Taylor Swift

Taylor Alison Swift (born 13 December 1989) is an American singer/songwriter. Her discography spans many genres. Swift's songwriting is often inspired from her personal life and was praised by critics. Swift was born in West Reading, Pennsylvania and moved to Nashville at the age of 14 years old. Swift signed a songwriting agreement with Sony/ATV Music Publishing, in 2004 and also signed a recording contract at Big Machine Records, in 2005. The self-titled debut album she released in 2006 was the first female country artist to record a U.S. platinum-certified album. Swift's subsequent albums Fearless (2008) and Speak Now (2011) explored the country genre. The first album's "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me" were among the first songs by a country artist to be ranked on the U.S. pop and all-genre airplay charts respectively. She experimented with rock and electronic styles in Red (2012) the album that included her debut Billboard Hot 100 number-one song, "We Are Never Ever Reuniting Together" and she eschews her country image in her synth-pop album, 1989 (2014), supported by chart-topping tracks "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood". Reputation (2017) with its number one single "Look what you did to me" was inspired by the media's attention. After leaving Big Machine, Swift signed with Republic Records in 2018 and released her seventh studio album, Lover (2019), which was followed by her autobiographical documentary Miss Americana (2020). In her albums for 2020, Folklore and Red, Swift delved into indie and alternative rock. The songs "Cardigan", "Willow", and "Willow," topped the Hot 100. After a dispute over her masters, Swift started to record six albums. Swift re-released two of them in 2021: Fearless (Taylor’s Version) and Red. "All Too Well (10 minute version)" was the longest track to make it to the top of the Hot 100. The album from 2022 Midnights was released and the single "Anti-Hero", broke all-time streaming record. Swift has directed music videos and films such as All Too Well The Short Film (2021), as well as playing roles in many other projects. Swift is one the most popular musicians of all time, having sold more than 200 million albums worldwide. She is the most streamed female on Spotify and is the only act to have five albums open with over 1 million copies sold within the US. Her accolades include 12 Grammy Awards, including three Album of the Year winners; an Emmy Award; 39 American Music Awards and 29 Billboard Music Awards. She is also the holder of 92 Guinness World Records. Swift was featured in the Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, Billboard’s Greatest of All Time Artists and Forbes Celebrity 100. Swift received the Artist of the Decade title as well as the Woman of the Decade title. Her music is acknowledged as having influenced a generation of singer-songwriters.