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.
Man left blind after being struck 12 times in horrific hammer attack by Manchester teenager
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox A man was left permanently blind by a brutal hammer attack carried out by a drug-dealing teenager.
In a frenzied two minute assault the victim's life was changed forever when he was struck up to twelve times. But his attacker took a picture of him as he lay unconscious then posted it to a contact on social media.
Now the 17-year-old from Manchester who inflicted appalling injuries on the 40-year-old victim, has been found guilty of attempted murder.
The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty of the vicious assault following a three-week trial at Chester Crown Court.
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