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.
First-time homebuyers in Scotland urged to apply for discount scheme to help get on property ladder
dailyrecord.co.ukFirst-time buyers and people on low to medium incomes are being encouraged to take advantage of a discount scheme to help them buy a home in 2023.
The Open Market Shared Equity Scheme allows people to buy a home without having to fund its entire cost and is available across Scotland to those buying their first property and people in a priority access group.
This includes those buying their first home, as well as buyers aged 60 and over, people living in either council or housing association properties, disabled people, members of the armed forces and those who have left the services within the last two years.
The bereaved partners of those in the forces who have died while in service in the last two years can also benefit from the scheme, which allows people to buy a share of a home - usually between 60% and 90% - with the Scottish Government then purchasing the remaining share.
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