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 to scrap more than 260 jobs due to £39m spending cuts
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBolton Council's workforce is set to be lost as a 'perfect financial storm' means £39 million of spending cuts are being made over the next two years.
Under the proposed budget for next year, 262 full-time positions are set to be axed, while council tax payers are set to see their bills raised by just under four per cent, the maximum allowed.
Council leaders said they have been faced by a 'perfect storm' with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic lowering the authority’s income at a time when they were already having to make difficult financial decisions.
Under new proposals up to 1,881 of the council’s 2,934 workers are under review. It is estimated 262 roles will be lost. Around 128 posts would be scrapped and 134 vacancies will remain.
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