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.
Locked up so far in April: Some of the criminals jailed in Greater Manchester this month
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter From the 'reclusive' man sending sick messages to teenage girls who was actually talking to undercover cops, to the dad-of-three who grabbed a woman by the throat before launching her down a flight of stairs.
These are just some of the criminals locked up in Greater Manchester so far this month. The region's courts have given out hefty prison sentences for all manner of crimes with M.E.N.
reporters there to cover the most serious. An open, transparent criminal justice system is an important part of how our democracy works - so we make no apologies for devoting so much time to letting you know what happens in our courts.
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