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.
Manchester man faces jail after admitting terrorism crimes
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA teenager who shared extremist Islamic State material faces a jail sentence after admitting a series of terrorism offences.
Wissam Ziad, from Levenshulme, pleaded guilty to six counts of disseminating terrorist publications, during a hearing at Manchester Crown Court.
He also admitted encouraging terrorism by publishing a video and supporting extremist militant group Ansar Bait al-Maqdis, also known as Supporters of Jerusalem. READ MORE : Arrest after three car crash shuts major Manchester road Police went to his home on Central Avenue in June.
Ziad, aged 19 when he was charged by police, is expected to be sentenced by the end of the year. His parents watched on from the public gallery as he entered his pleas.
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