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.
The Manchester McDonald's worker who used furlough to transform her career - and now works in tech
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A former fast food worker has a new career in tech after she used the time on furlough to transform her career prospects.
Charlotte Wilkins from Cheetham Hill, began working at McDonald's as a 16-year-old college student, and put in years of early starts and late finishes at some of the country's busiest branches.
She spent her first five years with the company at McDonald's St Ann's branch, before moving onto the branch at Manchester Arena, which has since closed.
From 2015 she worked at the Piccadilly Gardens venue, but, in March 2020, when the country entered its first nationwide lockdown, Charlotte was furloughed from her job as a shift manager.
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