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's notorious 'substantial slice' pizza joint launches bake-at-home service
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing that's happening in and around Bury by signing up to the free MyBury newsletterOne of Manchester's leading pizza joints has launched a new bake-at-home offering to be sold in shops across Greater Manchester.The new pizza scheme comes from Nell's, which gained nationwide notoriety after its giant pizza slices, cut from its 22-inch pies, were labelled 'not substantial' by police when the tier system came into place.Nell's has been operating out of the kitchens at both Common in the Northern Quarter and The Beagle in Chorlton for the past year.The bake-at-home pies will be significantly smaller than the 22-inch giants the restaurants are famed for, but made with the same ingredients.They are based on 'Grandma Pies', a style.
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