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.
"This hasn't happed before!": Police officer forced to abandon council meeting... to chase suspected shoplifter he spotted out the window
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA cop was forced to abandon a council meeting when a suspected shoplifter was spotted making off with goods from a nearby store.
Insp Shaun Flavell had been fielding questions from councillors at Woodley Civic Hall, in Stockport, when a figure was seen running past with a worker from the local Iceland supermarket in pursuit.
The suspected thief is first spotted by councillors who ask Insp Flavell if he ‘needs to go’, to which he first replies ‘I’ve not got a radio or anything, to be honest’.
However, as councillors point out ‘that looks like a crime is being committed’, he breaks off to go after the offender. As he leaves the building he asks members to ‘look after my stuff’ - much to the amusement from those in attendance.
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