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 seize 17 dogs and search van after girl, 6, mauled in horror attack
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPolice have seized 17 dogs following a brutal dog attack on a six-year-old girl in Trafford on Sunday. Emergency services were called to Ackers Lane in Carrington, Trafford at around 2.40pm to a report of a child who had suffered injuries caused by dogs.
Horrified neighbours said they looked on as another young girl and a man fought the dogs off the child, who was then carried off unconscious by a woman believed to be her mother.
She is now understood to be in a stable condition in hospital. Officers seized four dogs and nine puppies on Sunday, and say they have recovered a further four dogs today.
As part of the investigation, a van has also been found in south Manchester and is being examined. READ MORE: Another weekend of bloodshed in Greater Manchester as nearly 30 people stabbed and one shot dead THIS YEAR Three people have been arrested on suspicion of owning a dangerous dog.
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