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.
Tesco Bank books 'laughologist' for staff wellbeing while cutting over 200 Scots jobs
dailyrecord.co.ukBosses at Tesco Bank have been criticised for announcing plans to cut more than 200 jobs - while also booking a 'laughologist' to support workers' mental health.
Around 221 jobs will be lost at offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh - 5% of the total workforce - after the supermarket-owned lender announced a series of cuts to staff last week.
Most of the roles are expected to be lost at the Edinburgh office on South Gyle Crescent. Workers are said to be furious after a redundancy update on Monday was bookended with the news that Dave Keeling, a professional trainer and comedian, was booked for the Edinburgh office in October.
Keeling is described as the 'lead happiness consultant' at professional training firm Laughology. Staff who had just been told their jobs were at risk have been encouraged to travel at their own expense see the 'laughologist', with a prize to win a day's holiday or a giftcard also up for grabs during the event.
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