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.
Salford gangland trial - Day Two: Eyewitness speaks of masked man with sawn-off shotgun
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSalford in February 2015. On day two of the trial, the jury have been read statements from members of the public who witnessed the alleged attempted murder of Abdul Rahman Khan, Manchester Crown Court heard today.
Prosecutors earlier this week spoke of 'gangland warfare' that erupted in the city between the A Team and a rival faction, referred to in court as the Anti A Team.
They were told that there were plots to murder two men said to be associated with the A Team, which jurors were told was led by Stephen Britton.Today the jury were read statements from those living in the area who heard gunshots which 'sounded like fireworks' and saw 'men running wearing balaclavas'.One witness described seeing a man sat in the rear seat of a black BMW.
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