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.
Mad Vlad's war has sparked a circus crisis with UK facing clown shortage
dailystar.co.ukUkraine is to blame.Martin Burton, chairman of the Association of Circus Proprietors of Great Britain, warned Big Tops were “imploding’”.READ MORE: Liz Truss' first speech as PM in jeopardy as 'omen' deluge hits Downing StreetHe said: “Almost every circus in the UK is now suffering because they can’t bring unique overseas artists in, in time.“Unless this is reversed quite quickly and UK Visas and Immigration goes back to working in its normal way we will be stuck with having fewer and fewer people we can choose to bring in.“It will affect the quality and that will mean fewer people will come to the circus and that will affect the number of circuses, which will affect the whole British circus scene.’’Irina Archer, director of international circus agency Show Productions, said visas with a normal 21-day processing time were taking up to four months.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here .“It’s huge, because there’s a shortage of good circus performers in the UK,’’ she said.“For us to continue we have to rely on foreign artists and to rely on foreign artists we need to get visas granted.’’A Home Office spokesman said: “We had been prioritising applications for the Ukraine Family Scheme and Homes for Ukraine in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by Putin’s barbaric invasion of Ukraine so applications for study, work and family visas have taken longer to process.’’Michael Day, of performers’ union Equity, added: “Delays in getting artists from overseas are worse than ever as those from EU countries now also need visas. “This can result in delayed starts to seasons, lost performances and reduced line-ups with the resulting loss of income – not to mention.
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