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.
Worldwide Box Office Climbed 78% In 2021 To $21.4 Billion Amid Covid Flux As ‘Spider-Man’ Brought The Year Home: Global Studio Rankings
deadline.comGiven the ongoing pandemic with regard to global box office, it’s tempting to say “The more things change, the more things stay the same.” To wit: Disney still leads all studios worldwide, piracy remains a major concern, and many markets are still in Covid-induced flux.
But when looking back over 2021 versus 2020, there are some key differences and highlights. Thank heavens, or at least, thank the Toretto family, Godzilla and Kong, James Bond and phenom Spider-Man to name a few headliners who proved that when product is available in cinemas, audiences will embrace the communal experience.Numbers were up significantly in 2021, with global box office estimated at $21.4 billion, 78% higher than 2020, according to Gower Street Analytics.
The international box office hit an estimated $16.9B, an increase of 66% over the previous year. At RMB 47.26B ($7.41B), China was 44% of the worldwide haul — with 84.5% of its grosses coming from local titles as it refused release dates for some of Hollywood’s biggest films.
But even without that market, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home crossed $1B global, a truly impressive feat in these times.To be sure, these figures overall are still well below the record-breaking tallies we saw in 2019, but they do give rise to optimism for better days ahead.
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