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.
'I didn't kill her, but I wanted to', says man who strangled his wife as he was 'sick of her moaning'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter A pensioner who grabbed his wife by the throat told police "I didn't kill her but I wanted to", a court heard.
Michael Lynch, 68, strangled his wife twice on April 17 this year and later said he was "sick of her moaning all the time". Lynch said he was "going to kill her to put her out of her misery" as he attacked her, before later calling police and confessing his crimes.
He appeared at Liverpool Magistrates' Court this morning, the Echo reports. READ MORE: Manchester man, 19, charged with terrorism offences Angela Conlan, prosecuting, explained the couple had experienced difficulties "due to the defendant's drinking".
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