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.
Tourists from around the world flock to Castlefield's 'floating hideaway'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSign up for our What's On newsletter to keep your finger on the pulse of an ever-changing Manchester A narrowboat moored in Manchester is drawing tourists from around the world.
Moonshadow, based in Castlefield, is a hit with guests keen to experience 'small space living', owner Sara Connaway, who is originally from South Africa, says.
The boat - with its distinctive embossed bee windows - belonged to a senior figure at Boddingtons before Sara bought it. She’s gradually transformed the interior, taking it from looking like 'an old caravan' to a unique retreat with bold print wallpaper, and a modern kitchen and bathroom.
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