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 City loanee Yan Couto given top Spanish football accolade
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the biggest City transfer window stories, analysis and updates delivered straight to your inbox Manchester City loanee Yan Couto has been named as Spanish Segunda's right-back of the season.
Couto joined the Blues from Brazilian side Coritiba for an initial fee of £5.5m last year but was immediately sent out on loan in September to City Football Group (CFG) club Girona FC in Spain's second division, also known as La Liga 2.
The youngster, 19, has steadily built a reputation as one of the world's most exciting full-back prospects and City fought off competition from Barcelona to secure his signature and Couto is now vindicating that interest from two of Europe's elite sides.
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