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.
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukVoters will take to the polls for the local elections on Thursday. Elections will take place for more than 200 local authorities, including all 33 London boroughs and 34 metropolitan boroughs in England.
In Greater Manchester, hundreds of candidates will be eager to win seats on the region's 10 councils. By voting, people in Greater Manchester will be able to have a say on who they think should run their public services, including schools, libraries and bin collections.
On Thursday May 5, voters in each Greater Manchester borough will be choosing at least one councillor in each ward. Read more:Local elections 2022: Find the candidates standing in your area in May But there are 'all out' elections in Bury and Rochdale with all seats up for grabs.
Labour currently runs nine councils in the city-region - although no party has a majority in Stockport - while the Conservatives are in power at Bolton council.
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