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.
Burger giant Wendy's reveals huge UK expansion plans
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSign up for our What's On newsletter to keep your finger on the pulse of an ever-changing Manchester It's a burger chain well known in the States, but now fast food giant Wendy's is aiming to make a big impression on the UK.
The American diner has revealed plans to open a number of outlets in the UK over the coming year, as it aims to take on the burger big boys like McDonald's, Burger King and Five Guys.
The restaurant firm, famed for its square shaped burgers and its beaming logo of a red-haired girl with pigtails and freckles, has dipped a toe in the UK market before, but blamed operating costs for departing 20 years ago.
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