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.
Loved and Lost: The people from our region who have died after contracting coronavirus
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxThe coronavirus death toll in the UK has hit a grim milestone, with over 100,000 lives lost to the disease.
At the Manchester Evening News we have pledged to honour the memory of every victim who has died from our region. We have already paid tribute to hundreds of people from Greater Manchester as part of our Loved and Lost series.
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