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.
Local Elections 2021: When the results are expected for council and mayoral counts across the country
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSign up for the latest from M.E.N. political editor Jennifer Williams There's not long to go before Brits take to the polls for 'Super Thursday'.
Local elections take place across England on May 6, when voters will be choosing local councillors, mayors and police and crime commissioners, while new Parliaments will be elected in Wales and Scotland.
A by-election will also take place in Hartlepool to select a new MP. The increased number of votes taking place this week is down to the coronavirus pandemic, which delayed the vast majority of votes scheduled to take place last year.
This year's bumper crop of elections means there will be an unusually large number of results to keep an eye on once polling stations close at 10pm on Thursday.
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