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.
Pro-Palestinian activists claim responsibility for ‘blood red’ paint sprayed over iconic Manchester building
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPro-Palestinian activists have taken responsibility for covering one of Manchester's most iconic landmarks with ‘blood red’ paint.
A paint cloud imitating blood has been sprayed over the front of the Grade II listed Express Building on Great Ancoats Street. Greater Manchester Police said they were alerted to the damage at 7.40am today and are investigating.
Palestine Action activists have taken responsibility for the vandalism at the front of the former home of the Daily Express newspaper offices this morning (Monday, October 9), where they say an Israel-linked recruitment firm, IO Associates, is based. READ MORE: The loss that changed the Curry Mile forever - and the Punjabi grill that kept its customers 'addicted' READ MORE: Didsbury chef and Tameside Indian restaurant recognised at National Curry Awards 2023 The group also struck offices in Bristol, London, and Reading that they claim also house IO Associates.
Writing on Instagram, Palestine Action said: “Actionists spray blood red paint over the Manchester offices of iO associates, the sole British recruiters of Israel’s biggest weapons manufacturer #ShutElbitDown.” The protest comes as the Israeli military prepared for a ground offensive on Gaza after Hamas militants killed scores of civilians in the south of the country over the weekend.
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