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.
Sia sues to expose identity thief trying to access her unreleased music
nme.comSia has filed a lawsuit in the hopes of exposing an identity thief who has been trying to access her unreleased music.The lawsuit has been filed against an unidentified John/Jane Doe defendant, who has been posing as the singer online and sending emails to industry insiders demanding access to her unreleased recordings.Although the exact identity of the person is not yet known, the culprit is thought to be living in California and has been illegally contacting people working in the music industry over the last few months pretending to be the musician.Sia – whose real name is Sia Kate Isobelle Furler – has launched the lawsuit in the hopes of obtaining records from any email providers used by the alleged perpetrator to send the fraudulent messages, and to expose the person responsible.According to a report by Rolling Stone, the complaint states that the “defendant has emailed a number of persons in the music industry with whom plaintiff is acquainted, including California residents, identifying him or herself as plaintiff, using an email address containing plaintiff’s name”.
It also adds that, under the guise of Sia, the person has been “fraudulently asking the acquaintances to send the person recordings of plaintiff performing that are not publicly available.”The ‘Chandelier’ singer is seeking real and punitive damages for the alleged email spoofing, identity theft and invasion of privacy, as well as attorney fees.The case is ongoing and Sia’s lawyer has not yet publicly commented on the lawsuit.In other Sia news, last month the singer-songwriter shared a new single titled ‘Gimme Love’, taken from her forthcoming album ‘Reasonable Woman’.Set for release in spring 2024 via Atlantic Records, the LP will mark her first.
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