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.
CCTV footage shows police 'kicking and punching' boy, 16, after tackling him off e-bike
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPolice are reviewing video footage that has emerged appearing to show a 16-year-old boy being punched and kicked by officers during an arrest in Heald Green.
The clip, given exclusively to the Manchester Evening News, shows five officers attempting to detain the teenager on Finney Lane in Heald Green, Stockport, last Wednesday (August 7).
In the footage, captured by nearby CCTV, the youth can be seen attempting to evade officers on a bike. Moments later, he is pulled to the ground as more officers move in.
Footage shows the 16-year-old being punched by an officer as he lay on the ground, before another officer walks up behind and kicks him.
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