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.
Criticism of elusive group behind the Golden Globes 'mostly stems from jealousy', member says
msn.comA member of the elusive group behind the Golden Globes has gone on the record about the way the organisation works - following a slew of accusations that votes can easily be influenced and that it prohibits new members from joining. Husam Asi, a BBC Cinematic presenter, is a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which organises and votes for the awards.
He told Sky News the claims were unfounded and "mostly stem from jealously" among journalists who do not get the same access to stars, or invitations to trips and parties as HFPA members.
Last week, an investigation by the LA Times claimed HFPA members were "routinely granted exclusive access to Hollywood power players, invited to junkets in exotic locales, put up in.
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