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.
"You could hear the flames crackling and then all the windows just went" - Woman in her 30s killed in house fire despite neighbours' desperate efforts to save her
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFor the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter here A woman has died following a house fire in Wigan.
Firefighters were called to the blaze in St James Grove, in the Poolstock area of the town, at about 4.20pm on Sunday (June 20).
Two women were taken to hospital after being injured in the fire, according to Greater Manchester Police. Despite the efforts of medical staff, a woman in her 30s died a short time later.
The other woman remains in a stable condition. A joint investigation between GMP and the fire service has since been launched, although the fire is not being treated as suspicious at this time. READ MORE:Machete-wielding gang attack in Bolton was 'like something from GTA' say terrified witnesses
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