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.
Abusive thug jailed after strangling ex twice in 'gratuitous degrading' attacks
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAn abusive thug repeatedly attacked his ex-partner, twice strangling her and even threatened to ‘violate her’ - she was left fearing that she was going to die.
Reginaldo Mapana, 28, continuously accused the woman of cheating on him, and would launch violent and unprovoked attacks on her.
Minshull Street Crown Court heard that the couple met five years ago and were in an on-off relationship which became abusive due to Mapana’s drinking. READ MORE: Man exposes himself to grandmother in lay-by after spotting her alone The first incident took place in August last year when she was awoken by him playing loud music in the living room, so asked him to turn it down.
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