Question: Snowmasters products were used in the Back to December video by an American singer-songwriter who is one of the leading contemporary recording artists, and was born on December 13th in what year?

Context articles: Latin Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video
Taylor Swift
Dirk Skreber
Lynne Roberts-Goodwin
Sacrilege (album)
Snowmasters
Tim Lokiec
Ratan Thiyam
Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Fusion Album
Beat Bugs

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and promotes a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally.
 According to the category description guide for the 13th Latin Grammy Awards, the award is for video albums consisting of more than one song or track and is awarded to artists, video directors and/or producers of at least 51% of the total playing time.
 If the work is a tribute or collection of live performances, the award is presented only to the directors or producers.
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter.
 One of the leading contemporary recording artists, she is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage.
Dirk Skreber, (b. 1961 Lübeck, Germany) is a contemporary artist who lives and works in New York City.
 He studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and is considered one of the leading contemporary German artists.
Lynne Roberts-Goodwin (born 1954) is an Australian photographer, video and installation artist.
 As one of Australia's leading contemporary photographers, she has influenced a generation of emerging artists depicting nature and the landscape.
 Her photographic work has been described as "grounded in a deep concern for nature and humanity".
 She has received numerous awards, and her work is held in private and public collections nationally and internationally.
Sacrilege is a double remix album by the band Can, released in 1997.
 It features remixes of many of the band's best-known songs from the 1960s and 1970s, remixed by contemporary recording artists.
Snowmasters Inc., which is now known as GLOBAL SPECIAL EFFECTS, is a special effects company headquartered in Lexington, Alabama.
 The firm, founded in 1992 by former magician Francisco Guerra, specializes in artificial snow, cryo, smoke, bubble and fog machines.
 The company's products have been used in music videos such as "Back to December" by Taylor Swift and "Mistletoe" by Justin Bieber, film productions such as Harry Potter and "Lucky", television shows such as "Fear Factor", and at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.
Tim Lokiec (pronounced "lock-itch") (born 1977) is an artist based in New York City whose 2003 solo debut artworks were praised by The New York Times for their "remarkable visual and emotional intensity".
 In 2004, he was cited by London's Frieze Art Fair as being one of the world's most exciting artists who were nominated by 200 leading contemporary art galleries in the world.
 In 2006, the Kantor Feuer Gallery, known for discovering new talent and developing the careers of artists, and ranked as one of the top galleries in the world, held an exhibition of Lokiec's work.
 His works are also exhibited in the now British government-owned Saatchi Gallery.
 Lokiec did the cover design for Rich Bowering's 2011 book "Big Fire at Spahn Ranch".
Ratan Thiyam (born 20 January 1948) is an Indian playwright and theatre director, and the winner of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1987, one of leading figures of the "theatre of roots" movement in Indian theatre, which started in the 1970s.
 Also known as Thiyam Nemai, Ratan Thiyam is known for writing and staging plays that use ancient Indian theatre traditions and forms in a contemporary context.
 A former painter, and proficient in direction, design, script and music, Thiyam is often considered one of leading contemporary theatre gurus.
The Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Fusion Album is an award presented at the Latin Grammy Awards beginning in 2012, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally.
 The award went to solo artists, duos, or groups for releasing vocal or instrumental albums containing at least 51% of new recordings.
 The award first presented to Colombian singer Fonseca for the album Ilusión+ at the 13th Latin Grammy Awards ceremony in 2012.
 In 2014, the accolade was combined with Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Tropical Album.
Beat Bugs is an Australian-Canadian animated children's television series, created by Josh Wakely, and produced by Grace: A Storytelling Company and Thunderbird Entertainment for Netflix.
 The Emmy award-winning series is centered around five young bugs who live in an overgrown suburban backyard and learn life lessons while having adventures.
 Wakely acquired worldwide rights from Sony/ATV Music Publishing to a catalogue of music by the Beatles to feature in the series.
 The program features versions of songs by the popular rock group, performed by contemporary recording artists and interwoven into the narrative.