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.
Students' terror as gunman storms college as footage 'shows hero teacher wrestle him'
mirror.co.ukStudents ran through hallways in terror and teachers barricaded classroom doors as gunshots were heard at a college yesterday.
Terror ripped through Crawley College when a gunman, who was also armed with a knife, stabbed one college lecturer in the hand and fired blanks from a black pistol directly at another lecturer, student witnesses claimed.
As the suspect waved the gun around "indiscriminately" pointing it at people caught in the chaos, teenagers ran into classrooms for shelter and to spread the word.
One student praised their "brave teacher" for barricading the classroom door while another said she witnessed blank rounds being blasted at a member of staff from close range.
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