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.
Sale Harriers long jump star Abigail Irozuru revels in the moment after soaring into Olympic final in style
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing Abigail Irozuru says her long-overdue Olympic debut was well worth the wait as she booked her spot in the long jump final in style.
Irozuru – who is Manchester-born and raised and trains under Aston Moore at Sale Harriers Manchester – missed out on a place at London 2012 despite achieving the qualifying distance, when she came fourth at Olympic Trials, before rupturing her Achilles ahead of Rio 2016.
That meant the first taste of Olympic action at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium on Sunday morning was all the sweeter for the 31-year-old.
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