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.
Music industry bodies urge PRS to reconsider new 10% livestream tariff
nme.comThe newly updated Online Live Concert licence includes “an interim discounted [tariff] rate of 10 per cent (+VAT)” for livestreams that generate over £1500 in revenue.PRS say that the policy will be revisited once physical gigs can return to normal, “after which a permanent rate will be benchmarked against other online premium video and streaming services, reflecting both the rights exploited and the market in which they operate”.In a joint statement issued today (May 7), the MMF and FAC criticised the new 10 per cent tariff – which is also set to be backdated for livestreams which took place in the last 12 months and generated over £1500 – and said that it “has the potential to be damaging for many artists who have livestreamed during the.
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