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.
Teddy bear that survived the Manchester Blitz expected to sell for hundreds of pounds at auction after being saved from the skip
manchestereveningnews.co.ukTo keep up with Trafford news sign up to the MyTrafford newsletter here A teddy bear that survived the Manchester Blitz is to go under the hammer after being saved from the skip.
The bear, named Blitzy, was originally bought for five-year-old Mary Gaskell around the time the Second World War broke out.
Mary kept the beloved bear, a source of comfort during the heavy bombing of Manchester which began in the late autumn of 1940, her entire life.
It is now due to go under the hammer at Hansons Auctioneers with a guide price of £600 to £800, although experts believe it could sell for more due to the bear's backstory. READ MORE: Illegal puppy breeder who made £32,000 during lockdown spared jail The teddy was found in a plastic bag by Mary’s
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