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.
Cops banged on my door at 1.30am and told me to drop my case, harassment victim in watchdog investigation says
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFor all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter A man who was the victim of harassment has accused police of failing to investigate scores of crime reports.
James Koefed says he became so desperate he tried to end his life on several occasions. The 29-year-old says he complained to police dozens of times that a man who was banned from contacting him was breaching a restraining order, but nothing was done.
And he says that when the persistent harasser was finally re-arrested and put before court, three police officers visited him at 1.30am and suggested he should drop the case as the accused had pleaded not guilty to the new charges, the case had been adjourned for a year and the long wait could
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