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Taylor Swift
American Singer-Songwriter
Alternate Title/Full Name: Taylor Alison
Swift
Taylor Alison Swift,
(born December 13, 1989, West Reading, Pennsylvania, US), is an American pop
and country music singer-songwriter. whose stories of the pain of youth
achieved widespread success in the early 21st century.
His discography spans several genres and his
narrative songwriting—often inspired by his personal life—earned Taylor
critical acclaim and widespread media coverage. Born in West Reading,
Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee at age 14 and became a
country artist. He signed a songwriting deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing in
2004 and a recording contract with Big Machine Records in 2005. Her 2006
self-titled debut album made her the first country female singer to write or
co-write a US platinum-certified album. Completely.
Swift's next albums,
Fearless (2008) and Speak Now (2010), explored American country pop. The
former's "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me" were the
first country songs to top the US pop and all-genre airplay charts,
respectively. They experimented with rock and electronic styles on Red (2012),
including their first Billboard Hot 100 number-one song, "We're Never Ever
Getting Back Together", and for their synth-pop fifth studio album, 1989.
The identity of the country was abandoned. (2014), backed by the chart-topping
singles "Shake It Off", "Blank Space" and "Bad
Blood". Media scrutiny prompted the urban-flavored Reputation (2017),
which spawned the number one single "Look What You Made Me Do".
Departing from Big
Machine, Swift signed with Republic Records in 2018 and released her seventh
studio album, Lover (2019), followed by the autobiographical documentary Miss
Americana (2020). His input during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the indie
folk and alternative rock albums Folklore and Evermore (2020), whose lead
singles "Cardigan" and "Willow" topped the Hot 100. They
began re-recording their Big Machine catalog one after the other. Controversy
over the album's masters, releasing two re-recordings in 2021, Fearless
(Taylor's version) and Red (Taylor's version). The latter's "All Too Well
(10 Minute Version)" became the longest song to top the Hot 100. Her tenth
studio album, Midnights (2022), broke streaming records and marked Swift's
fifth album to open with over one million copies. We. Swift has directed the
musical films Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions (2020) and All Too Well:
The Short Film (2021), and has had supporting roles in other films.
Having sold over 200
million records globally, Swift is one of the best-selling musicians of all
time. Among his accolades are 11 Grammy Awards, including three Album of the
Year wins; an Emmy Award; 34 American Music Awards; 29 Billboard Music Awards;
and 84 Guinness World Records. He has featured in rankings such as Rolling
Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time, Billboard's Greatest Artists of
All Time, Time 100 and Forbes Celebrity 100. Awarded with titles such as Artist
of the Decade and Woman of the Decade, Swift is an advocate always striving for
artists' rights and women's empowerment. Taylor's music is credited with
influencing a generation of singer-songwriters.
TOP QUESTION AND ANSWAR
Q1-Who
is Taylor Swift? Learn about
A1:
-About Taylor Alison Swift: -are an American pop singer-songwriter, record
producer and actress. Five of his songs, including -
"Shake It Off" (2014),
"Blank Space" (2014), and
"Look What You Made Me Do" (2017), topped the Billboard Hot
100. He received many awards for them.
Q2:
- where is Taylor swift from?
A2:
- Taylor
Alison Swift was born on 13 December 1989 in West Reading, Pennsylvania. When
she was 13, her parents sold their family farm in Pennsylvania so that she
could pursue a career in country music in nearby Nashville. The family then
moved to Hendersonville, Tennessee, with Swift then signing a deal as a
songwriter with Sony/ATV the following year in 2004.
Q3:
- When did Taylor swift become famous?
A3:
-Taylor Swift signed a music publishing deal with Sony/ATV in 2004, at the
young age of 14, making her the youngest signer in the company's history.
Swift signed with Big Machine Records in
2006 and Made his first Top 40 hit with "Tim McGraw". She then
released four more singles and a self-titled album.
Q4:
- Does Taylor Swift write all her own
songs?
A4:-
Contributes
to Taylor Swift as a writer or co-writer on every original song she has
released. Taylor Swift herself wrote or co-wrote songs on Fearless (2008), Red
(2012), 1989 (2014), and Reputation (2017). She wrote all the songs on her
third studio album, Speak Now (2010).
Q5:
- What is Taylor Swift's most popular
songs of all time?
A5:
- Taylor Swift has sung nearly 80
Billboard Hot 100-charting songs. Over 20 songs including "You Belong with
Me" (2009), "Back to December" (2010), "We're Never Ever
Getting Back Together" (2012), "Shake It Off" (2014),
"Blank Space" "(2014), "Look What You Made Me Do"
(2017), and "Me!" (2019), were top 10 hits.
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Life & Career |
Early Life & Education[1989-2003]
Taylor
Alison Swift was born on 13 December 1989 at Reading Hospital in West Reading,
Pennsylvania. Her father, Scott Kingsley Swift, is a former stockbroker for
Merrill Lynch and her mother, Andrea Gardner Swift (née Finlay), is a former
housewife who previously worked as a mutual fund marketing executive. Her
brother (younger brother), Austin, is an actor. He is named after
singer-songwriter James Taylor, and has Scottish and German heritage. His
maternal grandmother, Marjorie Finlay, was an opera singer.
Swift
spent her early years at the Christmas Tree Farm, which her father had bought
from one of his clients. Swift identifies as a Christian. She attended
preschool and kindergarten at the Alvernia Montessori School run by the Bernadine
Franciscan Sisters, before transferring to The Wyndcroft School. The family
moved to a rented home in suburban downtown Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, where she
attended the Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School.
Swift
became interested in musical theater at the age of nine and performed in four
Berks Youth Theater Academy productions. She also visited New York City
regularly for singing and acting lessons. Swift later turned her attention to
country music, inspired by Shania Twain's lyrics, which made her "just
want to run four times and daydream about everything." She spent weekends
performing at local festivals and events. After watching a documentary about
Faith Hill, Swift realized she needed to move to Nashville, Tennessee, to
pursue a career in music. She went to see a Nashville record label with her
mother at the age of eleven and produced demo tapes of Dolly Parton and The
Chicks karaoke covers. However, she was rejected there, because "everyone
in that town wanted to do what Taylor wanted to do.
When
Swift was about 12 years old, computer repairman and local musician Ronnie
Kramer taught her to play the guitar. He helped with her earlier attempts as a
songwriter, which helped her write "Lucky You." In 2003, Swift and
her parents began working with New York-based talent manager Dan DiMtrow to
help her. Since then, Swift has modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch as part of
their "Rising Stars" campaign, included an original song on a
Maybelline compilation CD, and attended meetings with major record labels.
After performing the original songs at the RCA Records Showcase, Swift, who was
13 at the time, was awarded an artist development deal and made frequent trips
to Nashville with her mother.
To help Swift enter the country music scene,
her father transferred to Merrill Lynch's Nashville office when she was 14, and
the family relocated to Hendersonville, Tennessee. Swift initially attended
Hendersonville High School and two years later transferred to Aaron Academy,
which was better suited to her touring schedule through homeschooling. She
graduated a year ago.
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Career Debut & Debut album
(2004–2008): -In
Nashville, Swift worked with veteran Music Row songwriters such as Troy Verges,
Brett Beaver, Brett James, Mac McNally and the Warren Brothers, and formed a
lasting working relationship with Liz Rose. They started meeting after school
every Tuesday afternoon for a two-hour writing session. Rose thought the
sessions were "some of the easiest sessions I've ever had. She'd write
about what happened at school that day. She had such a clear vision of what she
was trying to say. And that's it. Will come with the most incredible hooks.
Swift became the youngest artist to be signed by
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing House, but left Sony-owned RCA Records at age 14 due
to a lack of care from the label and "cut other people's stuff" She
was also concerned that development deals might shelve the cast, and recalled:
"Taylor really felt like she was running out of time. And she wanted to
capture these years of her life in an album.
At an industry showcase at Nashville's Bluebird
Cafe in 2005, Swift caught the attention of DreamWorks Records executive Scott
Borchetta, the year she first met Borchetta, in 2004. She was one of the first
signatories to Big Machine, and her father bought a three percent stake in it.
company for an estimated $120,000.
He began
working with producer Nathan Chapman on his eponymous debut album, with whom he
felt he had the right "chemistry". Swift wrote three of the album's
songs alone, and co-wrote the remaining eight with Rose, Robert Ellis Orley,
Brian Maher and Angelo Petraglia. Taylor Swift released it on October 24, 2006.
The album US reached number five on the Billboard 200, where it spent 157
weeks—the highest number in the U.S. in the 2000s. in the most. It was the
longest stay on the charts by any release. Taylor Swift became the first female
country-music artist in the US to write or co-write each track on a
platinum-certified album.
Big Machine Records was still in its infancy
when the lead single, "Tim McGraw" was released in June 2006, which
Swift and her mother helped promote by sending copies of the CD single to
country radio stations. Since there was not yet enough furniture on the label,
they would sit on the floor to do so. She spent much of 2006 promoting Taylor
Swift with a radio tour, television appearances, and opening for Rascal Flatts
during her 2006 tour, when she exceeded her allotted time on her previous
opening act, Eric Church. time spent. fired to play.
Borchetta said that although peers in the record
industry initially disapproved of signing a 15-year-old singer-songwriter,
Swift entered a previously unknown market -- teenage girls who listen to
country music. Following "Tim McGraw", four more singles were
released in 2007 and 2008: "Teardrops on My Guitar", "Our
Song", "Picture to Burn" and "Have Said Know". All
appeared on Billboard's Hot Country Songs, with "Our Song" and
"Should Have Said Know" reaching number one. With "Our
Song", Swift became the youngest person to solo write and sing a number
one song on the chart.
"Teardrops on My Guitar" peaked at
number thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100. Swift also released two EPs, Taylor
Swift Holiday Collection in October 2007 and Beautiful Eyes in July 2008. He
promoted his debut album extensively during 2006 and 2007. The opening ceremony
for tours by George Strait, Brad Paisley and other country musicians including
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.
Swift won many awards for Taylor Swift. She was
one of the recipients of the Nashville Songwriters Association's
Songwriter/Artist of the Year in 2007, becoming the youngest person ever to be
awarded the title. She also won the Country Music Association's Horizon Award
for Best New Artist, the Academy of Country Music Awards' Top New Female
Vocalist, and the American Music Awards' Favorite Country Female Artist honors.
He was also nominated for Best New Artist at the
50th Annual Grammy Awards. He was done. They opened for Rascal Flatts on tour
in the summer and fall of 2008. In July of the same year, Swift began dating
singer Joe Jonas, a relationship that ended after three months later.
Acting Debut and
Fearless (2008–2010):-
Swift's second studio album, Fearless, released on November
11, 2008, released five singles from 2008 to 2009:
"Love
Story", "White Horse","You Belong With Me",
"Fifteen" and "Fearless". "Love Story",
The lead single
reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one in Australia. It
was the first country song to top Billboard's pop songs chart. "You Belong
with Me" was the album's highest charting single on the Billboard Hot 100,
peaking at number two, and the only country song to top Billboard's All-Genre
Radio Songs chart. All five singles were Hot Country Song Top-10 entries, with
"Love Story" and "You Belong with Me" reaching number one.
Fearless debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and peaked at number one in
the U.S. It was the best selling album of 2009. The Fearless Tour, Swift's first
headlining concert tour, grossed over $63 million. Journey to Fearless, a
three-part miniseries, aired on television and was later released on DVD and
Blu-ray. Swift also performed as a supporting act for Keith Urban's Escape
Together World Tour in 2009.
In 2009, the music video for "You Belong with Me"
was nominated for Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards. Rapper Kanye
West, an incident that became the subject of controversy, widespread media
attention, and numerous Internet memes, interrupted his acceptance speech. That
year he won five American Music Awards, including Artist of the Year and
Favorite Country Album. Billboard named him 2009 Artist of the Year.
The album is ranked
99th on NPR's 2017 list of the 150 greatest albums produced by women. She won
Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year for "Love Story" at
the 2009 CMT Music Awards, where she made a parody video for the song
"Thug Story" with rapper T-Pain. At the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards,
Fearless was named Album of the Year and Best Country Album, and "White
Horse" won Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
Swift was the youngest artist to win Album of the Year. At the 2009 Country
Music Association Awards, Swift won Album of the Year for Fearless and was
named Entertainer of the Year, the youngest person to win the honor.
Swift was featured on John Mayer's single "Half of My
Heart" and Boys Like Girls' single "To Is Better Than One", both
of which she co-wrote. He co-wrote and recorded "Best Days of Your
Life" with Kelly Pickler, and co-wrote two songs for Hannah Montana: The
Movie Soundtrack—"You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" and
"Crazier" did writing. They contributed two songs to the Valentine's
Day soundtrack, including the single "Today Was a Fairytale", their
first number one on the Canadian Hot 100, and number two on the Billboard Hot
100.
While
filming her cinematic debut Valentine's Day in October 2009, Swift began a
romantic relationship with co-star Taylor Lautner; They broke up later that
year. In 2009, she made her television acting debut as a rebellious teenager in
the episode CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He also hosted and performed as a
musical guest on an episode of Saturday Night Live; She was the first host to
write her first monologue.
Speak
Now-2010 and Red –2014
Speak Now - In August 2010,
Swift released "Mine", the lead single from her third studio album, Speak Now. It entered the Hot 100 at number three.
Swift wrote the album alone and co-produced every track. Speak Now, released on
October 25, 2010, debuted on the Billboard 200 with sales of one million copies
in its first week. It became the fastest-selling digital album by a female
artist, with 278,000 downloads in one week, propelling Swift into the 2010
Guinness World Records.
Songs-
"Mine", "Back to
December", "Mean",
"The Story of Us",
"Sparks Fly", and
"Hour" was released as a single. All
were Hot Country Songs top-three entries except "The Story of Us",
with "Sparks Fly" and "Hour" reaching number one. "Back
to December" and "Mean" reached the top ten in Canada. Later in
2010, she briefly dated actor Jake Gyllenhaal.
At the 54th Annual Grammy Awards in
2012, Swift won Best Country Song and Best Country Single Performance for
"Mean", which she performed during the ceremony. Swift won other
awards for Speak Now, including Nashville Songwriters Association (2010 and
2011), Woman of the Year by Billboard (2011), and Entertainer of the Year.
Academy of Country Music (2011 and 2012) and in 2011 by the Country Music
Association. At the 2011 American Music Awards, Swift won Artist of the Year
and Favorite Country Album. Rolling Stone ranked Speak Now at number 45 on its
2012 list of "The 50 Best Female Albums of All Time", writing:
"She may have played on a country station, but she's one of those few real
rock stars." There is one who got these.
The Speak Now World Tour ran from
February 2011 to March 2012 and grossed over $123 million. In November 2011,
Swift released a live album, Speak Now World Tour: Live. He contributed two
original songs to The Hunger Games soundtrack album: "Safe and
Sound", co-written and recorded with Civil Wars and T-Bone Burnett and
"Eyes Open". "Safe and Sound" won the Grammy Award for Best
Song Written for Visual Media and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for
Best Original Song. Swift was featured on B.o.B's single "Both of
Us", released in May 2012. From July to September 2012, Swift dated Connor
Kennedy.
RED: - In August 2012, Swift
released the lead single "We're Never Ever Getting Back Together"
from her fourth studio album, Red. This is the U.S. and became their first
number one in New Zealand, and 50 minutes after its release reached the top
spot on iTunes' digital song sales chart, earning the fastest-selling single in
digital history a Guinness World Record. Other singles released from the album
included "Begin Again", "I Knew You Were Trouble",
"22", "Everything Has Changed", "The Last Time"
and "Red". "I Know You Were Trouble" Australia, Canada,
Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, UK and the U.S. reached the top five on the
charts. Three singles, "Begin Again", "22", and
"Red", were released in the U.S. reached the top 20. Raid was
released on 22 October 2012.
On Raid, Swift worked with longtime
collaborators Nathan Chapman and Liz Rose, as well as new producers such as Max
Martin and Shellback. The album covered several pop and rock genres, such as
heartland rock, dubstep and dance-pop. It debuted at number one on the
Billboard 200 with first week sales of 1.21 million copies, making Swift the
first woman to open an album selling over two million - a Guinness World
Record. Red, UK It was Swift's first number-one album. The Red Tour ran from
March 2013 to June 2014 and grossed over $150 million, becoming the
highest-grossing country tour ever when it was completed. The album earned
several accolades, including four nominations at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards
(2014). Its single "I Knew You Were Trouble" won Best Female Video at
the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. Swift received the American Music Award for
Best Female Country Artist in 2012 and Artist of the Year in 2013. He received
the Nashville Songwriters Association's Songwriter/Artist Award for the fifth
and sixth consecutive years in 2012 and 2013. Swift was awarded the Association
with the Pinnacle Award, making her the second recipient of the honor after
Garth Brooks. During this time, she had a short relationship with English
singer Harry Styles.
In 2013, Swift recorded "Sweeter
Than Fiction", a song she wrote and produced with Jack Antonoff for the
One Chance film soundtrack. The song received a nomination for Best Original
Song at the 71st Golden Globe Awards. He provided guest vocals for Tim McGraw's
song "Highway Don't Care", which featured guitar work by Keith Urban.
Swift performed "As Tears Go By" with the Rolling Stones in Chicago,
Illinois, as part of the band's 50 & Counting tour. She joined Florida
Georgia Line on stage during their set at the 2013 Country Radio Seminar to
sing "Cruise". Swift voiced Audrey in the animated film The Lorax
(2012), made a cameo in the sitcom New Girl (2013), and had a supporting role
in the dystopian drama film The Giver (2014).
1989 (2014) and Reputation (2018):-
Swift released her fifth studio album,
1989, with producers Jack Antonoff, Max Martin, Shellback, Imogen Heap, Ryan
Tedder and Ali Payami. The album was released on October 27, 2014, and reached
the U.S. with sales of 1.28 million copies in its first week. reached the top
of the Billboard 200. Its singles "Shake It Off", "Blank
Space" and "Bad Blood" (featuring rapper Kendrick Lamar) reached
number one in Australia, Canada and the US, the first two making Swift the first
woman to replace herself at the top spot. made. Hot 100. Singles
"Style" and "Wildest Dreams" reached the top 10. Other
singles were "Out of the Woods" and "New Romantics". The
world tour for the album - 1989 ran from May to December 2015 and became the
highest-grossing tour of the year with $250 million in total revenue.
Swift was named Billboard's Woman of the Year
in 2014, becoming the first female artist to win the award twice. At the 2014
American Music Awards, Swift received the inaugural Dick Clark Award for
Excellence. In 2015, Swift won the Brit Award for International Female Solo
Artist. The video for "Bad Blood" won Video of the Year and Best
Collaboration at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards. Swift was one of eight
artists who received the 50th Anniversary Milestone Award at the 2015 Academy
of Country Music Awards. At the 58th Grammy Awards in 2016, 1989 won Album of
the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album, and "Bad Blood" won Best Music
Video. Swift was the first female and fifth overall to win the Album of the
Year award twice as a lead artist.
Swift co-wrote the song "This Is
What You Came For" in 2015–16, which features vocals from Barbadian singer
Rihanna; Swift was initially credited under the pseudonym Nils Sjoberg. Wrote
the song "Better Man" for Little Big Town's seventh album, The
Breaker, which was released in November. The song earned Swift the Song of the
Year award at the 51st CMA Awards. Swift and English singer Zayn Malik released
"I Don't Wanna Live Forever" together for the soundtrack to the film
Fifty Shades Darker (2017). This song is from the U.S. reached number two in
the U.S. and won Best Collaboration at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards.
released "Look What You Made Me
Do" as the lead single from their sixth album, Reputation. This single was
Swift's first UK debut. Number one was a single. It is found in Australia,
Ireland, New Zealand and the US. tops the charts
Reputation was released on November 10,
2017. The album featured a heavy electropop sound with hip hop, R&B, and
EDM influences. It debuted atop the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 1.21
million copies. With this achievement, Swift, U.S. The album became the first
act to sell one million copies of four albums in a single week. The album
topped the charts in the UK, Australia and Canada, and had sold over 4.5
million copies worldwide as of 2018. It spawned three other international
singles, including one in the U.S. The top-five entry was "...Ready for
It?", and two US top-20 singles—"End Game" (featuring Ed Sheeran
and rapper Future) and "Delicate". Other singles include "New
Year's Day", which was released exclusively to US country radio, and
"Getaway Car", which was released only in Australia.
Swift launched the short-lived The Swift Life
mobile app for fans in late 2017. Reputation was nominated for Best Pop Vocal
Album at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards in 2019. [188] At the 2018 American
Music Awards, Swift won four awards, including Artist of the Year and Favorite
Pop/Rock Female Artist . Following the 2018 AMAs, Swift received a total of 23
awards, becoming the most awarded female musician in AMA history, a record
previously held by Whitney Houston. In April 2018, Swift starred in Sugarland's
"Babe" from her album Bigger. In support of Prestige, he began his
Prestige Stadium tour, which ran from May to November 2018. US In 2008, the
tour grossed $266.1 million at the box office and sold over two million
tickets, the highest-grossing U.S. tour by a woman. Swift broke her own record
for the tour, which had previously been held in 2015 on her 1989 World Tour
($181.5 million). It also broke the record for the highest-grossing North
American concert tour in history. Worldwide, the tour grossed $345.7 million,
making it the second highest-grossing concert of the year. On December 31,
Swift released the tour's accompanying concert film on Netflix.
Lover
(2019), Folklore (2020) and Evermore (2020)
"Reputation" was Swift's last
album with Big Machine. Swift signed a new deal with Universal Music Group in
November 2018, after her post-release album was promoted
by Republic Records.
Swift at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music
Awards
Lover :-
Swift released her seventh studio album, Lover, on August 23, 2019. In addition to Jack Antonoff,
Swift also collaborated with new producers Louis Bell, Frank Dukes and Joel
Little. Lover made Swift the first female artist to record her sixth
consecutive album in the U.S. It made records by selling over 500,000
copies in a single week. The lead single, "Me!", debuted at number 100 on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at
number two a week later, marking the biggest single-week jump in chart history.
Lover's other singles the top-10 singles "You Need to
Calm Down" and "Lover", and the U.S. The Top-40
single was "The Man". Lovers was the world's best-selling album sung
by a solo artist of 2019, with 3.2
million copies sold. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry
honored Swift as the global best-selling artist of 2019. Swift
became the first woman to receive the honor twice, having previously won it in 2014. Lover and its singles earned nominations at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2020. At the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, "Me!" Best Visual Effects
won, and "You Need to Calm Down" won Video of the Year and Video for
Good. Swift was the first woman and second artist to win Video of the Year for
a video she directed.
While promoting Lover, Swift became embroiled in a public
dispute with talent manager Scooter Braun and Big Machine over the purchase of
Masters from her back catalogue. Swift stated that she was trying to buy the
Masters, but Big Machine allowed her to do so only when she exchanged a new
album for each old album under a second contract, which she refused to do. Had
done it . Swift began re-recording her back catalog in November 2020.
In addition to music, she played Bombalurina in the film adaptation of
Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats (2019), for which she
co-wrote and recorded the Golden Globe-nominated original song "Beautiful
Ghosts". Critics denounced the film but praised Swift's performance. The
documentary Miss Americana, which chronicled parts of Swift's life and career,
premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was
released on Netflix in January. Swift signed a global publishing deal with
Universal Music Publishing Group in February 2020, after
her 16-year-old contract with Sony/ATV ended.
Swift released two
surprise albums amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Folklore—on
July 24 and Evermore—on December 11, 2020. Both explore indie folk and alternative rock with a more
muted output than her previous upbeat pop songs. Swift wrote and recorded
albums with National's producers Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner. Alvin
co-wrote and co-produced select songs under the pseudonym William Bowery.
US The albums were
supported by three singles each, catering to mainstream radio, country radio
and triple A radio. The singles, in that order, were "Cardigan",
"Betty", and "Exile" from Folklore, and "Willow",
"No Body, No Crime" and "Coney Island" from Evermore. A
U.S. album at the same time with Swift Folklore's "Cardigan" and
Evermore's "Willow". Became the first artist to debut a number-one
album and a number-one song. Folklore became the best-selling album of 2020 in the US with 1.2 million copies. It
won Album of the Year at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards,
making Swift the first woman to win the award three times. At the 2020 American Music Awards, Swift won three awards including
Artist of the Year for the third time in a row. She was the highest paid
musician of 2020 in the US and the highest paid solo
musician in the world.
Present: Re-recordings and Midnights 2021
Following a feud with Masters, Swift released the
re-recorded album in 2021, adding "Taylor's Version" to her titles.
The first, Fearless (Taylor's version), reached the top of the Billboard 200,
becoming the first re-recorded album to do so. It was preceded by three tracks:
"Love Story (Taylor's Version)", "You're All Over Me" with
Maren Morris, and "Mr. Perfectly Fine", the first of which made Swift
the second artist to do so after Dolly Parton. . Both the original and
re-recording of the single reached number one on the Hot Country Songs chart. A
second re-recording Raid (Taylor's version) was released on 12 November. Its
final track, "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)"—along with the
Swift-directed short film of the same name— debuted at number one on the Hot
100, which also became the longest song in history to top the chart. . Swift
was the highest-grossing female musician of 2021, and her 2020 album and
re-recording were both ranked among the 10 best-selling albums of the year.
In May 2021, Swift
was honored with the Global Icon Award by the Brit Awards and the Songwriter
Icon Award by the National Music Publishers Association. Swift further released
"Wildest Dreams (Taylor's Version)" on September 17, 2021, and
"This Love (Taylor's Version)" on May 6, 2022. Outside of his albums,
he starred in four songs from 2021 to 2022: "Renegade" and
"Birch" by Big Red Machine, a remix of Haim's "Gasoline"
and Ed Sheeran's "The Joker and the Queen". In 2022, Swift released
"Carolina" as part of the soundtrack to the film Where the Crowds
Sing, and appeared briefly in the period comedy Amsterdam.
Swift won three awards at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards,
breaking the record for Video of the Year (for All Too Well: The Short Film)
for the third time. In his acceptance speech, he announced his tenth studio
album, Midnights, which was released on October 21. Swift returned to pop with
the album, experimenting with electronica and chill-out music. Breaking
multiple records worldwide, Midnights and its lead single,
"Anti-Hero", were Spotify's most-streamed album and song, with 185
million and 17.4 million plays, respectively, in a single day.
The fastest-selling album of 2022 in the US, Midnights
debuted on the Billboard 200 with 1.57 million units and marked Swift's fifth
album to open with sales of over one million copies. She tied with Barbra
Streisand for the most number one album among women. Swift became the first
artist to break into the entire Top 10 of the Hot 100, with
"Anti-Hero" at the top, "Lavender Haze" at number two and
"Snow on the Beach" (featuring Lana Del Rey) at number four. In
support of Midnights and all of her previous albums, Swift is scheduled to
start the Eras Tour in 2023.
Artistry / Ability
Ø
Influences
Ø
Musical
styles
Ø
Voice
Ø Songwriting
1)
Influences: One of Swift's earliest musical memories, she credits her
"charm of writing and storytelling" to her mother. Swift overhears
her grandmother "Marjorie Finlay" singing in church. As a child, she
also enjoyed Disney movie soundtracks. She credits her mother for trust, who
helped her prepare. For classroom presentations as a child. Swift was drawn to
the storytelling aspect of country music, and was introduced to the style,
listening to the "great female country artists" of the 1990s—Shania
Twain, Faith Hill, and the Dixie Chicks.
Twain has been his
biggest musical influence, both as a songwriter and performer. Hill was Swift's
childhood idol, and she often imitated him. He admired the Dixie Chicks'
defiant attitude and their ability to play their own instruments. "Kiss
Me" from Sixpence Know the Richer was the first song Swift learned to play
on guitar. Swift explored the music of old country stars such as Patsy Cline,
Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, and Dolly Parton, the last of which is exemplary
for female songwriters, and alt-country artists such as Patty Griffin. and Lori
McKenna. As a songwriter, Swift was influenced by Joni Mitchell, particularly
citing Mitchell's autobiographical lyrics to express deep feelings.
Swift has also been influenced by various pop and rock
artists from time to time. She enlists artists such as Paul McCartney, Bruce
Springsteen, Bryan Adams, The Rolling Stones, Emmylo Harris, Kris
Kristofferson, and Carly Simon as her career role models. She's constantly out
to please her fans." She likes Springsteen and the Stones to remain musically
relevant for a long time, and credits the Stones with being a huge influence on
the overall outlook on the career. As she gets older, Swift aspires to be like
Harris.
She gives priority
to music over fame. She says that Kristofferson "shines in songwriting",
and praises Simon for being emotional but "strong" at the same time.
Her synth-pop album 1989 was influenced by some of her favorite pop acts of the
1980s, including Peter Gabriel, Annie Lennox, Phil Collins, and Madonna. He also
cited Keith Urban's musical style and Fall Out Boy's lyrics as major
influences.
2) Musical
styles: Swift has been described
as a "chameleon of music" for her musical journey across genres. He
made his mark as a country musician until 2012, when he released his fourth
studio album, Red. Their albums were promoted on country radio, but music
critics noted the broader styles of pop and rock. After 2010, she noticed that
Swift's melody was rooted in pop music, and country music elements were limited
to instruments such as the banjo, mandolin, and fiddle, and her light twang;
Some commented that her country music identity was merely an indicator of her
narrative songwriting rather than a musical style.
Although the
Nashville music industry was receptive to Swift's status as a country musician,
critics accused her of abandoning country music's legitimate roots in favor of
crossover success in the mainstream pop market. Red's eclectic pop, rock, and
electronic styles sparked critical debate, to which Swift responded, "I
leave the labeling of the genre to other people."
Music journalist Jody Rosen commented that by starting her
music career in Nashville, Swift "maneuvered the bait and switch ...
taking root in loam country soil, then moving on to pop". He relinquished
his country-music identity in 2014 when he released his synth-pop fifth studio
album, 1989, which he described as his first "documented, official pop
album". Her albums Reputation (2017) and Lover (2019) feature an upbeat
pop production; The former incorporates hip hop and trap elements. Although
reviews of Swift's pop albums were generally positive.
Critics lamented that the pop music production signaled
Swift's pursuit of mainstream success, which eroded her authenticity as a
songwriter nurtured by her country music background. Musician Nate Sloan
commented that Swift's transition to pop was driven by a need to expand her
artistry. Swift abandoned mainstream pop in favor of alternative genres like
indie rock with her 2020 studio album, Folklore and Evermore. Clash said that
her career has "always been transcendent and covert
boundary-pushing", reaching a point where "Taylor Swift is just
Taylor Swift", not defined by any genre.
3)Voice: During her career as a country singer, some described her
singing as weak and tense compared to that of her contemporaries. Swift
admitted that her vocal abilities often worried her early in her career, and
she worked hard to improve. After transitioning to pop music with 1989, reviews
for her vocals were mixed.
Critics complained that
he lacked proper technique and skill, but praised his use of voice to
communicate his feelings to the audience, preferring "power and intimacy
over subtlety". He was also praised for refraining from fixing his pitch
with the tune. Los Angeles Times music critic Ann Powers commented in 2010 that
Swift's defining vocal trait is her ability to convey a precise emotion. But
his attention is "the line that slides down like a satisfied sigh or up
like a raised eyebrow".
Reviews of Swift's later
albums praised her singing more, describing her as low-nosed, richer and more
resonant. In Folktales and Evermore, critics praised his sharp and agile but
defined and controlled tone. Sam Sodomsky of Pitchfork described her as a
"versatile, expressive singer". Music theory professor Alyssa Barna
said Swift's timing is "breathy and bright" in the upper register and
"full and deep" in the lower register.
As she re-recorded her 2021 albums, critics
began to praise her mature, deep and "full" tone of voice. Kate
Solomon wrote in Eye that Swift's voice was "league better now" with
her new vocal furniture. The Guardian has trademarked Swift's voice.
Highlighted by the "yo-yoing vocal yelps" and emotional climax, and
that their country twang has faded. Midnights has also been praised for his
subtle vocals.
4)Songwriting: Swift has been featured by many publications
internationally as one of the greatest songwriters of all time and the best of
her generation. She told The New Yorker in 2011 that she first identifies as a
songwriter: "I write songs, and my voice is a way to achieve those
songs." Swift's personal experiences were a common inspiration for her
early songs, helping her navigate life.
Her
"diaristic" technique began with the identification of an emotion,
followed by an accompaniment melody. On her first three studio albums, From a
Teenage Point of view, love, heartbreak and insecurities were prominent themes.
He delved into the tumult of toxic relationships on Red, and embraced the
nostalgia and post-romance positivity in 1989. The reputation was driven by
Swift's lack of fame, and the boyfriend elaborated on her "full spectrum
of love". Other themes in Swift's music include family dynamics,
friendship, isolation, self-reflection, awareness and dealing with vitriol,
particularly sexism.
Despite his positive
critical reception, The New Yorker stated that he was generally portrayed
"more as a dialesque visionary than as a skilled technician". Powers
commented that although Swift's lyrics "were not so literary or
intelligent", they offered emotional connect as "the wit and clarity
of her arrangements transform them from standard fare into heartfelt
revelation". His Confessional Songs received positive reviews from
critics; He highlighted its vivid details and emotional connect, which he found
unusual in pop music.
Apart from the clues in
the album liner notes, Swift avoided talking about the themes of her songs.
Critics praised his melodious songwriting; Rolling Stone described Swift as
"a songwriting savvy with an innate gift for poetry-chorus-bridge
architecture". Tabloid media often juxtaposed the themes of her songs with
those of her ex-lovers, a practicing critic, and Swift herself criticized as
sexist.
According to Spin, she explored complex
emotions with "precision and mayhem" on Evermore. Consequence said
her 2020 albums provided a chance to convince Swift's skeptics about her
"songwriting prowess", "watching her transformation from teenage
wonder kind to a confident and careful adult".
On her 2020 album
Folklore and Evermore, Swift was inspired by escapism and romanticism to
explore fiction. Swift imposed emotions on fictional characters and story arcs,
without mentioning her personal life, which freed her from tabloid attention
and suggested new avenues for her artistry. Swift stated that she welcomed the
new songwriting direction after she stopped worrying about commercial success.
Critics have noted the
fifth track on each Swift album as the album's most "emotionally
vulnerable" song. Swift's bridges are often cited as one of the best
aspects of her songs, earning her the title "Queen of Bridges" from
Time. Awarding her the Songwriter Icon Award in 2021, the National Music
Publishers Association commented that "no one is more influential in
writing music today" than Swift.
Swift classified her
songwriting into three types: "quill lyrics", referring to songs
rooted in archaic poetry; "Fountain Pen Lyrics" based on modern and
vivid stories; and "Glitter Gel Pen Lyrics", which are lively and
frivolous. The Week considered her the leading female songwriter of modern
times, and the Nashville Songwriters Association International named her
Songwriter-Artist of the Decade in 2022. Carole considers King Swift her
"professional granddaughter" and thanks Swift for "carrying the
torch forward".
Taylor Swift Business/Merch.
Taylor Swift is a successful and hardworking musician, writer,
she has put together some power moves that put her success as a business to
good use. She is her own business owner, and she is always driven to protect,
expand, and innovate her business for the world to see. She makes full use of
her brand value, she is a successful songwriter as well as a successful
business woman. She earns income from various sources.
Taylor Swift earns income from her songs as well as from other
sources Taylor Swift earns income from the following sources, such as –
Ø 1 music
Ø 2 Accessories
Ø 3 shirts
Ø 4 sweaters and
hoodies
Wealth/Net Worth
According to Forbes 2022
estimates, Swift has a net worth of $570 million.
Additionally, her publishing rights on her first six albums
are valued at $200 million.
From 2011 to 2020, she appeared in the top three on Forbes'
Top-Earning Women in Music list, topping in 2016 and 2019.
Swift was the highest-paid celebrity of 2016 with $170
million – a top achievement recognized by Guinness World Records as the highest
annual earnings of all time for a female musician,
Which he himself crossed with $185 million in 2019.
Overall, Swift was the highest-paid female artist of the 2010s, earning $825
million.
Studio Albums
|
Albums |
Year |
|
Taylor Swift |
2006 |
|
Fearless |
2008 |
|
Speak Now |
2010 |
|
Red |
2012 |
|
1989 |
2014 |
|
Reputation |
2017 |
|
Lover |
2019 |
|
Folklore |
2020 |
|
Evermore |
2020 |
|
Fearless (Taylor’s
Version) |
2021 |
|
Red (Taylor’s Version) |
2021 |
|
Midnights |
2022 |
Filmography
|
2010 |
|
|
2010 |
|
|
3) The Lorax |
2012 |
|
4) The Giver |
2014 |
|
2015 |
|
|
2018 |
|
|
7) Cats |
2019 |
|
2020 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
12) Amsterdam |
2022 |
Tours
|
Fearless Tour |
2009-2010 |
|
Speak Now World Tour |
2011-2012 |
|
The Red Tour |
2013-2014 |
|
The 1989 World Tour |
2015 |
|
Reputation Stadium Tour |
2018 |
|
The Eras Tour |
2023 |
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