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.
Plans unveiled to speed up payment of compensation to terror attack victims after lobbying from Manchester Arena survivors
manchestereveningnews.co.ukhereThe proposed changes come after criticism of the existing compensation claims process, which is also under review.The Victims' Commissioner has branded the help, including financial support, families are given when a loved one is killed abroad as 'patchy and inadequate'.The public consultation, which opened on Thursday, involves the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme, which gives money to victims injured by violent crime when no other financial redress is available.It's planned to make the process 'simpler and more transparent'.The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) deals with more than 30,000 applications a year.In 2018/19 it paid out more than £130m to victims.This included £11m to victims who were previously barred.
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