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.
PIP payment rates and points explained to help you make a successful claim first time
dailyrecord.co.ukThe latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that on October 31, 2021 there were 2.8 million people across the UK claiming support through Personal Independence Payments (PIP), with just over one in three claimants (35%) receiving the highest level of award.
Of that total, 297,213 Scots are now receiving financial support between £23.70 and £152.15 every week (£94.80 and £608.60 each month), an increase of 5,113 claimants since July.
The DWP confirmed that during the period between July and October 2021, it had received 180,000 registrations for new claims - the highest quarterly level of new claim registrations since PIP began in 2013.
Some 25,000 changes of circumstances were also reported. The figures also showed that new claims are currently taking 24 weeks to complete, from registration to a decision being made.PIP is designed to help people with the extra costs of daily living or getting around outside the home as a result of a long-term illness, mental health condition or physical or learning disability, but many people are put off claiming this essential benefit, wrongly assuming that they are not eligible or have heard negative stories about the application process.
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