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.
Person in hospital with burn injuries after lorry went up in flames in front of horrified drivers
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA person is in hospital after a lorry went up in flames in front of horrified drivers. The incident happened at around 4.15pm on Manchester Road in Partington on Wednesday afternoon.
Video shared with the Manchester Evening News showed drivers slowing down as black smoke billowed up ahead. A flat-bed lorry was then visibly engulfed in flames. READ MORE: Investigation launched after gunshots fired at empty house The M.E.N has chosen not to share the footage given the seriousness of the incident.
Greater Manchester Rescue Service say crews rushed to the scene and extinguished the blaze. A casualty has been taken to hospital with burn injuries.
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