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.
The Ringer, Gimlet Media Ratify First Collective Bargaining Agreements With Spotify
hollywoodreporter.comThe Ringer and Gimlet Media unions have both ratified collective bargaining agreements with owner Spotify, the Writers Guild of America East announced Tuesday.
The three-year agreements covering writers and producers were unanimously ratified by Gimlet Media's 48 bargaining unit members and The Ringer's 65 bargaining unit members, per the WGA East.
The agreement provides a$57,000 minimum salary at The Ringer (plus overtime) and a$73,000 minimumsalary for associate producers at Gimlet Media, sets restrictions on the use of outside contractors in bargaining unit positions and provides a minimum 2 percent annual raise for covered employees. "We began this process with the aim of improving working conditions and compensation at the company,.
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