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.
Manchester opens 'super courtroom' to handle large trials
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing A “super courtroom” has opened at Manchester Crown Court, allowing gang-related trials of up to 12 defendants to be heard at once.
The space is three times the size of a normal courtroom and will be used for cases such as county lines drug trafficking, murders and money laundering.
The trials that require this level of space – known as multi-handers – have built up during the pandemic due to social distancing restrictions.
The new courtroom is one of 71 which are being modified to hold the multi-hander trials. The Ministry of Justice hopes the revamped space will help get through the trials at speed without disrupting other cases in the building.
Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk
