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 Mancunian Way: Made of stone
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Here is today's Mancunian Way: Hello It’s the largest investment in a national cultural project since the opening of Tate Modern - but the Factory International project is not without its problems.
It’s well over budget and Manchester Council may need to take out a loan to finance it further. Meanwhile, workers renovating Manchester town hall may also need more cash to finish the job.
It's been a pricey endeavour already and it’s getting more expensive as inflation and an increase in material costs is exacerbated by the war in Ukraine.
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