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.
VE Day 75: How Manchester celebrated in 1945 and what it still means to veterans
manchestereveningnews.co.uk"We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing; but let us not forget for a moment the toil and efforts that lie ahead." The words of Sir Winston Churchill in a radio address to an exhausted, grieving nation on VE Day, 1945.
War had raged for almost six years - and Churchill's announcement sparked scenes of unbridled joy. His sentiment rings true today with the evil threat of coronavirus.
But despite the lockdown, the public will safely mark the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day on Friday. The announcement that war in Europe had ended was broadcast to the people in a radio communique the day before, on May 7, 1945.
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