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 rescued from sinking barge as emergency services scrambled to city centre canal
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing A man has been rescued from a sinking barge after emergency services were scrambled to the Rochdale Canal in Castlefield.
Fire crews and the ambulance service were called to reports of a boat sinking in the canal near to Lock 92 on Castle Street on Monday afternoon (16 August).
A male passenger on board the barge had to be rescued from the roof by firefighters, Greater Manchester Fire Service said. Read more:Police issue updates on arrests after fan clashes He was assessed by paramedics from North West Ambulance Service but is not though to have required hospital treatment.
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