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.
Flood alert issued across parts of Greater Manchester as another thunderstorm batters region
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA flood warning has been issued across parts of Greater Manchester as another thunderstorm battered the region on Sunday evening (June 18).
The official alert for the Upper River Irwell catchment includes parts of Oldham, Bolton, Rochdale, Haslingden, Ramsbottom and Rawtenstall.
The message was issued ahead of the thunderstorms, expected to last from 5pm until 10pm, as the Met Office put a yellow weather warning in place, with poor road conditions, flooding and transport delays expected. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link Areas most at risk of flooding include low lying agricultural land and roads and footpaths close to rivers and streams with fears that homes and businesses could also become partially submerged.
The flood alert, issued by the Environment Agency, also includes the Rivers Beal, Roch and Croal, Limey Water and their tributaries with other areas possibly affected including Farnworth, Whitefield, Little Lever, Radcliffe, Bury, Heywood, Whitworth and Bacup. Read our LIVE coverage of thunderstorms across Greater Manchester here. The situation is being 'closely monitored' by specialist incident response teams across Greater Manchester with people urged to avoid the potentially dangerous and flooded roads near to rivers and streams, the Environment Agency confirmed.
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