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.
Tributes as former Bury mayor and council leader Mike Connolly dies
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFormer mayor of Bury Mike Connolly has died at the age of 70. His death was announced this morning (October 26). Described as ‘Bury through and through’, he attended St.
Marie’s R.C. Primary School and The Derby School before training to be a teacher in Sheffield. READ MORE: More than 1,400 properties without electricity after power cut in Bury Having lived in Bury all his life, he taught in primary schools in Radcliffe, Whitefield and Ramsbottom.
He also served as a headteacher in Blackburn before taking early retirement and becoming a councillor. He was elected as a Labour Councillor for his dedicated East area in 1994 and represented the ward until 2016.
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