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.
Suspended councillor quietly removed from executive role
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA senior Manchester councillor who was suspended by Labour pending an investigation has been quietly removed from the council's executive body.
Coun Rabnawaz Akbar has been 'administratively' suspended by the party in relation to a complaint which is being investigated by police as a hate crime.
The Rusholme councillor, who was the executive member for neighbourhoods, has strongly denied the allegations which relate to an incident in early October. READ MORE: Senior councillor suspended and police investigate amid Labour warfare in Manchester However, his executive role is now vacant, according to a new council report.
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