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 student, 17, named BBC Young Musician of the year
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A Manchester student has been named as the BBC's Young Musician for 2020.
Percussionist Fang Zhang, 17, who had recently been studying at the city's Chetham's School of Music, was named as the winner of the illustrious competition which had been delayed due to the pandemic.
Born in China's Henan province, Fang came to enroll at the world-renowned Chetham's in the city centre in 2018, to study a full range of percussion, including snare drum, marimba, timpani and vibraphone.
After a year of delays due to the pandemic, the Grand Finals of the 2020 BBC Young Musician were finally broadcast on Sunday evening across BBC Four, BBC Radio 3 and BBC iPlayer with Fang
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