Taylor Alison Swift (born: December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, director and actress.
Her versatile artistry, songwriting and entrepreneurship have vastly influenced the music industry and popular culture, and her life is a subject of widespread media coverage. Swift is known for her philanthropic efforts and has wielded a significant political influence.
Her VEVO channel is one of the most subscribed-to and viewed channels of all time.
History[]
Swift began writing songs professionally at age 14 and signed with Big Machine Records in 2005 to become a country singer. She released six studio albums under the label, four of them to country radio, starting with Taylor Swift (2006). Her next, Fearless (2008), explored country pop, and its singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me" catapulted her to mainstream fame. Speak Now (2010) infused rock influences, while 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 departed from her country image with 1989 (2014), a synth-pop album supported by the chart-topping songs "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood". Media scrutiny inspired the hip-hop-influenced Reputation (2017) and its number-one single "Look What You Made Me Do".
After signing with Republic Records in 2018, Swift released the eclectic pop album Lover (2019) and the autobiographical documentary Miss Americana (2020). She explored indie folk styles on the 2020 albums Folklore and Evermore, subdued electropop on Midnights (2022), and re-recorded four albums subtitled Taylor's Version after a dispute with Big Machine. These albums spawned the number-one songs "Cruel Summer", "Cardigan", "Willow", "Anti-Hero", "All Too Well", and "Is It Over Now?". Her Eras Tour (2023–2024) and its accompanying concert film became the highest-grossing tour and concert film of all time, respectively. Swift has directed music videos and films such as All Too Well: The Short Film (2021).
One of the world's best-selling musicians, with 200 million records sold, Swift has been honored as the Global Recording Artist of the Year three times by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. She is the highest-grossing female touring act, the most-streamed woman on Spotify and Apple Music, and the first billionaire with music as the main source of income. Her accolades include 14 Grammy Awards (of which a record four were for Album of the Year), a Primetime Emmy Award, 40 American Music Awards, 40 Billboard Music Awards, and 23 MTV Video Music Awards. Swift is a philanthropist and an advocate for artists' rights and women's empowerment.
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
- Taylor Swift (2006)
- Fearless (2008)
- Speak Now (2010)
- Red (2012)
- 1989 (2014)
- Reputation (2017)
- Lover (2019)
- Folklore (2020)
- Evermore (2020)
- Midnights (2022)
- The Tortured Poets Department (2024)
Re-recorded albums[]
- Fearless (Taylor's Version) (2021)
- Red (Taylor's Version) (2021)
- Speak Now (Taylor's Version) (2023)
- 1989 (Taylor's Version) (2023)
Subscriber milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
- 1 million subscribers: August 31, 2012
- 2 million subscribers: December 17, 2012
- 3 million subscribers: February 8, 2013
- 4 million subscribers: March 26, 2013
- 5 million subscribers: June 13, 2013
- 6 million subscribers: September 14, 2013
- 7 million subscribers: January 15, 2014
- 8 million subscribers: August 17, 2014
- 9 million subscribers: November 7, 2014
- 10 million subscribers: December 12, 2014
- 11 million subscribers: January 23, 2015
- 12 million subscribers: March 5, 2015
- 13 million subscribers: May 2, 2015
- 14 million subscribers: June 5, 2015
- 15 million subscribers: July 17, 2015
- 16 million subscribers: September 10, 2015
- 17 million subscribers: November 17, 2015
- 18 million subscribers: January 26, 2016
- 19 million subscribers: April 26, 2016
- 20 million subscribers: September 6, 2016
- 21 million subscribers: January 28, 2017
- 22 million subscribers: April 17, 2017
- 23 million subscribers: August 25, 2017
- 24 million subscribers: September 2, 2017
- 25 million subscribers: September 28, 2017
- 26 million subscribers: November 7, 2017
- 27 million subscribers: January 13, 2018
- 28 million subscribers: March 16, 2018
- 29 million subscribers: April 18, 2018
- 30 million subscribers: May 17, 2018
- 31 million subscribers: September 6, 2018
- 32 million subscribers: January 10, 2019
- 33 million subscribers: April 26, 2019
- 34 million subscribers: May 23, 2019
- 35 million subscribers: July 25, 2019
- 36 million subscribers: September 30, 2019
- 37 million subscribers: January 30, 2020
- 38 million subscribers: May 24, 2020
- 39 million subscribers: July 27, 2020
- 40 million subscribers: October 5, 2020
- 41 million subscribers: December 31, 2020
- 42 million subscribers: January 21, 2021
- 43 million subscribers: July 23, 2021
- 44 million subscribers: November 12, 2021
- 45 million subscribers: November 25, 2021
- 46 million subscribers: March 24, 2022
- 47 million subscribers: July 27, 2022
- 48 million subscribers: October 21, 2022
- 49 million subscribers: October 30, 2022
- 50 million subscribers: November 16, 2022
- 51 million subscribers: February 15, 2023
- 52 million subscribers: May 28, 2023
- 53 million subscribers: July 13, 2023
- 54 million subscribers: September 9, 2023
- 55 million subscribers: November 9, 2023
- 56 million subscribers: January 12, 2024
- 57 million subscribers: March 24, 2024
- 58 million subscribers: April 25, 2024
- 59 million subscribers: May 19, 2024
- 60 million subscribers: September 13, 2024
Trivia[]
- Taylor Swift, like many other musicians, has her own personal YouTube vlogging channel that has been since 2006.
- Her fans are commonly referred to as Swifties.
- Her favorite Starbucks drink is skim caramel latte.
- She collaborated with Starbucks following the release of her re-recorded version of her album Red called Red (Taylor's Version).
- Fellow singer-songwriter Katy Perry was in a feud with Taylor. They ended the feud after Katy wrote an apology letter to Taylor.
- She and Katy Perry collaborated in the music video for Taylor's song "You Need To Calm Down", dressed up as fries and a hamburger respectively.
- Her favorite color is lavender.
- Her favorite food is chicken tenders.
- Her song "Cruel Summer" from her 7th studio album Lover reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 four years after its release.
- Her lucky number is 13, which is seen as unlucky in some cultures, more prominently in America. The reason why this is her lucky number is because she was born on the 13th of December.
- She has dated 13 people, one of them currently being NFL super star Travis Kelce.
- Her first album is commonly refered to as "Debut".
- She currently has 3 pet cats that are named Meredith Grey, Olivia Benson, and Benjamin Button, respectively.
- She has a younger brother named Austin Swift.
- Her name comes from James Taylor.
- She has broken 58 Guinness World Records.
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