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.
Woman fined £650 for dropping cigarette butt in town centre
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A young woman was ordered to pay over £650 in fees after dropping a cigarette butt in Rochdale.
Chloe Lluch, 23, of Box Street, Littleborough, was due to appear in front of Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on Friday, April 9 for the offence.
She was spotted throwing away a cigarette end on Yorkshire Street, Rochdale, by a town centre enforcement warden with the council, who gave her a fine.
After failing to pay the fee, she was taken to court, but failed to turn up for the hearing. She was found guilty of littering in her absence, where the court handed out a £330 fine, and ordered her to pay £295 in costs and a victim surcharge of £33.
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