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 search private land for missing sister of The Office star as he says family are 'clutching at straws'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSussex police officers are searching private land in the search for Laurel Aldridge. The sister-in-law of The Office actor Mackenzie Crook was reported missing on February 14.
Mr Crook said his family are "clutching at straws" after appearing on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday. Despite this, he said the family are "determined and driven" to find Laurel.
He added that he believes the disappearance could be linked to her ongoing chemotherapy treatment. Read more: Morrisons and ASDA implement strict rule for anyone buying fruit and vegetables in all supermarkets Meanwhile, the force said it was continuing its search for Mrs Aldridge on private land after she disappeared from her home in Walberton, in the Arundel area of West Sussex.
She was reportedly last seen at Slindon Cricket Club. Two Sussex Police dog unit vehicles and another car with missing posters stuck to its rear windscreen were seen parked at the club.
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