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.
Plans for 61 houses on former school site get green light
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSign up for the MyWigan newsletter for the biggest stories direct to your inbox The site of a former school in Wigan is set to be turned into 61 houses.
Plans for the housing development at the former Abraham Guest High School site in Orrell Road have been approved by Wigan council's planning committee.
A mix of two, three and four bedroom homes, including townhouses, detached and semi-detached dwellings, are due to be built on the empty land in Orrell. READ MORE: The Chinese state-owned company causing controversy in Wigan A quarter of the houses would be affordable with the remainder sold privately.
It comes after a planning application for an 'extra care' scheme with 101 apartments was approved in 2015 – but the development did not go
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