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.
Pep Guardiola message for Man City players after going top of the Premier League
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPep Guardiola is more interested in how his Manchester City team look on a football pitch than in a league table. The Blues climbed to the top of the Premier League with a 3-1 win after Watford after previous leaders Chelsea slumped to a 3-2 defeat at West Ham; a late win for Liverpool at Wolves sees them one point behind City and one ahead of Liverpool.
City did not let any team catch them once they hit the front last season and their current run of five consecutive victories in the league - they have six in all competitions - sees them in the sort of form that should worry their rivals.
Guardiola is all too aware of how quickly things can change though, and is conscious that the toughest part of the season is yet to come as they head
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