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.
Indigenous Filmmakers Finally Find Their Place in Hollywood
variety.comJoely Proudfit For decades, Indigenous filmmakers and content creators have been chipping away at a wall of obstacles that for too long has silenced them.
But at the intersection of COVID-19 lockdowns, streaming technology and diversity initiatives, a variety of Native productions have emerged and made their way to audiences.Recent social movements have highlighted a lack of diversity and representation in Hollywood.
While those movements have gained traction for some in recent years, inclusion for most Native creatives had yet to be realized.
Inclusion—whose stories are told and who gets to tell them—is more than just entertainment and job creation for Native Americans.
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