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.
Seven men from Greater Manchester charged with drugs offences after police raids
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Seven men from Greater Manchester have been charged in connection with an alleged conspiracy to import drugs worth millions of pounds from Europe into Lancashire.
Police said 'significant amounts' of drugs including amphetamine and cannabis were seized in raids earlier this year. Weapons, mobile phones, hundreds of thousands of pounds in cash and designer watches were also recovered, Lancashire Police said.
During the operation warrants were executed at addresses in Greater Manchester, Darwen, Blackburn, Cumbria and London. Police said a mill in the Darwen area is 'suspected of being used as a packaging base'.
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