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.
MPTF Sees A “Significant Spike” In Requests For Financial Assistance During WGA Strike
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The Motion Picture & Television Fund has seen a “significant spike” in requests for financial assistance from industry members impacted by the month-old Writers Guild strike.
Jennifer Jorge, MPTF’s Director of Community Social Services, tells Deadline that since the start of the strike on May 2, “We have experienced a significant spike in the volume of calls received on a daily basis, on the high days completing over 40 new intakes, a stark difference from the 10-15 calls we are typically used to experiencing.
That is 40 individuals who are calling in distress and are experiencing a crisis.” Since the strike began, she said, “We have spoken with more than 500 members of the entertainment community, of which over 64% have contacted MPTF inquiring about services related to the work stoppage, namely financial assistance.
New requests for financial assistance account for 36% of the total requests, which is a 39% increase from around this time in 2022.
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