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.
Tories would lose 286 council seats if proportional voting was introduced
mirror.co.ukMore than half of seats in last week's council elections went to the Tories, despite the party securing 44% of votes. Critics are now calling for sweeping changes to Britain's electoral system, amid fears voters are being ignored over and over again.
Taking the results of just county, unitary and metropolitan councils which held full elections, the Tories took 44% of the overall vote, but this was enough to win 53% of the total number of seats up for grabs.
In one area, Staffordshire, the party secured more than eight out ten seats, despite claiming 56% of votes. Across England, Wales and Scotland, Boris Johnson ’s party won 1,425 seats - and a clear majority of over 50% of the seats in 25 out of 37 councils.
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