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.
Drugs, guns and £30,000 cash seized in string of 'EncroChat' police raids across Manchester and Stockport
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Drugs, guns and £30,000 in cash have been seized during police raids across Greater Manchester today (Friday).
Seven men have been arrested and are being questioned on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs. The raids are the latest following the hacking of secret 'EncroChat' server in northern France which was used by big-time criminals all over the world to communicate beyond the reach of law enforcement.
For years, the totally legal service allowed 50,000 users around the world - 9,000 of them in the UK - to communicate in the knowledge none of their texts would be uncovered by law enforcement.
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