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 street artists from outside Manchester who are transforming the face our city
manchestereveningnews.co.ukStreet art and Manchester have, in recent times, become almost synonymous with one another. From Akse’s mural of Marcus Rashford in Withington to Qubek's giant bees on the side of Koffee Pot in the Northern Quarter, there’s exquisite designs, immersive think-pieces and stunning portraits to be found around every corner.
We’ve seen time and time again how street art can hammer home an important message or bring life to an otherwise abandoned back street.
But it’s not always been seen like that. READ MORE: Afflecks is turning 40 - and searching for fans to be immortalised in history Thankfully, Manchester’s street art scene is as bustling as ever.
In fact, there’s a whole host of artists actively coming to Manchester in a bid to be a part of it. We’ve spoken to two artists who hail from outside Manchester that now happily call it their un-adopted home - and it’s all down to how the city-region took them in as one of their own when starting out.
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