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.
Three arrests after young mum dragged from car at knifepoint in Gorton as toddler son sat in the back
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Two teenagers and a 21-year-old man have been arrested after a young mum was dragged from her car in front of her toddler son at knifepoint.
The terrifying car-jacking in Gorton was captured on camera. The Manchester Evening News told how Courtney Slater, 21, and her boyfriend drove to the area for a meeting after arranging to sell pairs of sunglasses on Snapchat.
Her boyfriend had agreed to meet a man who said he would buy them. After he stepped out of their car to show him the glasses, Courtney told how three hooded men 'appeared from nowhere' before one put a knife to her throat and ordered her out of her Renault.
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