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 with 50 previous convictions 'named and shamed' on Facebook after stealing from elderly women in Wythenshawe
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA woman has been jailed after carrying out a number of ‘despicable’ distraction thefts against elderly and vulnerable people.Tracey MacDonald, 41, was caught after being ‘named and shamed’ on social media.She repeatedly approached older women in Wythenshawe, distracted them, before stealing cash.MacDonald, of no fixed address, stole a total of around £1,300 from the five women, Manchester Crown Court heard.She pleaded guilty to five counts of theft from a person at an earlier hearing, but the court deferred her sentence to allow her to ‘go straight'.MacDonald failed to attend court in March, so was arrested and remanded into custody.Today (Tuesday), she appeared via video-link from HMP Styal.
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