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.
Greater Manchester's NHS being plunged into 'special measures' over £180m black hole of debt
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGreater Manchester’s NHS is being plunged into ‘special measures’, according to a staff briefing, the Manchester Evening News can reveal.
Greater Manchester's health and care services, including the region's NHS, have already been forced to massively cut an overspend of £400m over the last year.
Accounting consultants were brought in to carry out a ‘financial turnaround programme’ under intense scrutiny from national NHS bosses.
However, the system remains in hundreds of millions of pounds of debt – with a deficit of £180m. A staff briefing from NHS Greater Manchester, seen by the M.E.N.
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