. READ MORE: Four arrested after horror stabbing as armed police descend on street Alongside the hospice's founder Margaret Geohegan, Mr Clegg helped lead fundraising efforts
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