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.
Number of agency social workers soars by 43.5pc as 'burnt out' staff leave
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe cost of hiring agency staff to cover vacancies left by "burnt out" adult and child social workers in Trafford has risen by a staggering 43.5 per cent to nearly £6.2million.
Figures for the 2021/2022 year show the cost of hiring agency staff - who get paid more than local authority social workers - went up by almost £1.9million.
That compares to the previous year's spend of £4.3million agency staff and consultants, councillors on Trafford's Employment Committee were told.
Corporate director of adult social services and wellbeing Diane Eaton described the period as "another extremely challenging year".
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