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 story of Reebok: How a Bolton family business started in a terrace house became a global sportswear giant
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBolton may seem an unlikely place for a multi-billion pound sportswear company to be dreamt up but Reebok founder Joe Foster's original dreams were a little more modest. "When you're a kid you dream of having a nice sporting company and doing well but do you ever dream of being number one?" Joe mused, while sat at home in Barrow Bridge."Do you ever dream of Hollywood stars wearing your shoes?"As the charming 85-year-old reminisces upon the creation of the global sportswear giant, it's hard not to get swept up in the incredible story of what was once just a humble, family business.Joe was born on 18 May 1953 and shared a birthday with his grandfather Joseph William, who had set up sports shoe manufacturer J.W.
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