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.
Thousands march through MediaCityUK in protest over BBC's Gaza coverage
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThousands of protesters flooded the square outside the BBC's MediaCityUK headquarters to protest against the corporation's coverage of events in Gaza.
Demonstrators chanted and held aloft Palestinian flags on Saturday (October 21). Speeches were made before protesters marched through the Salford Quays complex.
Speakers from the Manchester Palestine Solidarity Campaign led proceedings outside the BBC's Quayside House. The Gaza Strip has been besieged and bombarded by Israel since October 7.
Palestinian officials say more than 4,000 people have died in Gaza since then, with charities and aid organisations declaring a 'humanitarian crisis'.
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