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.
Young protesters' touching tribute to Palestinian children killed in conflict
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFor all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter Bolton youngsters released a balloon for every Palestinian child killed in last month's conflict as a town centre protest came to an end.
The touching moment followed another afternoon of demonstration from protesters of all ages, with one of the youngest speakers telling the crowd: "Until Palestine is free we will not rest." Around 300 protesters marched from Queen's Park to Victoria Square on Saturday afternoon (June 19) to show support for Palestine following the recent conflict with Israel. READ MORE: Free Palestine demonstrators bring traffic to standstill by staging 'sit down' protest The demonstration was held by the Bolton For Palestine
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