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.
Industrial action could 'cripple' UK's nuclear submarine base at Faslane, warns union
dailyrecord.co.ukTrident weapons systems at Coulport will be sent ballots from Unite Scotland this week, the Record can reveal. If backed by members, the union could call for an overtime ban at the Royal Naval Armaments Depot - with future strike action not being ruled out.
The base on Loch Long is the storage and loading facility for the nuclear warheads loaded on to submarines, which are based at nearby Faslane.
If the workers walk out it could play havoc with essential maintenance which is planned in detail up to a year in advance of each submarine leaving port.The staff involved are employed by three separate private companies - AWE, Babcock Marine, and Lockheed Martin UK Strategic Systems - which form part of the ABL Alliance, a joint venture which won.
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