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.
Maggie Oliver blasts national child abuse inquiry and says not enough is being done to help young survivors
manchestereveningnews.co.ukRochdale grooming scandal, claims two thirds of a witness statement she gave to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse was not used.
Maggie, who launched the The Maggie Oliver Foundation to provide education, legal advice and therapy for people who have been affected by child abuse, says she was denied giving live evidence and speaking in public at the inquiry, which was set up by the government because of serious concerns that some organisations had failed and were continuing to fail to protect children from sexual abuse.It was set up after investigations in 2012 and 2013 into the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal.
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