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.
Universal Head of International Marketing Simon Hewlett to Depart Next Year
hollywoodreporter.comUniversal Pictures' president of international marketing Simon Hewlett is leaving the company in 2021. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the move comes as Universal looks to consolidate leadership roles in its Los Angeles head office.
The company was happy for London-based Hewlett to relocate, but he wanted to keep his family in the U.K. It is expected that Hewlett will stay on with the studio till next summer, shepherding Univeral's international marketing efforts for the James Bond film No Time to Die, which has been pushed back to 2021 due to the pandemic, as well the company's slew of tentpoles lined up for next year including new entries in the Jurassic World, Despicable Me/Minions and Fast and the Furious franchises.
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