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.
Five people bailed after protest shut down arms factory for 12 hours
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFor the latest news from in and around Oldham sign up to the MyOldham newsletter here Five people have been released on bail after a protest shut down an arms factory for over 12 hours.
Police were called to Cairo House, on Greenacres Road in Oldham, shortly before 6am on Tuesday (April 13). Protesters, believed to be Palestine Action, scaled the Elbit Ferranti factory.
Several windows were smashed as demonstrators hung banners from the roof, shutting the factory down for the day. Four vehicles from North West Ambulance Service; a fire engine from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue; and at least four tactical aid unit vehicles were scrambled to the scene, along with several marked and unmarked police cars.
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