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.
Ava DuVernay Sets Debut Spotify Podcast ‘LEAP Files’
deadline.comAva DuVernay has revealed that a podcast about the Law Enforcement Accountability Project (LEAP) is her first podcast series for Spotify.It comes after the When They See Us and Selma filmmaker set a multi-year partnership with the audio platform in January.DuVernay is launching LEAP Files with Spotify, as revealed at the company’s Stream On event.The podcast is an investigative series that chronicles officers who commit murder, revealing the alarming truth about the blue wall of silence that protects police after they pull the trigger.
The series explores a new case each week, zeroing in on the lack of repercussions and accountability despite fatal wrongdoing.Last year, DuVernay announced the launch of the project, which is a fund focused
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