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.
There's a stunning five-star hotel in the middle of a Stockport park
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA luxury boutique hotel is not what you’d expect to come across in the middle of a park in Greater Manchester. But it’s exactly what you’ll find at the heart of Bruntwood Park in Stockport.
Oddfellows On The Park is a five-star hotel in the centre of the 120-acre public park. Its unique setting gives it the atmosphere of a rural retreat, all while being within easy reach of Manchester airport and the city centre.
It’s ideal for those who like a country escape but don’t want to be in the middle of nowhere. It’s run by the same owners as the original Oddfellows in Chester, who renovated the original Victorian building - previously called Bruntwood Hall - and transformed it into a 22-bedroom boutique hotel.
Like its sister hotel it's full of quirky design features, such as a chandelier over the staircase which is made from bike chains.
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