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.
Inside 'Slotworld' - the empty cinema-turned-arcade that holds a lifetime of memories
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Standing proudly opposite Ashton-under-Lyne's main shopping area, this Old Street building holds a lifetime of memories.
It is known best as the former cinema - first opening in 1920 as Majestic, before becoming the Gaumont, Odeon and finally Metro until 2003 - before becoming an amusement arcade.
But despite its grand appearance and the nostalgia it holds, the building has now been closed for a decade since Slotworld shut.
The doors remain boarded up, with remnants of posters that have long since been placed up and torn down, and advertisements for a sister business beginning to fade.
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