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 Quarterly Profits Hit $9 Billion Despite Regulatory Woes
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefE-commerce and entertainment giant Alibaba said that the Chinese government’s increasingly negative attitude towards big tech is giving it near term problems.
But the company was able to deliver huge profits of more than $9 billion in the three months to December.In the period, which represents the third quarter of its financial year, Alibaba’s revenue was RMB221 billion ($33.9 billion), an increase of 37% year-over-year.
The company uses multiple measures of profitability. Net income was RMB78.0 billion ($11.95 billion), while a non-GAAP calculation showed net income at RMB59.2 billion ($9.07 billion), an increase of 27% year-over-year.
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