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 mum changing lives in Manchester through 'old fashioned' parenting
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFor as long as she can remember, Eunice Shelton has always enjoyed the company of others. Growing up in Jamaica, her childhood was a happy one surrounded by siblings and extended family.
Her mum, Daphne, moved to the UK when Eunice was only one so she was brought up by her grandparents. When she turned 14, Eunice came to live with her mum, who had settled into a new life in Manchester, where she worked as a nurse.
Following a short spell selling shoes at Lewis' Department Store in Piccadilly, Eunice decided to follow in her mum's footsteps. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community She completed a nursing degree and secured a job at Withington Hospital, where she worked for 32 years.
Yet during that time, the idea of becoming a foster carer kept nagging away at her. Not quite ready yet to leave a job she loved, she decided to look into fostering for when she retired.
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