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.
"He didn't deserve it... no one does": The pain and regret behind Manchester United's 2008 Champions League triumph
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox every day for freeIt is supposed to be the pinnacle of a footballer’s club career, but May 21, 2008 turned out to be one of the saddest moments in Park Ji-sung’s.Manchester United were to play Chelsea in the Champions League final in Moscow.The South Korean played every minute of United’s quarter-final against Roma and semi-final against Barcelona. He was Mr Dependable, playing three different positions across those four crucial ties to help his side reach their first Champions League final in nine years. In his own mind Park had earned the right to play in his first Champions League final. This would be his big chance on the biggest stage of all, having fallen at the final hurdle with previous club PSV Eindhoven in.
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