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.
Bolton council tax to rise by 3.8 percent as authority plans huge £35m cuts
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFor all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletterCouncil tax in Bolton is set to rise by 3.8 percent at the same time that £35m will be cut from local budgets.Bolton council’s cabinet has sent forward a budget which will see an increase in bills for households as well as a further £15 across the board levy to fund police and crime fighting in Greater Manchester.The full council is set to vote next week on the proposals, which were created by the town’s Conservative-controlled administration after a public consultation.The council tax rise equates to around 74p per week for band A properties, which make up more than 40 per cent of the overall tax base in Bolton.Under the original budget proposals,.
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