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.
North Korean defector re-captured after 40-day manhunt and £82k bounty
dailystar.co.ukNorth Korean defector escaped from a Chinese jail by jumping over an electric fence.Known by the Chinese name of Zhu Xianjian, 39, he was located after a social media campaign went viral – which put a massive £82,000 bounty on his head, too.When he was first being hunted, the bounty was just £11,000, rising to £17,000 if specific information led to his arrest.
A video on Chinese social media, and shared by state-run Beijing News shows the re-arrest of the man, who now looks like he hasn't eaten or had a drink in a long time.His capture was confirmed by Chinese police.He had been in jail since 2013, having defected from North Korea via a river into China.
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