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 need to support the genuine hard-working people": Police seize £1 million of counterfeit goods in Bury New Road raids
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe harsh sound of grinding metal pierces the early morning air on Manchester's "Counterfeit Street". Orange sparks fly as police officers cut through a reinforced steel door with an angle grinder.
After gaining entry to the building, they climb a narrow staircase where they are faced by another near-impenetrable door. This time a battering ram is used, and officers eventually rush into the fortified premises. READ MORE: Man in his 30s dead after 'medical episode' at city centre cafe Inside, it's a maze of windowless rooms and secret doors.
Each room of the building, off Lockett Street in Cheetham Hill, is filled with suspected counterfeit goods. It's one of many similar set-ups in the area surrounding Strangeways Prison, which has
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