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.
'Deep rooted anger': Oil drilling protesters cause a stir at Shell petrol station
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCampaigners protested against drilling plans in the North Sea outside a Shell petrol station in south Manchester. The 15 activists from Manchester Greenpeace and Greater Manchester Climate Justice turned heads on Wilmslow Road in Rusholme as they opposed proposals for gas drilling in the Jackdaw field.
Shell was given the go-ahead by the government in June. Greenpeace has launched a legal challenge while a further 39 oil and gas projects await approval for funding.
Glossop-based activist Martin Porter said: "We are in a cost of living crisis and a climate crisis. READ MORE: The little boy who smiled through unthinkable suffering until the day he died “Shell has made £17 billion profit so far this year, whilst many people face not being able to pay their bill this winter.
It's not the cost of renewable energy that has gone up, but the oil price. “Meanwhile, the world has had a summer of extreme weather due to climate change, from Manchester experiencing its hottest ever day, to the floods that are currently devastating Pakistan.
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