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 Manchester Bee made of guns and knives with a powerful message
manchestereveningnews.co.ukIt's a Manchester Bee with a difference - one carrying a crucial, life-saving message along with it. Made up of thousands of guns, knives and other weapons taken off the streets of Greater Manchester, this powerful and unique sculpture is now touring schools to hammer home its anti-violence message.
The towering structure is the brainchild of the same organisation behind the 27ft-high 'Knife Angel' sculpture, which was created from 100,000 knives surrendered to police forces.
That, too, tours the country as an anti-gun and knife symbol. The Manchester Evening News first revealed plans for the Manchester Bee in September, 2020, and now its completed and out on the road.
The British Ironwork Centre, based in Oswestry, Shropshire, worked alongside Greater Manchester Police on the concept. The finished sculpture, which is believed to have already visited a school in Denton, is expected to used by GMP and other bodies as a thought-provoking educational tool.
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