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.
'We are trapped in buildings that aren't safe...' hundreds stage cladding protests across city as residents say 'no progress' made nearly four years on from Grenfell
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Hundreds of residents living in 'unsafe' apartment blocks staged a series of cladding protests across Greater Manchester today.
Demonstrations took place in Manchester city centre, Prestwich and various other locations across the UK, including London. Four years on from the Grenfell tragedy, residents say they have seen 'no progress' on their demands to have dangerous cladding removed from their buildings.
Thousands of leaseholders are now faced with staggering bills of £20,000, to cover the costs of repair work to their properties.
In June 2017, 72 people were killed after a fire broke out at the 24-storey block of flats in North Kensington, West London.
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