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.
Sadness, shock and worry after tragedy on a street where the emergency services are rarely a surprise
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPeople living near the apartments in Gorse Bank are used to seeing emergency services through their windows. Sirens and blue flashing lights barely raise an eyebrow.
So, when police, firefighters and paramedics arrived yesterday afternoon, for some residents there was a weary sadness - but not surprise.
The area has been plagued by drug-related issues and anti-social behaviour. But as Wednesday afternoon turned into evening, it became clear this was something different. READ MOREThree men arrested on suspicion of rape and murder after death of woman in Bury And as the number of police grew and the cordon tape came out to surround a set of apartments, it soon became clear that what had happened was out of the ordinary.
The tragic death of a young woman has today rocked the community. A large cordon remains in place outside a set of apartments this evening, after a 36-year-old lost her life.
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