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.
Is this the 'proper square' the Northern Quarter has been missing? New plans for pedestrianisation released
manchestereveningnews.co.ukNew plans for the permanent pedestrianisation of Stevenson Square in the Northern Quarter have been released. The square has been largely traffic-free since last summer when the council temporarily closed a number of roads to encourage people back into the city centre.
It was hoped that widening pavements would help people socially distance while bars and cafes were also given fast-tracked licences to put tables and chair outside. READ MORE: 'Done my best for that kid': Harrowing footage shows killer stepmum's lies to police Stevenson Square quickly became a hive of activity with people drinking and socialising outside and there has been a clamour for the measures to be made permanent.
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