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 paid to fundraiser and Pride of Manchester winner Neil Cliffe who has died aged 85
manchestereveningnews.co.ukTributes have been paid to fundraiser and Pride of Manchester winner Neil Cliffe.Neil died aged 85 on Saturday morning (July 18).He leaves behind his wife Joan, daughter Jacqui and two grandchildren Alexander and Christopher.Neil first began fundraising after he was diagnosed with colon cancer back in 1981, when he was aged 45.He launched a 'buy a brick appeal', long before crowdfunding was invented, with the aim to build a centre for patients living with the disease to find respite.Neil was also the first cancer patient in England to run a marathon.He beat the disease after undergoing a life-saving operation and continued to tirelessly fundraise to help others.In 1992, having raised more than £1m, he opened the doors of the Neil Cliffe.
Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk