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.
Where I Live: ‘I loved my friend's house as a kid - now I own it... and it has a secret door’
manchestereveningnews.co.ukMost people who have ambitions to climb the property ladder have to start small and work their way up in the hopes of one day owning their dream home.
Buying, renovating and selling houses can take a lot of time, patience and perseverance before you eventually get to where you want to be.
This traditional route is the one Debbie Newton, 35, took to end up owning the five-bed detached house she lives in today. Debbie spoke to usas part of our Where I Live series, where each week we take our readers inside a different home in the region to have a look around, find out how much it cost and see how the owner has renovated it to make it their own.
Debbie has lived in Rossendale Valley all of her life and, after buying and selling two other properties, she has now gone full circle and bought a house on the same street that she grew up on which holds some special childhood memories. READ MORE: Debbie, who got on the property ladder at 22, said: "My idea was always to buy houses, do them up and sell them on, but this house that I'm in now is my forever home. “I knew the house had a lot of history and a lot of potential.
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