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.
Millions to receive DWP Christmas bonus from Monday
manchestereveningnews.co.ukMillions of benefit claimants will begin receiving their £10 Christmas bonus from Monday, December 4. The one-off bonus will be sent to all eligible claimants in the run-up to Christmas.
The payment is tax-free and will have no impact on any other benefit payments in December. The payment will also be made automatically so there is no need to apply.
Furthermore, if two people in a household are separately claiming benefits, they will receive £10 each. READ MORE: Today's top Manchester Evening News stories READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community The DWP will pay out the bonus for those who live or are "ordinarily resident" in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, or Gibraltar if they receive one of the qualifying benefits: Adult disability payment Armed Forces independence payment Attendance allowance Carer’s allowance Child disability payment Constant attendance allowance (paid under industrial injuries or war pensions schemes) Contribution-based employment and support allowance (once the main phase of the benefit is entered after the first 13 weeks of claim) DLA Incapacity benefit at the long-term rate Industrial death benefit (for widows or widowers) Mobility supplement Pension Credit (the guarantee element) PIP State Pension (including graduated retirement benefit) Severe disablement allowance (transitionally protected) Unemployability supplement or allowance (paid under industrial injuries or war pensions schemes) War disablement pension at state pension age War widow’s pension Widowed mother’s allowance Widowed parent’s allowance Widow’s pension
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