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 Manchester's oldest pubs burst back to life on reopening day
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSign up for our What's On newsletter to keep your finger on the pulse of an ever-changing Manchester For many of Manchester's oldest pubs, and their regulars, it has been seven long months since savouring a pint indoors.
And with rain pouring down on the city for most of Monday, the big reopening of indoor hospitality couldn't have come soon enough. "I was a bit fed up of getting hypothermia every time I wanted a pint," laughed Eric Sinnott, 60, as he nestled into the warm snug at the Briton's Protection on Great Bridgewater Street. "I want to come inside and be able to actually talk to the pub staff, talk to people again." It was a sentiment echoed around the city from regulars heading back to their favourite old boozers.
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