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.
Terrified TUI passengers in 'floods of tears' after pilot aborts Manchester Airport landing during blizzard
manchestereveningnews.co.ukTerrified passengers were in 'flood of tears' as a 'trainee pilot' was forced to abort a landing at Manchester Airport during a snowstorm.
The TUI flight from Tenerife was due to arrive at around 8pm on Thursday - but the pilot was forced to divert the jet to East Midlands instead due to the extreme weather conditions.
Several passengers were 'screaming and crying' as the plane was buffeted around in the 'awful' turbulence as Storm Larissa battered the UK.
Passenger Gareth Salter said: "People were panicking, babies were screaming, women were crying. There were some young girls behind us in floods of tears. "I was saying my prayers, to be honest.
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