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.
New Mexico Sees Record $855.4 Million In Direct Production Spending; Officials Tout Incentives Program
deadline.comDirect spending into New Mexico’s economy by the film, TV and digital media production industry reached a record $855.4 million in fiscal year 2022, a 36% increase over fiscal 2021, according to New Mexico Gov.
Michelle Lujan Grisham.The state, whose latest fiscal year ended June 30, hosted 109 total productions – 55 films and 54 television shows – during the year, which was up from 76 in fiscal year 2021 and 78 in fiscal year 2020.
Total worker days reached 668,708, up from 547,356 last year and 255,156 the year before.The state gives out about $130 million a year in film incentives, and according to the New Mexico Film Office, for “92% of productions in New Mexico, the incentive is the most important factor identified by decision-makers when choosing where to produce film and television projects.
Only 8% of total production would have existed in New Mexico without the film incentive.”“Another record year for film and television industry spending makes it as clear as ever that New Mexico is the place to be for film and TV,” Grisham said in a statement Thursday. “Due to the work we’ve done to foster a successful environment for production and build a thriving base of talented local crews, film and television productions from around the world are putting money directly into New Mexico communities, supporting our small businesses and creating jobs for thousands of New Mexicans.”Said Amber Dodson, director of the New Mexico Film Office: “With the success of Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Stranger Things, Dark Winds, Outer Range and many other shows and films, New Mexico has established itself as a place with one-of-a-kind locations, skilled crews and film-friendly small businesses that can propel stories to the highest
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