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.
China Bans Lip-Syncs and Mandates Patriotism in Celebrity Morality Guidelines
variety.comRebecca Davis editorChina has issued a list of ten requirements and 15 prohibited acts that performing artists should use to “self-regulate” their own wayward behavior or else face punishments that include a lifetime ban from the entertainment industry.The regulations, issued by the government-backed China Association of Performing Arts (CAPA), are set to begin a trial phase on March 1.
They mark the first attempt to codify some of the long-unspoken rules of the country’s entertainment sphere that for years have pushed both local and foreign artists who ran foul of the ruling Communist Party line out of opportunities in China’s enormous market — one of the fastest growing in the music space and now the world’s largest in film.
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