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.
A man remains on top of a crane in Salford for second day in protest
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA man remains on top of a crane in Salford this afternoon as his protest enters a second day. The man scaled the huge Heyrod crane on Chapel Street, Salford, near Manchester city centre at around 5am yesterday morning (Monday).
Police and fire crews attended with locals saying officers spent all of yesterday trying to communicate with him. However nearby residents say the man told officers he was not coming down and that he could stay up there for at least a week.
A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police (GMP) confirmed the main remains on the crane and that officers remain at the scene.
No further details about the incident have yet been released by the force, however. READ MORE: Strangeways lockdown ends after 'intelligence-led operation' sees prisoners confined to cells for days It has not been confirmed exactly what the man is protesting against but banners hanging from the crane appear to refer to the handling of an alleged racist attack.
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