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.
Sony Shares Rebound After Earlier Console Wars Plunge Sparked by Microsoft Deal for Activision Blizzard
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSony shares staged a recovery on Thursday in Japan after previously plunging on news of Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of games giant Activision Blizzard.At the Thursday lunchtime trading halt in Tokyo, Sony Group Corp.
shares were priced at JPY12,860 apiece, up 3.6% from their Wednesday close of JPY12,410. On Wednesday, the shares had fallen by nearly 13% from JPY14230 as the deal appeared to herald a growing battle between Sony’s PlayStation console and Microsoft’s Xbox.Microsoft said that its $68 billion deal, which may take more than a year to close, would make it the world’s third largest games company by revenue, after China’s Tencent, and Japan’s Sony.The move would bring game titles including “World of Warcraft” and “Call of Duty” under Microsoft’s control.
Other synergies with Microsoft’s Azure network and with its Game Pass gaming subscription plan may be just as significant. A year ago, Game Pass had 18 million subscribers worldwide.
When the deal was announced on Tuesday, Microsoft said that number had increased to 25 million.Sony’s PlayStation Plus recorded 47.2 million subscribers at the end of Sept.
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