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.
Parents vent anger over school's shoe policy and rule forcing girls to wear tights
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing A school has come under fire from parents unhappy with its new uniform policy.
We reported earlier this week how one mum hit out at Rayner Stephens High School after being told her daughter's Kickers were 'inappropriate'.
The school, in Dukinfield, Tameside, says children must wear 'plain black school shoes made of a polishable material', but hers were shiny patent.
Mum Julie Oakman said her Year 11 daughter was sent home, a claim the school denied saying pupils 'were offered alternative, brand new shoes to wear' and only chose to leave if they refused the new ones. Read more:Mum fuming after row with school over daughter's 'inappropriate' Kickers on first
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