Business_Spotlight_-_Nr.2_2020

84 Business Spotlight 2/2020 AND FINALLY...

Illustration: Georg Lechner

AND FINALLY...

ONE QUESTION

A computer

repairman

taught me

how to play

my first few

chords on the

guitar

⋅ My first hobby was horse riding.

⋅ My grandmother was a professional

opera singer.

⋅ A computer repairman taught me

how to play my first few chords on

the guitar.

⋅ Now, I can play the acoustic guitar,

the electric guitar, the piano, the

ukulele and the banjo.

⋅ I turned 30 on 13 December 2019.

⋅ I am a vocal supporter of LGBTQ+^

rights.

⋅ Michelle Obama is my role model.

⋅ I often write songs about my ex-

boyfriends.

⋅ In 2010, I became the youngest

recipient ever of the Grammy

Awards’ Album of the Year, at the age

of 20.

⋅ In 2015, I became the youngest

woman ever to appear on theForbes’s

list of the 100 most powerful women.

⋅ And I was listed as one of TIME^

magazine’s most influential people in

2010, 2015 and 2019.

⋅ I have 125 million followers on

Instagram.

⋅ To date, I have won more than 100

awards for my music.

⋅ I like to surprise my fans by going to

them in person.

anniversary

[)ÄnI(v§:sEri]

, Jubiläum

chord [kO:d]

, Akkord

hatch [hÄtS]

, schlüpfen

headline sth.

[(hedlaIn]

, bei etw. als Haupt-

performer(in) auftreten

LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay,

bisexual, transgender,

queer) [)el dZi: bi: ti:

kju: (plVs]

, alle Personengruppen,

die nicht der hetero-

sexuellen Norm ent-

sprechen

praying mantis

[)preIIN (mÄntIs]

, Gottesanbeterin

recipient [ri(sIpiEnt]

, Empfänger(in);

hier: Preisträger(in)

role model

[(rEUl )mQd&l]

, Vorbild

sweetheart

[(swi:thA:t]

, Liebling

to date [tE (deIt]

, bisher, bis dato

ukulele

[)ju:kE(leIli]

, [wg. Aussprache]

⋅ I am often referred to as “America’s

sweetheart”.

⋅ I will headline the Glastonbury

Festival for the event’s 50-year

anniversary in June 2020.

⋅ I was named after the famous

American singer and songwriter

James Taylor.

⋅ I was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, in the

United States.

⋅ I spent my early childhood on a Christmas tree

farm. My job was to pick praying mantis eggs

off the trees. We didn’t want them to hatch

inside people’s houses.

From a Christmas tree farm

to Glastonbury: who is our

mystery person?

The information about our

mystery person was compiled

by TENLEY VAN DEN BERG.

Who am I?

MEDIUM

?

Who am I?

Turn to page 82 for the answer.