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.
Review: Dirty Dancing at The Palace Theatre promises the time of your life
manchestereveningnews.co.ukOn a balmy Tuesday evening a crowd descended upon The Palace Theatre on Oxford Road for the opening night of Dirty Dancing. Mainly women wearing summer dresses and even one in a bride’s veil (an excellent choice of hen do activity - more on that later) took to their seats to watch one of the most famous stories unfold on stage.
The 1987 original film of Dirty Dancing has a cult following and is beloved by generations. It’s a classic and we all know these need to be handled with care.
But this production, arriving fresh from the West End, sets to bring ‘the classic story on stage’ - and it does just that. It’s not a traditional musical as such; the main characters don’t burst into song and instead there’s a band which performs on stage alongside them.
Imagine if Baby and Johnny actually did sing along to (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life instead of just mouthing along to it, now that could be very cringe-inducing.
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