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 gang member bears 'some moral responsibility' for takeaway owner's death after horror killing
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA teenager part of a gang of thieves out searching for a car to steal was told he bears 'some moral responsibility' for the death of a takeaway owner who was run over and killed.
Mohammed Islam, 53, was killed after being hit by his own car as it was stolen, while he made a food delivery to a house in Romiley, Stockport.
His 15-year-old killer, who got into Mr Islam's cherished Mercedes and ran over him as he tried to stop it being stolen, was previously locked up after admitting manslaughter. READ MORE : 'My dad 'would probably forgive you...' but 'without him I don't think we can' Now 18-year-old Lewis Connelly has avoided jail after being part of the gang which were out looking for a car to steal and sell on.
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