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.
More than 1,000 Trafford properties have stood empty for over six months
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFor the latest Trafford news sign up to the MyTrafford newsletter here Over 1,000 properties across Trafford stood empty before the pandemic hit, new figures have revealed.
In total, 1,095 properties were empty for six months or more, with 163 homes unlived in for two years of more, Trafford Council found in its latest empty homes strategy review.
The authority now wants to get these 163 houses back into use as a priority to help tackle the homelessness crisis, improve access to social housing for those who need it, improve the lives of tenants and support the vulnerable.
In November 2019, the council announced it would quadruple the cost of council tax for private property owners who left their homes empty.
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