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.
direct to your inboxTributes have been paid to a young woman who died after being hit by two cars in Salford.Selena Meyers, 23, was struck by two vehicles on Worsley Road shortly before 7.30pm on Tuesday night.She was sadly pronounced dead at the crash scene.Her family, releasing a tribute via police, described her as 'quiet, sweet and loving'.Selena was born in Tennessee, USA to parents, Salem and Ross.She lived and was cared for by her great grandparents, Donald and Florence Lee.
A statement released on behalf of the family said: "Selena Mystara Meyers, born in Summit regional hospital in Hermitage, Tennessee to her parents Salem Ann Meyers and Ross LeRoy Meyers.
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