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.
Dozens of homes planned for former school caught in 'Catch-22' can now progress
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA housing development planned for the former site of a school in Wigan which was caught in a Catch-22' situation can now progress after months of stalling.
Plans for 61 houses to be built at the former Abraham Guest High School site in Orrell Road were approved by Wigan council's planning committee in July.
As part of the plan, the developer agreed to contribute £105,469 towards open space and play improvements at Redwood Park - which is located to the south of the site - and a further £91,860 towards secondary school education. READ MORE: Plans for 61 houses on former school site get green light But the development could not progress due to a legal quirk in the agreement.
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