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.
Alibaba Pictures Losses Tumble During COVID Year
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChinese film and tech group, Alibaba Pictures managed to slash its losses during the COVID-affected financial year to March 2021.
It pointed to strength and scale of its content as the differentiator between this and previous years.Revenue was little changed at RMB2.85 billion ($445 million).
Losses attributable to owners of the company were RMB96 million ($15 million), compared with RMB1.15 billion ($192 million).On another measure, including items that may be reclassified later, losses were RMB283 million (44.2 million), compared with RMB1.05 billion ($164 million).
Net cash flow, expressed as EBITA, was positive for the first time at RMB118 million ($18.4 million), compared with an outflow of RMB661.
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