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.
Council tax in Rochdale will go up by maximum after one-year freeze proposals rejected
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxCouncil tax in Rochdale will go up by the maximum 4.99pc after proposals for a one-year freeze were rejected in a town hall vote.The rise was approved at the authority’s annual budget setting meeting on Wednesday night, with the backing of the controlling Labour group.The Conservatives put forward plans to freeze the general element of council tax - 1.99pc of the increase - by using monies that otherwise be transferred to reserves.The 3pc ring-fenced for adult social care was to remain.This was backed by the Lib Dems, but knocked back by Labour who branded the amendment ‘reckless and irresponsible’.The newsletter that brings Manchester's political news, investigations - and a bit of gossip - straight to youSign up to our.
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