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.
Rochdale woman admits role in alleged £13.7m pension fraud
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter A Rochdale woman has appeared in court over an alleged £13.7m pension fraud.
Susan Dalton, 65, is one of three people who are charged with fraud by abuse of position. The Pensions Regulator (TPR), which is bringing the prosecution, alleges that 245 people were persuaded to transfer savings totalling £13.7 million into 11 pension schemes controlled by Dalton, Alan Barratt, 61, and Julian Hanson, 56, between 2012 and 2014.
Dalton, of Rochdale, appeared by video-link at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday to indicate a guilty plea to a charge of fraud by abuse of position.
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