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.
Fraud rap Scots space station investor launches £250k-a-week finance firm
dailyrecord.co.ukA businessman who became a major investor in Scotland’s space race while facing fraud charges has launched a £250,000-a-week financial advice firm.
The Sunday Mail previously told how a company run by Michael Haston was allowed to take a £2million stake in the Government-backed Shetland Space Centre despite serious concerns over his credentials.
He was charged with fraud in 2017 as part of an investigation which has now been discontinued. Another of his ventures – Leonne International – is the subject of a Financial Conduct Authority warning.The self-proclaimed “wonder kid”, who also uses the name Michael McQueen, is no longer involved in the space centre.Chief executive Frank Strang said: “Michael Haston is not involved in the Spaceport.
He is not an investor and he has absolutely nothing to do with our business. We cancelled his shares and repaid the loan.”But we can reveal he has moved on to a new Edinburgh-based scheme – Haston Economics – selling investment advice.The business, which has been promoted on national media platforms, charges prospective clients a one-off fee of £25,000 or £250,000 for a “week-long on-site visit by Haston Economics’ team of experts”.In a promotion for the firm, Haston said: “It can be very difficult and stressful if you don’t know what you’re doing but our system will give owners the knowledge they require to go out and engage directly with the appropriate investors if their investment offering allows them to do so.“People are out in the market trying to raise money via the traditional methods of banks, corporate financiers, private equity houses and crowdfunding platforms and such like.
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