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.
'We miss you, you're not in any trouble' - parents of missing 11-year-old Fatuma Kadir issue public appeal
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSign up for the free MyBolton newsletter to get the top stories direct to your inbox The parents of a missing 11-year-old girl believed to be in London have begged her to get in touch and come home, saying: "We miss you - you're not in any trouble." Fatuma Kadir left home in Bolton on her own and 'without the knowledge of her parents' on Thursday night, Greater Manchester Police revealed at a press conference tonight.
The force said the schoolgirl has a love and fascination of London, but hasn't been to the capital before. She has no friends or family there, but has spoken about wanting to open a clothing store in London when she is older, police revealed.
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