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.
FaZe Clan COO Jaci Hays on What Hollywood Can Learn From Gamers
hollywoodreporter.comJaci Hays was advising European soccer teams on how to become media companies when an investor in esports and media organization FaZe Clan called her about a job.
She'd never heard of the company, but the pull of its 230 million social media followers was hard to ignore. "FaZe is like the world's team," says Hays, who has become well versed in the power of gaming influencers since assuming the role of FaZe Clan COO in January.
Launched in 2010 after its three founders began making a YouTube series featuring their Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 gameplay, FaZe Clan has come to define a new type of media organization, one that makes the gaming lifestyle trendy through its digital programming and branded hoodies.
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