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: The criminals jailed in Greater Manchester this week
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA pervert who travelled 150 miles to meet up with what he believed to be a 13-year-old girl was one of the criminals locked up in Greater Manchester this week.
Prison terms were also handed to a prolific thief who admitted to 15 counts of shoplifting. A thug who took part in a 'grotesque' 12-hour campaign of torture against a drug dealer who they kidnapped, assaulted and sexually humiliated was also jailed in our region. Read more:Groom broke his wife's back in brutal attack just weeks after their wedding - then refused to take her to hospital Jail sentences are handed out to the worst offenders each week and Manchester Evening News reporters are in court to cover the most serious cases.
Here are some of the criminals dealt with in Greater Manchester over the last seven days. A vile pervert travelled 150 miles to meet up with what he believed to be a 13-year-old girl.
Instead, Andrew Masters was confronted in Manchester by a 'paedophile hunter' group who had been controlling a decoy Facebook account.
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