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.
Specialist firefighters 'could have saved lives' but were not sent to Manchester Arena bomb, public inquiry told
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxSpecialist response fire crews carrying advanced medical equipment were not sent to Manchester Arena after the bombing, the public inquiry into the atrocity was told.One senior Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service firefighter said frustration among colleagues on the ground at the time 'was the worst I had ever seen at an incident'.Jon Nolan, then a watch manager and the head of one of two Specialist Response Teams (SRTs), said it was the first time his team had 'trained to do something, but had not been allowed to do it through a procedure that had failed, or felt like it had failed'.The public inquiry has heard the first fire engine did not arrive at the Arena until two hours after the explosion, which killed 22.
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