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.
More than 50 UK Pride groups demand reversal of 'reckless and damaging' decision to grant charity status to LGB Alliance group
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A large number of Pride organisations across the country have signed an open letter in opposition to the decision to grant charitable status to a group which has been described as a 'divisive and polarising anti-trans campaign group'.
Last month, the LGB Alliance was awarded charitable status by the Charity Commission - a move that would allow the group to be exempt from tax and be eligible to receive charity funding.
The group, started in 2019, says it was set up in a bid to 'advance the interests of lesbians, gay men and bisexuals'. While its aims do not mention transgender and non-binary people, the organisation denies it is trying to 'erase trans people'.
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