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.
Will there be a heatwave in August? Met Office long range forecast predicts 'hot spells' next month
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing Thunderstorms have brought an abrupt end to July's blistering heatwave - but the Met Office does have some good news on the cards for next month.
The country reached its hottest temperature of the year last week when 32.2C was recorded at Heathrow Airport on Tuesday, July 20.
And, according to the Met Office's long-range forecast, high temperatures could be back towards the middle of August - although it's too soon to say whether the UK will be basking in another heatwave.
A heatwave is defined by the Met Office as "an extended period of hot weather relative to the expected conditions of the area at that time of year".
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