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.
Thug brandishes AXE and threatens terrified police officers in front of schoolchildren
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSchoolchildren watched on as an axe-wielding thug threatened two terrified police officers. Kurtis Corrigan brandished the weapon after being confronted by police onto a busy residential street in Bury.
The 36-year-old raised the axe above his head in a threatening manner towards the officers, who were in 'considerable' fear for their safety.
Corrigan eventually put down the weapon and surrendered. He has now been locked up. Prosecutors told how two young boys in school uniform watched the shocking incident unfold, in broad daylight on a Wednesday afternoon last month.
Minshull Street Crown Court heard that Corrigan was wanted by police for an unrelated incident, and plain clothes officers approached him on Walnut Avenue at about 3.30pm on March 16. READ MORE : Gym boss became gangster after losing his job in lockdown They identified themselves and produced their warrant cards.
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