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.
Scots looking for work face relying on 'measly' benefits system as Universal Credit cut bites
dailyrecord.co.ukScots looking for work face relying on the UK Government's "measly" benefits system which is the least generous in northern Europe, it's been claimed.
The SNP has called for the Tories to restore the £20 a week uplift to Universal Credit after the Tories ploughed ahead with the cut last week despite warnings it would throw thousands into poverty.
The benefit is now worth just 14% of average UK earnings, having previously been worth 18%. Those claiming unemployment benefit in Denmark receive around 90% of their previous wage, while the figure is 75% in the Netherlands and 70% in Spain.
Around 37% of Universal Credit claimants in the UK are already in work and many others are expected to return to employment after losing their previous jobs.N
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