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.
Police increase patrols after rumours of illegal rave over Bank holiday weekend
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFor all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter Police are increasing patrols after they received reports of an illegal rave being organised for the Bank Holiday Weekend.
Officers and a charity are urging those behind the rumoured gathering at Rivington near Bolton to think again. Fines of £10,000 were previously introduced to deter anyone planning events in contravention of coronavirus guidelines.
Anyone found to be organising such events could be hit with the hefty bill. And the Rivington Heritage Trust, which works to preserve the area which includes Rivington Terraced Gardens, has urged people to stay away.
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