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.
Riz Ahmed on the "Transformative Experience" of 'Sound of Metal'
hollywoodreporter.comRiz Ahmed is usually based on London, but he was in California on Feb. 3 when the Golden Globes nominations were announced. “It was lovely news to wake up to.
It’s a real honor,” says the actor, who was nominated for his work in Sound of Metal, playing a drummer who is losing his hearing. “This film was so close to our hearts.
It was a transformative experience, with people in the deaf and hearing communities spending time together, and the growth and the learning that came from that,” says Ahmed, who was previously nominated for a Golden Globe in 2017 for The Night Of.
Sound of Metal, released by Amazon, took 13 years to make it to the screen, says Ahmed. “All the financing fell through the day before, and [director] Darius [Marder] pulled.
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