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.
Police in Bulgaria discover abandoned truck containing 18 bodies
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPolice in Bulgaria have reportedly discovered an abandoned truck which contained the bodies of 18 people believed to be migrants.
According to police, they believe that the 18 people suffocated inside the cramped truck. The Interior Ministry said that initial information has indicated that the truck was carrying 40 migrants - the survivors have been taken to nearby hospitals for treatment.
The truck was discovered on a highway near the Bulgarian capital Sofia with the passengers being discovered in a secret compartment below a load of timber, however, the driver was nowhere to be found nearby.
Authorities are yet to release the nationalities of the migrants - but, Bulgarian media has reported they were all from Afghanistan. Read more: Urgent police appeal as 12-year-old Manchester girl not seen for days It is currently believed this is the deadliest incident involving migrants in Bulgaria.
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