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.
Tell us if you think the North is being 'levelled up' or not
manchestereveningnews.co.ukLevelling up in the North has been called into question after the government revealed why Manchester won't be getting an underground HS2 station, and we want to know how you feel about the situation.
The high cost of £5 billion has been cited as the reason, with High Speed Rail director general Clive Maxwell saying: "It would have meant digging a very large underground box and cavern to accommodate all those platforms, and that would have cost very large sums of money." However, this goes against warnings from Northern leaders about the damaging consequences building an overground station could have on Manchester. Let us know in the comments section. The current plans would see huge concrete viaducts built above Manchester which would 'sever' the east of the city, cutting off tram routes to Tameside for two years while works take place.
Responding to the latest news on the issue, one reader said: " As usual the North can make do. Environmental concerns none, levelling up not at all.
Listening to regional voices, no." Others made comparisons to London, with someone else saying: "But London can have its HS2 station underground.
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