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.
Sunny of Girls’ Generation leaves SM Entertainment after 16 years
nme.comGirls’ Generation member Sunny has announced that she has parted ways with longtime agency SM Entertainment.The singer, real name Lee Soon-kyu, took to her personal Instagram page earlier today (August 8) to personally announce her departure from the company. “I want to express my gratitude to SM Entertainment who gave great help so that 19-year-old Lee Soon-kyu could debut as Girls’ Generation’s Sunny,” she wrote in a letter, per translations by Soompi.“Looking back, there are so many people I have been grateful to for the past 16 years.
My precious members who are like another me, my loving family, staff members who were always by our sides, and fans who gave us strength through their existences alone.”She also extended her gratitude to “the managers who worked hard and shared our joys and sorrows while promoting in the entertainment industry for 16 years”, as well as SM Entertainment employees who “helped us to be able to spread positive energy through good music and good sides of us as well as various performances and content”.A post shared by 써니 (Sunny) (@515sunnyday)Sunny added: “Every single day, I was as happy as I could be to be able to debut as Girls’ Generation with the members and to meet SONE [the group’s official fanbase].” As for future endeavours, the K-pop idol cryptically shared with fans that she is in the process of “tak[ing] courage to see myself in a new environment from a different perspective”.“This is thanks to fans who sent support without change for a long period of time and the interest and affection of people I’m grateful to,” she wrote. “No matter what kind of day comes in the future, I will continue to move forward as the revitalising Sunny.
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