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.
‘You can taste the grease in the air’ - The Greater Manchester postcode lottery that could mean you live five years longer
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGreater Manchester has a shocking disparity in life expectancy, with children born in some areas predicted to live 10 years longer than in others, figures reveal.
In Longsight – an inner-city area with one of the lowest life expectancies in Manchester – John Hoover points to the line of take-out shops and bookies. “There are more takeaways than foodbanks, and more betting places than essential shops,” he says. “In an area already struggling with deprivation these places act as a gateway to a downward lifestyle,” the long-time trader told the Manchester Evening News. “Longsight has needed to change for a very long time.” READ MORE: Shock footage shows road block planters in Rochdale streets set on fire hours after installation The new research from Health Equals revealed a five-year gap in South Manchester where the lowest life expectancy is in M13 (a calculated aggregate of both males and females) where people will live to be 77 years old on average.
This is 13 years less than the highest average of 90 years and four years less than the national average of 81 years. The M13 area includes Longsight, Ardwick, and Chorlton-on-Medlock.
John doesn't find the data surprising in this postcode lottery. Having traded on Longsight Market for 49 years, he’s seen this corner of Manchester’s health and well-being decline. “Every time a shop opens it turns into a takeout with deep fat fried food and that diet will contribute to statistics,” he said. “Quick food has become a trend.” Barbara Burns, 62, said: “Takeaways are convenient, especially with fresh food and energy bills rising.
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