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 NHS heroes giving up their Christmas Day to look after patients after a difficult year on the frontline during a pandemic
manchestereveningnews.co.uk"This year of all years has been particularly challenging for me working in the NHS both emotionally and work pressure wise, but it's important for us to work through Christmas as people fall sick all year round." Fighting a pandemic, rolling out a colossal vaccine programme, catching up with patients who have worsened in lockdown - 2021 has posed yet another challenging year for NHS staff.
Staff in hospitals across Greater Manchester have earned their Christmas break, but while most families will be around the dinner table, hundreds of nurses, doctors, pharmacists and more are remaining at their posts to make sure patients are being cared for.
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