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.
Newsagent fined after nearly 2,000 illegal cigarettes found in shop
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A north Manchester newsagent has been fined after almost 2,000 illegal cigarettes were found in the shop.
The discovery was made after council officials carried out a search at Lucky News NW Ltd in Harpurhey Shopping Centre on Rochdale Road.
They found a range of illicit products, including loose rolling tobacco and other brands of cigarettes such as Lambert & Butler, Richmond and Amber Leaf.
A total of 1,940 illegal cigarettes and 250g of hand rolling tobacco were seized, Manchester City Council said. READ MORE:Woman arrested following road rage attack in north Manchester The company's director, 41-year-old Mubarak Natha of Lee Avenue, Bolton, was
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