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 house started shaking... I screamed - we could be dead": Family's terror as Greater Manchester's 160mph 'tornado' destroyed their home
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA family told of their terror after a freak 'tornado' destroyed their home. Gareth and Lyndsey Moody and three of their children were at home shortly before midnight when the extreme weather hit Stalybridge in Tameside.
Their property and their next door neighbours' home were the most badly damaged properties during the shocking storm on Wednesday night, with the winds ripping their roofs off.
It is thought to have been the strongest tornado to hit the country for nearly 20 years, with wind speeds said to have reached up to 160mph.
The homes on Hough Hill Road in the town were two of 100 buildings to be affected, with cars and other property also damaged by falling trees and roof tiles.
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