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 Town Hall as you've never seen it before with spectacular skyline views
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester Town Hall has remained a constant part of the city's ever-expanding skyline for almost 145 years. Although new skyscrapers are always being built, the Victorian, Neo-gothic Grade I-listed building is an iconic and historic centrepiece.
Back in 2018 it closed to the public as a six-year, £300 million project got under way to restore it and it is not until 2024 that Mancunians and those from further afield will be able to see the finished article.
However, Manchester Evening News was lucky enough to get invited inside and all the up to the spire, where construction company LendLease is currently overseeing specialist renovation and restoration work. READ MORE : Inside the Great Hall as it is renovated as part of six-year Our Town Hall project After riding a lift up to the clock tower, there are a series of metal stairs and then 11 sets of ladders, some within incredibly tight gaps, that take you up to the Town Hall’s 280ft (87m) peak.
Although the scaffolding is covered with netting for safety reasons, the views across Manchester and further afield are absolutely spectacular.
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