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.
Vandals daub blue paint across new homes under construction
manchestereveningnews.co.ukTo keep up with Rochdale news sign up to the MyRochdale newsletter here A vandal daubed blue all over the front of new homes under construction near Littleborough.
The attack happened on Thursday night at a new development off Union Road in the Wardle area of Rochdale. Blue paint was thrown across the front of about six properties.
The incident has been reported to police. The development features three and four bed properties which are up for sale for between £195,000 and £300,000.
A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police said: "At around 8pm, police received a report of vandalism on Union Road, Wardle.
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