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.
Cut to benefits would affect one in eight residents and push them further into debt and hardship, charity warns
manchestereveningnews.co.ukTo keep up with Trafford news sign up to the MyTrafford newsletter here A cut to benefits due to come into force from October could hit one in eight Trafford residents and push them further into debt and hardship, a charity has warned.
Citizens’ Advice Trafford has warned the cut of £20 per week in Universal Credit payments, or £80 a month, will negatively impact those on the lowest incomes – with 36pc of residents set to see their benefits drop are families with children and 39pc are already in work.
Staff and volunteers at the local charity have helped 464 people with Universal Credit since March last year. It says the £20 a week increase has been a ‘lifeline’ and has supported people who were already struggling before the pandemic as
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