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.
Neighbours pay tribute as woman dies in house fire despite heroic efforts of '20 who tried to rescue her'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Tributes have been paid to an elderly woman who died in a devastating house fire.
Firefighters were called to the blaze on Haveley Road in Benchill on Friday evening. A number of people attempted to break into the property after it went up in flames.
The victim, a woman in her 80s, named locally as Eileen, did not survive. One neighbour, who asked not to be named, described her as a 'well-known, lovely lady'.
He said: "I heard a commotion outside and when I looked out I could see flames and smoke coming from the house. "The windows had blown and people were trying to get inside. "I went out to help - there must have been around 20 people trying to get in. "W
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