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.
Civic mayor gets second term in historic first for Tameside
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFor the latest Tameside news sign up to the MyTameside newsletter here Tameside’s Civic Mayor has been appointed for a second term in a historic first after Covid-19 scuppered her mayoral year.
Councillor Janet Cooper, who represents Longdendale ward, was given back the chains of office at the first in-person meeting of the full council for more than a year.
Speaking at Dukinfield Town Hall, Civic Mayor Cooper said it was ‘hard to describe the pride’ she felt standing before councillors as mayor once again, with her consort Dennis. “When I accepted the mayoralty at the start of 2020, well I don’t think any of us had any idea of what lay ahead,” she added. “For much of my year of office the country was in lockdown and we were severely
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