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.
Historic Blackpool Illuminations display could be axed following racism concerns
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSubscribe to our daily What's On newsletter to keep up with what's happening around Greater Manchester A light display that has been part of the Blackpool Illuminations since the 1960s could be removed following racism complaints.
Blackpool Council has said it will ‘explore options’ for a new display after a Native American tribe raised concerns over a ‘Wild West’ light display.
The display portrays six men wearing headdresses and dancing around a totem pole. Read more: Teachers 'should be prioritised for fuel' say unions as schools threaten closure over shortage A letter of complaint from two members of the Chickasaw Nation tribe suggested the panel paints Blackpool "as a community that supports racism and discrimination”, reports
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