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.
Ava DuVernay weighs in after HFPA confirms they have no Black members
msn.comAva DuVernay has taken to social media to react to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) confirming they don't have any Black members.
Following an investigation by the Los Angeles Times into the make-up of the group - who nominate and select the winners of the annual Golden Globe awards - HFPA officials told the newspaper that the report is true, but it's an issue they're "committed to addressing".
They gave no indication as to how they would be addressing their lack of diversity. The Los Angeles Times piece found that while some of the 87 members of the HFPA are people of colour, there are no Black members.
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