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.
NHK Format ‘Chiko’s Challenge’ to Be Adapted as ‘Mapi’ in Spain
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefJapanese studio-based comedy format “Chiko’s Challenge” is to be adapted for broadcast in Spain via public broadcaster TVE.
It is the first time that Japanese public broadcaster NHK has seen one of its entertainment formats adapted internationally.The deal involves Netherlands-based distribution company Lineup Industries and Spanish production company Mediacreast, which will produce 60 episodes under the local title “Mapi.” “Chiko’s Challenge” confronts celebrities with child-like questions which are often surprisingly difficult to answer.
The quizmaster is an character named Chiko, who is half CGI, half live actor and is particularly hard to please. Flimsy answers are likely to be ridiculed and cause the quizmaster to have a tantrum, before an expert reveals the true answer and a provides a humorous demonstration or experiment.
The show was launched in Japan in 2018 and has already run to 162 episodes aired.The relationship between Lineup and NHK follows an earlier agreement which saw NHK adapt Dutch format “Radio Gaga,” originally produced by De Chinezen for VRT, a drama about a hyper-local, intimate radio station, into a successful show now in its third season.
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