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.
Trainee GMP cops fined for Covid rule-busting illegal party
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Greater Manchester Police raided a rowdy illegal house party that was taking place in spite of Covid regulations - only to find their fellow officers among the revellers.
The force received a report of an illegal gathering at a city centre flat on Friday night, said to be ‘in full swing’. When they got there, they found that more than half of those partying were in fact probationary officers on the force.
Eleven people were issued with fixed penalty notices, seven of whom were student GMP officers. The officers are still understood to have reported for duty this week but are being investigated by the force’s Professional Standards branch.
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