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.
Boy, 17, beaten up on Metrolink by gang of "animals" is rescued by Good Samaritan
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing A boy was brutally attacked on a Metrolink tram.
The victim, aged 17, was repeatedly beaten about the head by a gang of up to six youths. The assault was in broad daylight in front of other passengers as the thugs attempted rob the boy of his rucksack.
He was eventually rescued by another passenger who got off the tram with him early. The incident happened as the boy was travelling between Bury and Radcliffe.
Radcliffe was not his intended destination but he got off there to escape the assault. The Good Samaritan dialled 999 from the stop and stayed with the boy until his father drove to collect him.
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