Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989. Her discography spans diverse genres. Swift's songwriting is often influenced by her personal life and was praised by critics. Swift was born in West Reading and went to Nashville to become a country musician at the tender age of 14. In 2004, she signed a songwriting contract with Sony/ATV Music Publishing and in 2005, she signed a recording contract with Big Machine Records. The self-titled debut album was her debut album of country music. It was also the first U.S. platinum-certified album. Swift's subsequent albums, Fearless (2008) and Speak Now (2010), focused on the country genre of pop. The first album's "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me" were the first songs by a country artist to be ranked on the U.S. pop and all-genre airplay charts respectively. Red (2012) included the debut Billboard Hot 100 single, "We We Never Ever Coming Back Together." The singer retreated from her image as a country singer in 1989 (2014), which was supported by chart-topping tracks like "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", or "Bad Blood". Reputation (2017) featuring the top-rated single "Look at what you did to me" was influenced by the media's attention.
Swift who had quit Big Machine, signed with Republic Records and released Lover (2019), her seventh studio record. The autobiographical documentary Miss Americana was released in 2020. She ventured into indie folk and alternative rock in her albums for 2020, Folklore and Evermore which featured two singles "Cardigan" as well as "Willow" were atop the Hot 100. Swift began rerecording her first six albums to resolve an issue with their masters. She launched two albums in 2021 - Fearless (Taylor’s Edition) and Red. The longest-running track on the Hot 100 was "All Too Well (10 Minute version)". Her 2022 album Midnights and the single "Anti-Hero" broke all-time streaming records. Swift has directed music videos and films, such as All Too Well: The Short Film (2021), and has played roles in other. Swift is one of history's most-selling artists, having sold more than 200 million records across the world. Swift is the most streamed female artist on Spotify and the only artist with five albums with over 1 million copies sold in the US. Her accolades include 12 Grammy Awards, including three Album of the Year wins and an Emmy Award; 40 American Music Awards and 29 Billboard Music Awards; and 92 Guinness World Records. Swift is featured in rankings such as the Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time, the Billboard's Greatest of All Time Artists, the Time 100 and Forbes Celebrity 100. Swift was awarded the Artist of the Decade title as well as the Woman of the Decade title. Swift's music is responsible for inspiring the next generation of singer-songwriters.
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