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 tiny bird is unique to our region - and in danger of going extinct
manchestereveningnews.co.ukIn bracken beds on the edge of moorland, the twite's nests, lined with sheep's wool, resemble Kinder eggs. Dark brown with a mustard face, at a glance it looks like a smaller sparrow.
But its beautiful song is in danger of being silenced forever. The numbers of twite, known as the "Pennine finch" have plunged dramatically in recent years.
The tiny bird's very choosy diet is the root cause, and possibly moorland fires. The twite is one of a couple of songbirds to feed exclusively on seeds, the other being the linnet.
Hay meadows in the uplands are diminishing and so too is common sorrel, the seeds of which, feed the twite's chicks. Seeds from dandelions, autumn hawkbit, and thistle are also its preference.
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