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.
Hollywood Coalition Asks Congress to Strengthen Copyright Laws
hollywoodreporter.comA broad coalition of more than 350 leaders of Hollywood's creative community has sent a letter to every member of the newly installed Congress asking for a stronger American copyright system.
Among other actions, the letter from CreativeFuture implored the Senate and U.S. House of Representatives to hold internet companies accountable for the widespread presence of illicit content on their platforms.
The letter stressed that the core copyright industries are an important economic driver for the United States, and that the piracy of copyrighted works has increased rapidly during the pandemic.
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