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 knew he had problems with his neighbours - but I could never have imagined he would die so brutally'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe ex-wife of a dad bludgeoned to death by his next-door neighbour told of her devastation following his brutal death. Esmaeil Tofigh was killed by Tarik Hussein, who repeatedly hit him over the head with a hammer in Longsight.
Hussein was suffering from undiagnosed schizophrenia at the time, and harboured delusional beliefs about his 56-year-old neighbour.
He was convinced that Mr Tofigh, a dad-of-two, was spying on him and harming his family, Manchester Crown Court heard. Hussein went round to his neighbour's home, in the early hours of Sunday, February 3, and killed him.
Now, after pleading guilty to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility, Hussein, 28, has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order, to receive treatment for his mental health. BLACK FRIDAY OFFER: Get three months of MEN Premium for FREE with our amazing Black Friday deal.
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