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.
Pensioner, 82, 'can't shower at same time as neighbours'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA pensioner has claimed he can't use his shower while his neighbours are using theirs. Calvin Philip, 82, from Withington, says it's due to an issue with the water pressure, and that the problem has been going on for months.
Instead, the pensioner says he has to use his shower at a time when his neighbours aren't using their water supply - or find other ways to wash himself.
Having been diagnosed with cancer four years ago, Calvin has a range of disabilities meaning he isn't able to use his bath. He says he's instead been forced to wash himself with a flannel. READ MORE:Drink-driver ploughed Audi into neighbour's home sending 'sofa flying' Speaking to the M.E.N, he said: "About 10 years ago my boiler stopped working properly.
People came out to it and they didn't seem to know what they were doing and I kept on topping the water supply so it would work. "Eventually I had to stop doing that because I'd been pretty ill and had cancer.
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