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.
Youth workers given Metrolink passes so they can follow troublemakers onto trams
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxA team of youth workers in Oldham have been given passes for the Metrolink system so they can pursue young troublemakers without needing wait to buy a ticket on the platform.The strategy was revealed at a meeting of the council’s overview and scrutiny board on Tuesday night following questions from councillors about how the youth team was dealing with youngsters on the network.The Oldham and Rochdale Metrolink line has become notorious for incidents of crime and antisocial behaviour in recent years.Committee chair Councillor Colin McLaren said that activity on the tram had been ‘one of our major headaches’.He referenced both Freehold and Westwood stops as particular hotspots.Quizzing Jodie Barber, the head of the youth.
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