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.
86% of Black musicians say there are barriers to progression, survey shows
nme.comBeing Black in the UK Music Industry Pt. 1 and set up by the Black Lives in Music organisation (who launched back in March), is the largest ever survey of Black music industry professionals and creators.Results from the survey show that 63 per cent of Black music creators have experienced direct or indirect racism in the music industry, while for racial microaggressions that rises to 71 per cent.35 per cent of the Black musicians surveyed said that they felt the need to change their appearance due to their race or ethnicity, with this being true for a larger 43 per cent of Black women.
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