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.
YouTube Blocks Songs From Adele, Bob Dylan, Green Day & More In SESAC Dispute
deadline.comSongs like Adele‘s “Someone Like You,” Green Day‘s “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” Bob Dylan‘s “I Want You” and R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion” have been blocked by YouTube in a legal dispute with SESAC, a performance rights organization that deals with copyright issues for performers and publishers.
Other musicians affected by the blockage include Alice in Chains, Burna Boy and Fleetwood Mac. Though some of the artists’ songs display a black screen — which reads “Video unavailable” with the subhead “This video contains content from SESAC.
It is not available in your country.” — not all tracks are affected. SESAC is among several companies that helps songwriters protect their original work and collect royalties.
Just as with Universal Music Group’s dispute with TikTok earlier this year, which resulted in four million songs from artists like Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and Adele being pulled from the social media platform for months, SESAC and YouTube have not reached a deal agreement on renewal terms.
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