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.
How Europa League play-offs work and what happens to Man Utd vs Barcelona winner
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester United welcome Barcelona to Old Trafford for the first time in almost four years as the Europa League knockout round play-off concludes on Thursday.
The tie between two former Champions League winners is one of seven that remains finely poised ahead of the return leg taking place.
Perennial champions of UEFA's second-tier competition, Sevilla, are the only side that seems assured of success by taking a 3-0 aggregate lead over PSV Eindhoven into their second leg.
European giants Ajax, Juventus and Sporting all drew their first legs against Union Berlin, Midtjylland and Nantes, respectively, while three other sides (Monaco, Roma and Shakhtar Donetsk) only won their initial encounters by a one-goal margin, but what happens to the sides that do come out on top in their play-off ties? READ MORE: When is Europa League last 16 draw?
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