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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 huge amount of rubbish being dumped on East Lancs Railway that's putting its fight for survival in jeopardy
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing that's happening in and around Bury by signing up to the free MyBury newsletter Sofas, mattresses, garden furniture and children's toys are among the mounds of rubbish that have been found dumped on the tracks of the East Lancashire Railway.
Volunteers at the popular tourist attraction, in Bury, say they are having to shell out thousands of pounds to remove the items.
The ELR is due to reopen on May 1 but its preparations are being hampered by continued fly-tipping and vandalism along its twelve-mile track.
To remove the rubbish, volunteers have had to put on special services costing thousands of pounds each - putting strain on the attraction's 'already fragile' finances.
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