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 named as one of the UK's most affordable cities
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the latest property market news straight to your inbox Salford is one of the most affordable cities in the UK to buy a property, according to analysis by one of the country's biggest mortgage lenders.
Overall. house prices in cities have surged by 10.3 percent in the last year with the average property now over eight times average earnings, according to the high street bank Halifax.
While the average city house price increased to £287,440, average earnings in these locations increased by only 2.1pc annually, to £35,677. READ MORE: House where human remains were found in jar has been empty 'for years' That means the price-to-earnings ratio has increased in the majority of places in the UK.
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