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.
Teen fined for wasting police time after reporting stalker - he then murdered her
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox Shana Grice was murdered by her stalker ex-boyfriend after she reported him to the police five times over a period of six months.
The final months of the teenager's life were characterised by violence and threats at the hands of her controlling former partner Michael Lane.
Sussex Police failed to properly investigate the 19-year-old's claims she was being harassed, and she was fined for wasting police time.
In August 2016, Lane slit her throat before trying to burn her body. A judge later said police “jumped to conclusions” and “stereotyped” Miss Grice, while her family said the murder could have been prevented if officers had taken the
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