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.
This Week In Music: South By Southwest Cancellation Raises Future Issues For Live Events
deadline.comBy Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-manager The biggest story in the music business this week – really, the only story, given the ramifications – was the Austin Mayor’s decision to pull the plug on South by Southwest.
It marked the first time in the event’s 34-year-history that the show won’t go on. Already, the reeling Austin community is scrambling to salvage something.
The Red River Cultural District, which represents live music venues Cheer Up Charlies, Barracuda, Beerland, Empire, Elysium, Mohawk, Scratchhouse, and Stubbs, along with promoters Heard Presents and Austin-based software startup Prism.FM, are attempting to ensure that events will continue.
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