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.
Traffic lights at junction where three people were hurt in smash weren't working - 'because of lightning strike'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFor the latest Stockport news sign up to the MyStockport newsletter here Traffic lights at a junction where three people were hurt in a smash weren't working because of a lightning strike, it is thought.
A Mercedes collided with a motorbike on the Stockport road on Wednesday morning. The incident happened at the junction of Springs Gardens and St Mary's Way in Offerton just before 9.35am.
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) reported traffic lights at the junction were 'all out' at 8.15am. Three people were taken to hospital following the smash.
The bike rider and a pillion passenger both suffered major trauma injuries to the head, neck and leg. The car driver was also hurt.
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