Taylor Swift

Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989. Her discography is diverse and her songwriting, which frequently draws inspiration from her personal life is extensively covered by the media. Swift was raised in West Reading, Pennsylvania. She moved to Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 14 to pursue a career as a singer/songwriter. In 2004 Swift signed a songwriting arrangement with Sony/ATV Music Publishing. She also signed a recording contract with Big Machine Records. The self-titled debut album she released in 2006 was her first female artist to receive platinum certification in the United States. Swift's subsequent albums Fearless (2008) and Speak Now (2011) explored country pop. The songs "Love Story", and "You Belong to Me" from the former were the first to be top of the U.S. all-genre and pop charts. She experimented with rock and electronic styles in Red (2012), which featured the first Billboard Hot 100 number-one song, "We Are Never Ever Reuniting Together", and eschewed her traditional image on her synth-pop album 1989 (2014), supported by chart-topping tracks "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood". The skepticism of the media inspired her album Reputation (2017) and its number-one single "Look What You Did to Me Do". Swift left Big Machine in 2018, and she signed with Republic Records. In 2019, Swift released Lover (2019), followed closely by Miss Americana (2020), an autobiography of her life. Swift's 2020 albums Folklore (2019) and Evermore (2020) were her first ventures into alternative rock and indie music. "Cardigan" was an album that ranked in the top ten, and "Willow" was an album that ranked in the Top 100. Swift began rerecording six of her original albums after a dispute over their creators. In 2021, she released two albums: Fearless (Taylor’s) and Red. "All Too Well (10 minute version)" was the longest song to reach the top of the Hot 100. The album she released in 2022, Midnights along with its single "Anti-Hero" have set new all-time streaming music records. Swift has directed music videos as well films like All Too Well The Short Film (2021), as well as playing roles in many other projects. Swift is among the most popular musicians ever selling over 200 million albums worldwide. Swift is the most streamed artist on Spotify. The five albums she has released have had over 1 million copies sold across the US. There are twelve Grammy Awards for Swift, including three Album of the Year win nominations, the Emmy Award and 39 Billboard Music Awards. Also Swift holds the record for 92 Guinness World Records. Swift is included in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest songwriters of All Time, and Billboard's Greatest of All Time Artists and also Forbes Celebrity 100 and Time 100. Swift was awarded Artist of the Decade and Woman of the Decade for her advocacy of women's rights and artists' empowerment, was honored with a variety of awards. Her music is acknowledged as having influenced the next generation of musicians and singers.