Taylor Swift

Taylor Alison Swift, born December 13, 1989, is an American singer-songwriter whose career has moved from country music to pop, indie folk, soft rock, and electronic-leaning production. She signed with Big Machine Records in 2005 and introduced herself with the country albums Taylor Swift (2006) and Fearless (2008). “Teardrops on My Guitar,” “Love Story,” and “You Belong with Me” crossed from country into pop radio, bringing her early songwriting to a broad audience.

Her subsequent records marked clear shifts in sound. Speak Now (2010) brought stronger rock elements, while Red (2012) incorporated electronic styles and produced the US Billboard Hot 100 number one “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.” Swift completed her move into pop with the synth-pop album 1989 (2014), which yielded “Shake It Off,” “Blank Space,” and “Bad Blood.” Media scrutiny surrounding that period informed the trap-imbued Reputation (2017), led by the chart-topping “Look What You Made Me Do.”

After joining Republic Records in 2018, Swift released the eclectic pop album Lover (2019). A dispute concerning her Big Machine catalog led her to re-record four of her first six albums, issuing new versions that included “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version),” a Hot 100 leader. In 2020, she released the indie-folk companion albums Folklore and Evermore, featuring the number-one singles “Cardigan” and “Willow.” She later explored mellower pop on Midnights (2022) and The Tortured Poets Department (2024), followed by the soft-rock album The Life of a Showgirl (2025). “Anti-Hero,” “Cruel Summer,” “Is It Over Now?,” “Fortnight,” “The Fate of Ophelia,” “Opalite,” and “I Knew It, I Knew You” also topped the Hot 100.

Swift’s Eras Tour, staged from 2023 to 2024, became the highest-grossing concert tour of all time; its companion film, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023), is the highest-grossing concert film. She is the only artist named IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year six times, and eight of her albums have each sold more than a million copies in their first US week. Her honors include 14 Grammy Awards, including a record four Album of the Year wins, and a Primetime Emmy Award. She is also the most-awarded artist in the histories of the American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, and MTV Video Music Awards. Time named her Person of the Year in 2023, and in 2026 she became the youngest female inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.