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.
Knife-wielding robber who twice raided shop in Tameside is jailed
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxA robber who threatened a shopworker with a knife has been jailed for 10 years. Michael Lee Gilworth 33, left staff "frightened and distressed" following two raids at a convenience store in Tameside.
They both occurred at the McColls store on Astley Street in Dukinfield where police said Gilworth had "persistently targeted staff." The first incident happened on September 5 this year, when Gilworth jumped over the counter and stole numerous bottles of spirits before making off.
Then the following day, he returned and produced a knife which he used to threaten a female member of who was working alone Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.
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