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.
What the Near Future Holds for Media & Tech
variety.com, and with a wealth of complex issues on the table — detailed in the VIP+ special report “Time to Strike?” — it’s hard to believe a deal can come to pass without erecting picket lines.
The studios’ parent companies have been hit too hard on Wall Street over the past year to feel charitable, whether it comes to streaming residuals or pension funds.
The writers are more unified than ever, and they’re emboldened by their successful 2020 standoff with the talent agencies to go the mat with so much on the line.
The only question this time around is how long the strike will last; the 2017-18 one spanned 100 days. Even though the economic backdrop is not ideal for dealmaking, we’ve already seen a few content companies receive some big investments.
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