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.
State Pension age is rising in the UK again meaning Brits will be forced to retire later
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe age at which people can retire and claim Sate Pension is rising again. Millions of people currently rely on State Pension in the UK.
In recent years, the threshold was increased to 66-years-old. However, the Government has changed the way in which the increase in state pension age comes into effect. READ MORE: Parking fines over £50 to be banned under new rules This means that people born between April 6, 1960 and March 5, 1961 will reach their state pension age at 66 years and a certain number of months.
For example, anyone born between May 6, 1960 to June 5, 1960 will reach state pension age at 66 years and two months. In another example, anyone who is born between April 6, 1977 and May 5, 1977 will reach state pension age on May 6, 2044.
The state pension increases each year in line with the highest of average earnings, prices - as measured by inflation - and 2.5 percent.
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