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.
GMP praise controversial Levenshulme street planters for 'helping put a stop to police chase'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxRecently installed ‘modal filters’ in south Manchester have proven to be a good police deterrent after they were able to block a driver from getting away during a pursuit.
At the beginning of January, a number of plant box filters were installed across Levenshulme as part of a trial project being overseen by Manchester Council.
Alongside the filters, the trial project will implement road crossing improvements and traffic calming measures in attempts to ease road traffic and to improve air quality in the area.
The trials have faced controversy from some residents, who believe the trial filters weren't 'implemented properly', however it seems that Greater Manchester Police were left feeling appreciative of the filters.
Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk
