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.
Warning that inflation could hit 18% at start of new year
manchestereveningnews.co.ukInflation in the UK is on course to breach 18% at the start of 2023 because of rising energy bills, according to new forecasts by economists at Citi.
Experts forecast that Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation will reach 18.6% in January, which would make it the highest rate for almost half a century.
In July, CPI inflation struck a new 40-year-high of 10.1%. The Bank of England has previously projected that inflation will peak above 13% in October before declining.
However, Citi analyst Ben Nabarro has forecast that inflation will jump to 14.8% in October as energy bills spike for UK households.
Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk