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.
Diversify the Stage Organization Rolls Out Inclusivity Pledge for Music’s Touring Industry
variety.comChris Willman Music WriterDiversify the Stage, an organization formed to promote inclusivity in the touring industry, is rolling out an “Inclusion Initiative” today that the group hopes to have companies and individuals throughout the live entertainment business sign onto.
Among the industry leaders that have already put their names to the pledge at its launch are such promoters as AEG and Live Nation and agencies including UTA, WME, CAA and ICM.Making room for women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ community and others who traditionally have faced trouble breaking into the touring industry is a key goal for Diversify the Stage, founded a year and a half ago by Noelle Scaggs, singer for the group Fitz and the Tantrums.
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