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.
Man charged with rape is found not guilty and walks free from court
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A man charged with rape has been found not guilty.
Zachary Benn, 19, of Ringstead Drive, Manchester, was due to stand trial today, but walked free from Nightingale court at the Hilton, after the court heard no evidence was to be offered.
He was charged with rape, sexual assault, blackmail, robbery, and possession of a bladed article but found not guilty on all counts.
Police were called at around 8.25pm on Sunday 9 August 2020 to reports a woman in her late teens was raped in a field off New Allen Street, Manchester.
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