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.
Concerns mount over the UK government’s live events insurance scheme
nme.comFirst announced back in August, the government’s £800million UK Live Events Reinsurance Scheme – part of a partnership with Lloyd’s Market Association – is aiming to “give events the confidence they need to plan through to summer 2022” while the coronavirus pandemic continues.The scheme opened on September 22 and is set to run until the end of September 2022, and is meant to cover UK live events and festivals that are cancelled, postponed, relocated or abandoned “due to new UK Civil Authority restrictions in response to COVID-19”.However, the scheme – which will see the government act as a ‘reinsurer’ who “steps in with a guarantee to make sure insurers can offer the products events companies need” – does not cover “self-isolation” of.
Read more on nme.com
