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.
Senior figures at firm owned by Glasgow Council awarded nearly £200,000 in bonuses
dailyrecord.co.ukGlasgow council firm which runs the city’s entertainment venues have been awarded nearly £200,000 in bonuses.Top of the payment league for SEC Ltd was chief executive Peter Duthie, whose £266,807 remuneration included a £36,972 bonus.News of the bonuses came after it emerged that hundreds of staff based at the SEC could be made redundant.Glasgow Labour councillor Martin McElroy said: “At the same time as the council could cut funding to five citizens advice bureaux, we learn that the SEC have awarded extravagant bonuses to senior figures.“Now more than ever, there is no justification for fat cat-style bonuses and they should not be paid.”Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics.
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