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.
Forty ways to tackle fastest price rises in 40 years - from petrol costs to food shop
manchestereveningnews.co.ukHouseholds are being hit hard as the cost of living continues to soar at the quickest rate in 40 years. Energy bills have already shot up, but analysts are now predicting that the Ofgem price cap will stretch further - to just under £3,000 - in the autumn.
Meanwhile inflation, now hitting 9.1%, has broken a new record, reaching its highest level since March 1982. The average cost of a supermarket shop has increased and petrol and diesel costs are at an all-time high.
On top of all this, a recession is also looming, a recent report has predicted, and Britain's economy appears to be “running on empty." The latest S&P Global/CIPS flash UK purchasing managers index (PMI) survey shows business expectations suffered the largest monthly decline since the start of the pandemic, with manufacturers and services firms reporting the lowest degree of business optimism since May 2020. Read more:How does a rise in inflation affect house prices in the UK?
Chris Williamson, chief business economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence, said the UK “looks set for a troubling combination of recession and elevated inflation as we move into the second half of the year”, with the cost-of-living crisis ramping up over the months ahead.
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