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.
Spotify Pulls Comedy Acts Like John Mulaney and Tiffany Haddish Over Royalty Dispute
thewrap.comThe purge, which took place on Nov. 24, comes following a new push by comedians to get Spotify and other digital streaming companies to pay them royalties not just as performers, for which they already receive compensation, but also as the writers of the material.
The movement is being led by global rights company Spoken Giants, which is arguing that comedians should receive royalties as writers of the jokes being streamed the same way songwriters receive royalties on music that is streamed.
Spoken Giants was launched last year by former BMI exec Jim King and 800 Pound Gorilla Records co-founders Ryan Bitzer and Damion Greiman and is pushing for more compensation, not just for comedians, but all spoken word artists.
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