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.
Snowdon hikers slapped with £70 parking fine - despite leaving a fiver on their windscreen
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Ramblers who enjoyed a hike up Snowdon returned to their car to find it slapped with a £70 fine – despite leaving a fiver on the windscreen for the parking fee.
The money was pinned behind a windscreen wiper accompanied by a note which began 'hello Mr Parking attendant' and explained they had no coins for parking machine, NorthWalesLive reports.
It was was enough to cover the £4 cost of the ticket, plus a little extra for the inconvenience. READ MORE: The secrets and stories of Manchester's most historic pubs But furious Andrew Frith and partner Olivia Donnelly returned from their hike up Wales' highest peak to find they had been slapped with a £70 fine.
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