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.
Nurse who hit out at panic buyers warns pandemic is not over
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox A critical care nurse has warned that the pandemic is not over - and many coronavirus patients remain critically ill in hospital on ventilators.
Dawn Bilbrough, 52, made headlines last March when she posted a tearful video pleading with the public to stop panic buying after finding supermarkt shelves empty.
She later went on to develop coronavirus symptoms but is now back in work. Speaking to BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend she said nothing in her 20-year nursing career could have prepared her for the last 12 months.
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