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.
‘Do Not Split’ Backer Fritt Ord Boosts Norwegian Docs with Global Appeal (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAnnika Pham Oslo-based private non-profit Foundation Fritt Ord, which is behind ten doc features that bowed at CPH:DOX, has upped its overall annual budget allocation from a pre-pandemic $12 million to $19 million in 2020, a level that will be sustained in 2021.The Fritt Ord Foundation supports journalism, literature, training, documentary photography, and documentary filmmaking.
As its name implies – fritt ord means “free speech” in Norwegian – a cornerstone of its mandate is to protect and promote freedom of expression in Norway and globally.
Around 15% of its annual budget is earmarked for documentaries. High-profile Norwegian productions or co-productions that have received its funding include “Gunda,” exec produced by Joachin.
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