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.
Women have set a new Oscars record
nypost.com2021 Oscars on Sunday as they scooped up a historic 17 wins last night, most notably in the male-dominated categories for best director and producer.
By comparison, last night saw 30 male winners, meaning women took home 36% of statuettes up for grabs across 23 categories, according to The Wrap.All told, 70 women were nominated this year, marking the highest total ever.
By the Wrap’s calculations, of the 235 individuals named as nominees this year, 76 were women, a slice of about 23%. It’s further evidence of a positive trend for women in Hollywood as last year’s lineup which saw 13 of them honored out of 39 winners total.
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