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.
For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter A Hong Kong family has moved nearly 6,000 miles across the world to Bolton.
The Lau family - dad Chris, mum Frankie, their two daughters and dog Pop - made the long journey before settling in Westhoughton.
The couple began looking for a new home in the UK in 2020. Chris, who studied at Edinburgh Napier University through a remote programme offered at Hong Kong University, wanted to return to the UK after seeing its education system first-hand, friendly people and natural beauty.
The Lau family say they had their hearts set on Greater Manchester. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit. Lockdown and travel restrictions meant they had to find a way of
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