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 food outlets and small businesses in shipping containers on fringe of retail park
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFood and drink outlets and other small businesses could be housed within shipping containers on the fringe of a retail park.
The plans relate to an area of the King Street Retail Park, Farnworth, and would mean the installation of six prefabricated shipping containers at the site.
A similar application for eight units at the same location was rejected by planners last year. Turning down the plans, they said the design appeared cramped and incongruous and would not be visually compatible with surrounding developments.
Applicants, Southend based Shadow Estates Ltd, said in the new application that they believe those issues had been addressed.
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