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.
The affordable flats that could ‘disappear’ from a major town centre development
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFears have been raised that dozens of affordable flats planned for a major housing development could ‘disappear’ within five years.
Housing association Great Places wants to build 73 ‘rent-to-buy’ apartments on a former car wash site in Stockport town centre.The one and two-bedroom homes would be spread across two adjoining blocks on disused land at King Street West - part of the regeneration zone overseen by the town’s mayoral development corporation (MDC).
These would be let to working households at a discounted rent, giving tenants the opportunity to save for a deposit to buy their first home.
After five years they are offered the opportunity to purchase their apartment outright, or can increase their share in it over a longer period of time via a process known as ‘staircasing’.
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