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.
'If I see blue lights I’ll stab you in the neck': Abusive thug’s chilling warning to ex-girlfriend as she dialled 999
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAn abusive thug threatened to stab his girlfriend in the neck if he saw ‘blue lights’ as she dialled 999. Omar Ajmal, 36, had been separated from his partner for nine months when he turned up at her house and demanded to know who she’d been sleeping with.
He told her: “I just want to know who it is, tell me, I am going to give you one chance to tell me and I won’t hit you.” When the woman told him she hadn’t slept with anybody he went on to punch her repeatedly.
She later made up a name to try and make him stop, but he continued hitting her, Manchester Crown Court heard. The terrifying incident lasted for over two hours, during which he strangled her to the point she couldn’t breathe. READ MORE: "I always thought I was a good teacher, I still do..." teacher accused of abusing children by touching their hair or shoulders denies sexual intent Later, as she was on the phone to an emergency service operator, he could be heard warning her: “If I see blue lights I’ll stab you in the neck.” She could also be heard screaming ‘please help, please’ before officers quickly arrived and arrested Ajmal.
He lied to the officers, initially telling them he had been attacked by two men before claiming the woman had also attacked him.
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