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.
Chetham's School of Music pupils evacuated in early hours as fire breaks out with 'substantial damage' to building
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Students had to be evacuated after a fire broke out at Chetham's School of Music in the early hours.
The fire started in a concert hall at the Long Millgate campus in Manchester city centre at around 2.20am on Thursday. Four fire engines raced to the scene.
Pupils at the boarding school had to wait outside as smoke billowed from the building. READ MORE: Man took his own life after mental health team said he was no longer an 'urgent priority' A spokesperson for the school said nobody was injured, but that there is 'substantial' damage to Whiteley Hall - and water damage to the school gym.
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