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.
Lanarkshire MSPs welcome child payment increase
dailyrecord.co.ukMonklands’ MSPs have welcomed plans to double the Scottish child payment to £20 per week from next April.Figures from Social Security Scotland indicate that the increase will benefit 10,715 youngsters in North Lanarkshire – the second-highest local authority total in Scotland – through payments totalling nearly £2.5m.In neighbouring South Lanarkshire, payments of nearly £1.9m would be made to the families of 8040 children aged under six in low-income households.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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