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.
Live Nation/Ticketmaster Subpoenaed By Senate Subcommittee Investigating Hefty Prices For Taylor Swift And Other Concerts
deadline.comUPDATED, with Live Nation response: A Senate subcommittee has subpoenaed Live Nation/Ticketmaster, demanding documents as part of an investigation into exorbitant ticket prices for Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen and other concerts.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), who chairs the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, wrote earlier this month to Live Nation Entertainment CEO Michael Rapino and said that, since the investigation was launched in March, the company has “failed to comply” with their requests.
Read the letter to Rapino. The investigation is looking into ticket pricing, fees and resale practices, among other things. The subscommittee also is seeking records related to Live Nation/Ticketmaster‘s “failure to combat artificially inflated demand fueled by bots in multiple, high-profile incidents,” Blumenthal wrote in his letter.
In a statement, Blumenthal said, “This subpoena demands that the company promptly comply with our request for documents essential to understand its business practices.
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