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.
The amazing little girl who raised £3k in memory of Summerseat explosion victim - and the community that has been left inspired
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSummerseat were left in a state of utter shock as the heard a huge bang. They emerged from their homes to 'apocalyptic' scenes of horror - a home in East View reduced to rubble, sandwiched between terraces left, somehow, still standing.
Neighbours rushed out of their homes to safety, unsure whether the blast was an isolated incident or if they too would return to find their homes destroyed.Among them was little Minnie Chapelhow - who lives in Hamer Terrace, just metres away.Aged just six, she was sleeping at the time of the explosion at around 9.20pm.Terrified mum, Faye, heard the 'huge bang' and 'bundled' up her sleepy daughter, fleeing to Minnie's great-grandma's nearby home in Tottington.
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