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.
Crimes against women should be same priority for police as terrorism, watchdog says
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the news presented through a female lens and a little shot of inspiration in your inbox every week with our new newsletter, Grace Preventing violence against women and girls should be considered as much of a priority as counter-terrorism, a police watchdog has said.
An examination by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) found “problems, unevenness and inconsistencies” in dealing with the “epidemic” of violence against female victims in the UK.
The watchdog said the police response to such offences and victims “has improved” in the last five years, but concerns remain including around the “staggering variation” across police forces in England and Wales with regards to dealing with domestic
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