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.
Media, Tech Stocks Slide as Investors Fear COVID Resurgence
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital EditorFinancial markets took a hit Monday amid fears that the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus would delay reopening plans and put a damper on economic recovery.The Dow Jones Industrial Average index closed down 2.1%, off 724.56 points to 33,963.29 — the biggest one-day drop for the Dow since last October.
The S&P 500 also fell, declining 1.6% for the day, while the tech-focused Nasdaq slipped 1.06%.Click here to sign up for Variety’s Media Earnings newsletter.Big media companies were pulled down in the selloff, including Disney (-3.75%), ViacomCBS (-1.7%), AT&T (-2.08%), Comcast (-1.89%), Lionsgate (-5.12%) and Discovery (-1.93%).Also declining were Apple (-2.96%), Amazon (-1.04%), Facebook (-1.46%) and Google.
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