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.
Outrage as Heaton Park's outdoor café pods are vandalised overnight
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCareless vandals descended on a Heaton Park cafe overnight on Sunday, leaving plants strewn across the floor, chairs and tables flipped over and rubbish from bins poured across the park.
Their unique lakeside outdoor pods, which only opened last month, were hit in the attack. The pods, which allow visitors to enjoy outdoor dining beside the lake, are complete with tables and chairs and plants.
However, 'saddened' staff opened up on Monday morning to the scenes, which showed the pods had been vandalised throughout the night on Sunday (March 27).
Pictures shared to local Facebook group 'Friends of Heaton Park' sparked anger among local people who called on more security to be implemented at the park.
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