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.
Scooter Braun’s TQ Ventures partners may join Ariana Grande, in ditching him
nypost.comJustin Bieber, Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato have reportedly dropped him.The Hollywood super agent — who has been branded by Taylor Swift as a “manipulative bully” amid years of hard-knuckle disputes over her master recordings — is also on the outs with his co-founders at TQ Ventures, an investment fund he helped launch in 2018, On The Money has learned.
One source with direct knowledge said Braun’s co-founders — Andrew Marks, son of investing legend Howard Marks; and Schuster Tanger, heir to the Tanger Outlets mall fortune — have lately told some LPs that Scooter may not be involved in TQ’s future.Braun, Tanger and Marks each took an equal share at the fund’s inception even though Braun was not involved in the day-to-day operations, insiders said.
Initially, Marks and Tanger had been optimistic Braun’s celebrity connections could round out their financial expertise — potentially helping find investments or help their portfolio companies with marketing, sources said.Now, however, Marks and Tanger are reconsidering Braun’s involvement in the fund, claiming he didn’t live up to their expectations, the insiders added.
It’s unclear if that means Braun’s stake in the next fund will be diminished or eliminated altogether. Given only 20% of the firm’s most recent fund has been deployed so far, there is time to make a final determination.Sources close to Braun counter that TQ relied on his name to raise money and get access to good deals.
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