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 to Exit Mango TV Network After Less Than a Year
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is poised to sell its 5% stake in Mango Excellent Media, which owns the highly popular Mango TV network.
It is unclear whether this heralds a wider sell-off of Alibaba’s media empire.The move, announced by Mango TV in a regulatory filing on Thursday, comes less than a year after Alibaba received state permission to buy the stake for RMB6.2 billion ($960 million at current exchange rates) and become Mango’s second largest stakeholder.
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