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.
Secret rule of the Wo Shing Wo: How Triad gang war exploded in Manchester
manchestereveningnews.co.ukIt was the 50 seconds of 'intense violence' that saw a bloody gang feud between rival factions of 'Triads' explode on the streets of Manchester's Chinatown.
When the dust had settled six men were seriously injured, with two left fighting for their lives in intensive care. The ferocious 30-man battle was sparked by a stand-off in the K2 karaoke bar on George Street in the early hours of October 16, 2010.
And it helped shine a light on the shadowy underworld of Chinese organised crime and its influence in Manchester. READ MORE: The incredible haul of hooky gear seized by cops during 'Counterfeit Street' blitz The Triads have been described as one of the world's biggest and most feared organised crime networks.
They have their roots in secret societies formed to overthrow the Qing Dynasty in the 1760s. But, by the 20th Century, they had grown into a global criminal syndicate.
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