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.
The £6m transformation of Cheetham Hill's Manchester Jewish Museum is almost complete
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSign up for our What's On newsletter - for all the latest whether you're staying in or heading out and about The Manchester Jewish Museum will finally reopen its doors this summer, following a £6m restoration and extension project.
The Cheetham Hill museum is set to welcome back visitors from Friday July 2 after two years of improvement works. The newly-extended museum will now be home to 31,000 objects in its gallery, as well as featuring a new cafe, shop, learning studio and kitchen.
Its 1874 Spanish and Portuguese synagogue - the oldest surviving synagogue in Manchester - has also been carefully restored to its former glory by a team of specialists, including historic painters and stained-glass experts.
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