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's big cheese - local man crowned winner of world-famous cheese rolling competition
manchestereveningnews.co.ukWhen it comes to his chosen extreme sport, Matt Crolla is officially a big cheese. And the 28-year-old says his only preparation for becoming a champion was to be "an idiot".
Matt, from Manchester bit the dust in order to be a winner of the renowned cheese rolling competition - by tumbling down a hill with hundreds of others chasing a 7lb Double Gloucester cheese wheel.
The world-famous event, which dates from 1826, went ahead despite safety fears. Matt won the first race. The women's race was won by Delaney Irving who was knocked unconscious as she chased the cheese.
Matt and other competitors hurled themselves down the almost vertical Coopers Hill in Brockworth near Gloucester. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Rubbing his shoulder after the race he said: "I'm glad I'm pretty conscious and I've not got many serious injuries." Asked how he prepared for the race he said: "I don't think you can train for it, can you?
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