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.
Youth Music launches new £1.7million post-pandemic Recharge Fund
nme.comCOVID.Supported by the People’s Postcode Lottery, the fund will see up to £30,000 per year awarded to successful applicants across the UK.Around 40 music organisations will be supported by the fund, which was created in response to a survey held by Youth Music last year, which showed that 60 per cent of creative organisations across the UK needed help with funding in order to operate.A statement about the new fund said it can be used for communications and marketing, training, digital development, salaries, freelance fees and more.
All the details on the scheme can be found here.Applications are open for the scheme from today (November 23) and close on January 14.
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