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.
New tower blocks to create nearly 150 affordable apartments in Stockport
manchestereveningnews.co.ukTwo eight-storey apartment blocks are set to be built in Stockport creating nearly 150 affordable homes. It's part of a new residential development at the corner of Chestergate and King Street West in Stockport.
The application from Great Places Housing Group was approved by Stockport council's planning committee last week. It will see the construction of 59 one-bedroom and 89 two-bedroom apartments on the land.
All of the new homes will be designated as "affordable", made up both rent to buy and affordable rent properties. Qualifying tenants in the rental homes will be offered a 20 percent discount on market rent prices to live in the building. READ MORE: 'Not only is it a jewel in Stockport's crown, it's a national treasure - we must protect it' The site is described in planning reports as a "very accessible and sustainable location", and is within close distance to the town centre and transport connections, such as the new Stockport interchange.
Work to transform derelict and abandoned sites around Stockport town centre has been ongoing for years, with the aim of creating new communities within the borough and using town centre land over building on the green belt.
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