Taylor Swift
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Biography
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Recognized for her songwriting, musical versatility, artistic reinventions, and influence on the music industry, she is a prominent cultural figure of the 21st century.
Swift began songwriting professionally at age 14 and signed with Big Machine Records in 2005 to become a country musician. Under Big Machine, she released six studio albums, four of them to country radio, starting with her self-titled album (2006). Her next record, Fearless (2008), explored country pop, and its singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me" catapulted her to mainstream fame. Speak Now (2010) incorporated rock influences, and Red (2012) experimented with electronic elements and featured Swift's first Billboard Hot 100 number-one song, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together". She abandoned her country image with 1989 (2014), a synth-pop album supported by chart-topping songs "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood". Media scrutiny inspired her next album, the hip-hop-flavored Reputation (2017), and its number-one single "Look What You Made Me Do".
After signing a new contract with Republic Records in 2018, Swift released her seventh album, Lover (2019), and autobiographical documentary, Miss Americana (2020). She embraced indie folk and alternative rock on her 2020 albums Folklore and Evermore and explored chill-out styles on Midnights (2022). The albums broke multifarious records, led by the respective number-one singles "Cardigan", "Willow", and "Anti-Hero". After a dispute with Big Machine led Swift to re-record her back catalog, she released two re-recorded albums, Fearless (Taylor's Version) and Red (Taylor's Version), in 2021; the latter's "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" became the longest song to top the Hot 100. Swift has directed music videos and films such as All Too Well: The Short Film (2021) and played supporting roles in others.
Having sold over 200 million records, Swift is one of the best-selling musicians, the most streamed woman on Spotify, and the only act to have five albums open with over one million copies sold in the US. She has been featured in critical lists such as Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time, Billboard's Greatest of All Time Artists, the Time 100, and Forbes Celebrity 100. Among her accolades are 12 Grammy Awards, including three Album of the Year wins; a Primetime Emmy Award; 40 American Music Awards; 29 Billboard Music Awards; 12 Country Music Association Awards; three IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year awards; and 98 Guinness World Records.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Graham Norton Show
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Dancing with the Stars
Classic Albums
60 Minutes
Teen Choice Awards
Late Night with Seth Meyers
CBS News Sunday Morning
The Jay Leno Show
American Music Awards
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
The D'Amelio Show
History 101
The Grammy Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Late Show with David Letterman
America's Got Talent
MTV Video Music Awards
New Girl
The Voice
Selena + Chef
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
Christmas In Rockefeller Center
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
Country Queens at the BBC
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Deadpool & Wolverine
Amsterdam
Valentine's Day
Cats
The Giver
The Lorax
Jonas Brothers: The Concert Experience
Cruella 2
Miss Americana
Taylor Swift vs Scooter Braun: Bad Blood
Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Taylor Swift City of Lover Concert
TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR
The Real Taylor Swift: Wild Dreams
Production Credits
The Hunger Games
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Taylor Swift City of Lover Concert
TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR
The Bear
Wilderness
Where the Crawdads Sing
Cats
Jonas Brothers: The Concert Experience
Dancing with the Stars
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Miss Americana
Fifty Shades Darker
Valentine's Day
Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour
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