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.
Take a Daytrip Launches No Idle, a Universal Imprint Looking to Bring Diversity Into the Studio (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comThania Garcia After quietly developing talent for years, the production duo of David Biral and Denzel Baptiste — otherwise known as Take a Daytrip — have officially launched No Idle, a publishing imprint in partnership with Universal Music Publishing Group.What started off as organic collaborations between friends has become, thanks to a push from UMPG, an endeavor with the goal of identifying and mentoring emerging songwriters, producers and artists “before the rest of the world takes notice.” After all, it’s that same idea that sits at the core of Biral and Baptiste’s partnership, friendship and combined experience of “seeing the world through music.” Graduates of New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, Biral and Baptiste have found success producing for Lil Nas X, Kid Cudi and more. “We are stepping into this company with a great crop of talent,” Biral tells Variety of No Idle’s roster. “Being able to put people of color and women in producer roles – where you usually don’t find them: that’s been the biggest goal.
It’s just really about giving these people those opportunities and really letting the talent speak for itself.”No Idle’s existing roster includes Lenzo, VRON, Full Tac, Sophie Gray, Dot the Genius, Adriano Allahverdi, Woodpecker, AyeTM and 18YOMAN who co-produced two singles “Lord I Know” & “For Da Kidz” on Kid Cudi’s “Man On The Moon 3″ with Take a Daytrip.
On the management side, the roster includes Splititupbenji, who helped co-produce Kid Cudi’s “Stars in the Sky” from “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” alongside Take a Daytrip & Dot the Genius.
Sophie Gray and Mingo are also management clients.Baptiste, who met Biral when both were college freshmen, says No Idle has been in the works for.
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