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 worrying trend of domestic abuse in Trafford and the ‘hidden’ victims who need help
manchestereveningnews.co.ukMore than 32,000 Trafford residents are estimated to have experienced domestic abuse in their lifetime and more than 23,000 children are currently affected across the borough.
Trafford’s domestic abuse charity said that no where near this number of people are currently being supported by their services as demand has soared in the last 18 months.
Some sobering statistics were included in a report about Trafford council’s domestic abuse strategy which was being reviewed this week – including a breakdown of how many people within different demographic groups have been affected.
Using estimates from the Crime Survey for England and Wales up to the end of March 2018, the report said it is estimated that around 5,316 women (7.9pc) and 2,749 men
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