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.
New Deansgate 'bus gate' already in action - as council issues update on when fines will be doled out
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDrivers face being caught out by a new 'bus gate' on Deansgate in Manchester city centre. Now operational 24-hours-a-day, the restrictions mean only buses, taxis and cycles can travel south - between the junctions for Blackfriars to King Street West.
It's part of the council's vision to transform the area around the major city centre street. For the first two weeks, only warning notices will be issued to drivers who fail to follow the new rules.
No Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) will be issued until February 27. After that, drivers will face £60 fines, reduced to £30 if paid within 21 days. READ MORE: Oldham Coliseum bosses say historic theatre will be shutting its doors for good It comes weeks after the town hall introduced a bus lane on nearby Bridge Street as part of the ongoing plans to ‘improve walking, wheeling and cycling throughout the city centre’.
People who use their cars for work said they felt 'discarded'. The restriction means cars can no longer leave the city centre via the road and must take a detour.
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