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 view of Manchester's sunrise felt like I was in New York'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukKintija Ziedone is a hard worker. She’s a waitress and housekeeper at The Alan hotel, on Princess Street. The 22-year-old, originally from Latvia, is certain that her sacrifices will be worth it, though, because she’s saving up for a big move.
Not content with swapping the Baltic Sea for the Irish Sea when she was a teenager by moving to Southport, she wants to go one further.
The next move, she hopes, is to go to the Tasman Sea and set up in Australia. But to do that, Kintija needs to save £1,300 at least to apply for British citizenship, so she can then apply for an Australian visa. READ MORE: Get the latest on Manchester city centre here READ MORE: The city centre apartments that come with their own Jaguar SUV She moved to Salford to study at university, and now lives in Bromley Cross, Bolton.
So what does she think of her city? Where’s your favourite hidden gem? It’s a cafe in the Northern Quarter called Chapter One.
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