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 gripes of a man who just wants a nice life in a comfortable flat
manchestereveningnews.co.ukLife at Bradford Court hasn't always been easy for Mervyn Drage. The stairlift, for one thing, is the bane of his life. And his fire's on the blink.
Many skip up the seven steps at the ground floor entrance, but for Mervyn, it's a constant source of frustration. In recent weeks, he's found himself stranded.
The lift, he says, is often broken. More than a few times, it's been hit by vandals. "It doesn't mean anything to anyone that's fit and able," he says. "But I’ve often been stuck at the bottom when I'm going into hospital." Mervyn, 65, lives in a three-bedroom flat at the high rise on Whistable Road in Moston.
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