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.
Council approves spending £1.7million on new cycling route through Ancoats
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxManchester Council has approved plans to spend £1.7million on a new city centre cycling route through Ancoats.The proposal is much-anticipated after council bosses chose not to install cycling lanes as part of the £9.1million upgrade of Great Ancoats Street which is in the final stages of completion.The inner ring road scheme promised to deliver a tree-lined 'European-style boulevard' with improved crossings when it was announced in 2019.
But cycling campaigners, residents groups and the Lib Dem opposition all fiercely criticised the decision not to include cycle lanes.Manchester Council leaders have always maintained that Great Ancoats Street is not suitable for cycling traffic and promised parallel routes would be.
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