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.
Woman, 42, tragically dies in house fire
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA woman has tragically died after a house fire said to have 'spread' along a number of homes on a terraced street. Greater Manchester Police said she was 42 and that she passed away at the scene 'despite the best efforts of first responders'.
There's been no confirmation as yet of any other casualties. Emergency services were called to Saint Thomas Street North in the Werneth area of Oldham at around 4.10pm on Saturday afternoon.
The incident led to the evacuation of a number of homes, with Oldham Council tonight said to be providing temporary accommodation to residents affected. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link A man who was one of the first on the scene said a neighbour 'bust' the back door down, but both were hit and driven back by the heat and smoke.
He said: "It had spread along the houses, we were just trying to get people out. The firefighters were telling everyone to move back as people were just filming." Another neighbour said he called the emergency services when he heard someone down the road from the house shout for help.
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