[412][413] Consequence opined that Swift's looks evolved from "girl-next-door country act to pop star to woodsy poet over a decade". [note 2] She worked on her fifth studio album, 1989, with producers Jack Antonoff, Max Martin, Shellback, Imogen Heap, Ryan Tedder, and Ali Payami. "[370] Swift has also published two original poems: "Why She Disappeared" and "If You're Anything Like Me". With the surprise midsummer release of Folklore, it seems that Taylor Swift has finally put out an indie record much cooler than her others, one that even a Pitchfork editor could love. Unlike her previous relationships that were largely played out in the public eye - Taylor and Joe have consciously shunned the showbiz scene. [445] Swift performed "Soon You'll Get Better" during the One World: Together At Home television special, a benefit concert curated by Lady Gaga for Global Citizen to raise funds for the World Health Organization's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. Swift gathered fans and played them songs from her new album "1989" before it was released in what she called 1989 Secret Sessions. [85] Billboard named her 2009's Artist of the Year. By: Chi Luu. Joe Alwyn reportedly proposed to Taylor Swift in January 2022. [423] In 2011, Swift used a dress rehearsal of her Speak Now tour as a benefit concert for victims of recent tornadoes in the U.S., raising more than $750,000. [506], Publications consider Swift's million-selling albums an anomaly in the streaming-dominated industry following the end of the album era in the 2010s. [171], Swift dated Scottish DJ Calvin Harris from March 2015June 2016. [287] Reputation was inspired by the downsides of Swift's fame,[345] and Lover detailed her realization of the "full spectrum of love". 2", "Taylor Swift Charts All 20 Songs From 'Midnights' on Billboard Hot 100", "Taylor Swift Makes History as First Artist With Entire Top 10 on Billboard Hot 100, Led by 'Anti-Hero' at No. Her 2006 self-titled debut album made her the first female country singer to write a U.S. platinum-certified album. [446] In 2018 and 2021, Swift donated to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. [46] Country Weekly critic Chris Neal deemed Swift better than previous aspiring teenage country singers because of her "honesty, intelligence and idealism". [493][477] Business journalist Greg Jericho describes her as a "cultural vitality". 5/10/2020 12:50 AM PT. [69] She contributed two songs to the Valentine's Day soundtrack, including the single "Today Was a Fairytale", which was her first number-one on the Canadian Hot 100, and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. [356] Despite the positive reception, The New Yorker stated she was generally portrayed "more as a skilled technician than as a Dylanesque visionary". [50] As there was not enough furniture at the label yet, they would sit on the floor to do so. The latter's "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" became the longest song to top the Hot 100. 1", "Calvin Harris trumps Michael Jackson feat to join Taylor Swift, Rihanna and One Direction in Guinness World Records 2014 book", "Taylor Swift Leads Record Breaking Digital Sales Week", "Taylor Swift raises the bar with a savvy 'Red' marketing campaign", "Taylor Swift's 'Red': A Canonical Coming-Of-Age Album", "Taylor Swift's 'Red' Sells 1.21 Million; Biggest Sales Week for an Album Since 2002", "Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Justin Bieber Among 2014 Guinness Record-Setters", "Taylor Swift Scores Fourth U.K. No. The phenomenon made popular by Taylor Swift", "A Timeline of Taylor Swift's Generosity", "Taylor Swift Named Most Charitable Celeb For Supporting Feminist Causes, Education, More", "Taylor Swift Receives Star of Compassion Award", "Taylor Swift to Receive 'Big' Honor From Michelle Obama at Kids' Choice Awards", "Taylor Swift donates $100,000 to victims of Iowa Flood", "Kylie to play at Sound Relief with Coldplay, Midnight Oil", "Taylor Swift donates $500,000 after Nashville floods", "Taylor Swift benefit concert raises more than $750,000 for tornado victims", "Taylor Swift gives $1m to help Louisiana flood relief efforts", "Taylor Swift Donates $100,000 to Dolly Parton Fire Fund", "Taylor Swift Makes 'Very Sizeable Donation' To A Food Bank in Houston After Hurricane Harvey", "Taylor Swift donates $1 million for Tennessee tornado relief", "Taylor Swift becomes namesake of Hendersonville High School auditorium", "Taylor Swift to Donate $4 Million to the Country Hall of Fame", "And The Taylor Swift VH1 Storytellers Contest Winner Is Harvey Mudd College! January 27, 2023. She does, however, have a management team (called 13 Management). [575] Her songs like "Love Story" are studied by evolutionary psychologists to understand the relationship between popular music and human mating strategies. 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[290], "If there's one thing that Swift has proven throughout her career, it's that she refuses to be put in a box. Taylor Swift is an American singer-songwriter; who made her debut in the music industry in 2006 and is still going strong with her long list of popular and chart-buster songs. [381] After Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions, Swift debuted as a filmmaker with All Too Well: The Short Film,[265] which made her the first artist to win the Grammy Award for Best Music Video as a sole director. 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It's well-known by now that Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, and Katy Perry have a problem with Taylor Swift. Some of these might be fan conclusions as Taylor has not confirmed most of them. 4 & Bruno Mars, Rihanna & The Weeknd All Hit Top 10", "MTV Video Music Awards 2017: Winners list", "Taylor Swift explains her blunt testimony during her sexual assault trial", "Taylor Swift wipes social media profiles, fuelling expectations of new album", "Taylor Swift's New Single, 'Look What You Made Me Do,' Arrives (Listen)", "Taylor Swift scores first Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with 'LWYMMD', Australian Recording Industry Association, "Taylor Swift at Nos. She is the most streamed woman on Spotify, and the only act to have five albums open with over one million copies sold in the US. [43][44] She began working on her eponymous debut album with producer Nathan Chapman, with whom she felt she had the right "chemistry". Swift became the first act to have four albums sell one million copies within one week in the U.S.[190] The album topped the charts in the UK, Australia, and Canada,[191] and had sold over 4.5million copies worldwide as of 2018. [365] Swift's bridges are often underscored as one of the best aspects of her songs,[366][363] earning her the title "Queen of Bridges" from Time. "Johnny usually smells because he rarely . The former's "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me" were the first country songs to top the U.S. pop and all-genre airplay charts, respectively. [395] The New York Times asserted in 2013 that her "dating history has begun to stir what feels like the beginning of a backlash" and questioned whether she was in the midst of a "quarter-life crisis". [300][301] Although the Nashville music industry was receptive of Swift's status as a country musician, critics accused her of abandoning the legitimate roots of country music in favor of crossover success in the mainstream pop market. Brevity is also helpful in placing your reader in the story. [140] During this time, she briefly dated English singer Harry Styles. [307][450] Swift publicly voiced her political opinion for the first time in the 2018 United States elections, when she endorsed Democratic candidates in her home state, Tennessee. [361] Without referencing her personal life, she imposed emotions onto imagined characters and story arcs, which liberated her from tabloid attention and suggested new paths for her artistry. [134] The album earned several accolades, including four nominations at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards (2014). [361] According to Spin, she explored complex emotions with "precision and devastation" on Evermore. From Fearless to Evermore, Taylor has constantly reinvented herself for every era.Once a country star, now a pop star, Taylor isn't afraid to change things upand we're not just talking about her music. Although Swift has taken public stances in support of racial tolerance and diversity and provided a rather oblique statement of support when she spoke about the 2008 election of former President Barack Obama, her music videos and her albums are somewhat devoid of non-White artists. The story of Kim exposing Taylor will go down in history as a true Hanukkah in July: the tea, which only looked like enough for one or two 24-hour news cycles, miraculously kept spilling. Taylor Swift capitalizes on her relationships Though she insists in interviews that she doesn't like to talk about her personal life, Swift definitely profits on the speculation. Her date of Birth (birthday) is Dec 13, 1989 (31 years old). Honored with titles such as Artist of the Decade and Woman of the Decade, Swift is an advocate for artists' rights and women's empowerment. Perfectly Fine",[238] the first of which made Swift the second artist after Dolly Parton to have both the original and the re-recording of a single reach number one on the Hot Country Songs chart. The order is from her latest album (Evermore) to her oldest album (Taylor Swift). [265] However, Ticketmaster was widely castigated for its handling of the tour's sales, triggering government investigations into the company. [158] In a June 2015 open letter, Swift criticized Apple Music for not offering royalties to artists during the streaming service's free three-month trial period and stated that she would pull 1989 from the catalog. Perfectly Fine', "Taylor Swift's 'Love Story (Taylor's Version)' Debuts at No. She had such a clear vision of what she was trying to say. [346] Other themes in Swift's music include family dynamics, friendship,[347][348] alienation, self-awareness, and tackling vitriol, especially sexism. "Now, at 12, she saw a 12-string guitar and . [617] Swift became the youngest woman to be included on Forbes' list of the 100 most powerful women in 2015, ranked at number 64. 2008. Moving to Tennessee from Pennsylvania, she was determined to make a mark in the country music industry and decided to pursue it as her career. Swift's seventh album, 2019 [155] Swift launched the short-lived The Swift Life mobile app for fans in late 2017. I wanted to capture these years of my life on an album while they still represented what I was going through. Swift said the contract included a provision for her to maintain ownership of her masters. [515], Swift has influenced numerous mainstream and indie music artists,[note 5] authors, screenwriters and filmmakers. 1 Taylor Swift", "Why Taylor Swift is the perfect ambassador for Record Store Day", "Hip-Hop, R&B And Pop Challenge Rock's Vinyl Dominance In 2021", "Taylor Swift, the indisputable Queen of Vinyl, named 2022 Record Store Day Ambassador", "Taylor Swift Breaks Two Spotify Records in One Day With Release of 'Red (Taylor's Version)', "Gracie Abrams Is Already on to Her Next Moment of Strength", "Kelsea Ballerini Credits Taylor Swift With Inspiring Her to Move to Nashville", "How Taylor Swift inspired a new generation of singer-songwriters, in their own words", "Interview: Priscilla Block Loves Hard, Breaks Harder on Debut EP", "Phoebe Bridgers 'Got Teary' Recording Her Part on Taylor Swift's 'Red (Taylor's Version)', "Camila Cabello Calls Taylor Swift Her 'Biggest Inspiration' After Epic AMAs Performance", "My first cover on YouTube was Picture to Burn. Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. [169] Swift was one of eight artists to receive a 50th Anniversary Milestone Award at the 2015 Academy of Country Music Awards. [102] Speak Now, released on October 25, 2010,[103] debuted atop the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of one million copies. [24] She was rejected, however, because "everyone in that town wanted to do what I wanted to do. Details, details, details! [368] The Week deemed her the foremost female songwriter of modern times,[369] and the Nashville Songwriters Association International named her Songwriter-Artist of the Decade in 2022. Taylor Swift also reportedly leaves generous tips to waiters. Swift was the first woman and fifth act overall to win Album of the Year twice as a lead artist. "If you're thin enough, then . [615] In 2014, she was named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 list in the music category[616] and again in 2017 in its "All-Star Alumni" category. I was 9 and weird. [355][356] NPR remarked that Swift's songs offer emotional engagement because "the wit and clarity of her arrangements turn them from standard fare to heartfelt disclosures". 12. [249][250], Outside her albums, Swift featured on five songs in 20212023: "Renegade" and "Birch" by Big Red Machine,[251] a remix of Haim's "Gasoline"[252] and Sheeran's "The Joker and the Queen",[253] and "The Alcott" by the National. [450] Swift performed during WorldPride NYC 2019 at the Stonewall Inn, frequently deemed the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement. [299][323] With Folklore and Evermore, critics complimented her sharp and agile yet translucent and controlled vocals. [195] At the American Music Awards of 2018, Swift won four awards, including Artist of the Year and Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist. [258], Swift has won 12 Grammy Awards (including three for Album of the Yeartying for the most by an artist),[579] an Emmy Award,[580] 40 American Music Awards (the most won by an artist),[581] 29 Billboard Music Awards (the most won by a woman),[582] 92 Guinness World Records,[583] 14 MTV Video Music Awards (including three Video of the Year winsthe most by an act),[243] 12 Country Music Association Awards (including the Pinnacle Award),[584] eight Academy of Country Music Awards,[585] and two Brit Awards. [599] The most entries and the most simultaneous entries for an artist on the Billboard Global 200, with 94 and 31 songs, respectively, are among her feats. [597] Swift is the most streamed female act on Spotify,[598] and the only artist to have received more than 200 million streams in one day (228million streams on October 21, 2022). B efore the 11 Grammy wins, before cottagecore, before Joe Alwyn, before Cornelia Street, before the squad, before the legend of track 5, before the endless Easter eggs . While hanging out in Maui with the ladies of Haim, Swift posted this bikini picture revealing her belly button for the first time: OK, maybe it's not the first time we've ever seen Swift's elusive navel, but it's certainly the first time in a while. [115] Rolling Stone placed Speak Now at number 45 in its 2012 list of the "50 Best Female Albums of All Time", writing: "She might get played on the country station, but she's one of the few genuine rock stars we've got these days, with a flawless ear for what makes a song click. Taylor Swift, in full Taylor Alison Swift, (born December 13, 1989, West Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.), American pop and country music singer-songwriter whose tales of young heartache achieved widespread success in the early 21st century. Swift has been featured in rankings such as Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time, Billboard's Greatest of All Time Artists, the Time 100 and Forbes Celebrity 100. [464][452] In the wake of the 2020 George Floyd protests, she donated to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the Black Lives Matter movement,[465] called for the removal of Confederate monuments in Tennessee,[466] and advocated for Juneteenth to become a national holiday. In January 2020, she booked a gym for her workout session and asked everybody to leave the gym including Justin Bieber, who was already working out in the gym when Taylor arrived there. ", "Detwanging country music: how Nashville took the UK", "4 Ways Billboard Woman of the Year Taylor Swift Changed Country Music", "Taylor Swift Left a Blank Space in Country Music. Brand Ambassador & Remuneration. [488] She signed a multi-year deal with television company AT&T in 2016 and bank corporation Capital One in 2019. The singer was seen on Twitter Monday night in a congratulatory video clip for the NBA's MVP award recipient Russell Westbrook. She has a personal assistant named Erica (if you look her up you'll start to notice she's in the background of a ton of Taylor's public appearances) and I believe another one whose name I can't recall right now. [372], Swift's music, life and image are points of attention in the global celebrity culture. [119][120] Swift featured on B.o.B's single "Both of Us", released in May 2012. [437] As recipient of the Academy of Country Music's Entertainer of the Year in 2011, Swift donated $25,000 to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Tennessee. Taylor Swift has been making bold fashion statements for almost a decade. 13 [deleted] 3 yr. ago [removed] [deleted] 3 yr. ago 0 Swiftie13334 3 yr. ago [327] Music theory professor Alyssa Barna said Swift's timbre is "breathy and bright" in the upper register and "full and dark" in the lower. The following is a playlist made by me of Taylor Swift songs that turned me into a Swiftie. [376] She worked with American Express for the "Blank Space" music video (which Kahn directed), and served as an executive producer for the interactive app AMEX Unstaged: Taylor Swift Experience, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Interactive Program in 2015. [230] Folklore was 2020's best-selling album in the U.S. with 1.2million copies. [448], Swift refrained from discussing politics early in her career, fearing it might influence people. [82] Her acceptance speech was interrupted by rapper Kanye West,[83] an incident that became the subject of controversy, widespread media attention, and many Internet memes. Considering Taylor Swift is the world's highest-paid celeb, as Forbes reported in 2019, we're going to venture a guess here and say she could probably afford an in-home chef. Today, they are friends with each other once again. [198] In the U.S., the tour grossed $266.1million in box office and sold over two million tickets, breaking many records, the most prominent being the highest-grossing North American concert tour in history. [509] Swift is the only artist in Luminate Data history to have five albums sell over a million copies in a week. The most daring outfits Taylor Swift has worn over the years, from a see-through catsuit to gowns with bold cutouts. With a net worth of $360 million, you'd probably expect Taylor Swift to have her own in-house chef. [334] She ranked 102nd on the 2023 Rolling Stone list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. [342][343] She delved into the tumult of toxic relationships on Red,[344] and embraced nostalgia and post-romance positivity on 1989. Here are twenty rules Taylor Swift's staff has to follow if they want to work for her. That may sound like a dream to many, but Swift actually enjoys cooking. She had first met Borchetta in 2004. [80] Swift also performed as a supporting act for Keith Urban's Escape Together World Tour in 2009. [622] She was the highest-paid celebrity of 2016 with $170milliona feat recognized by the Guinness World Records as the highest annual earnings ever for a female musician,[623] which she herself surpassed with $185million in 2019. She was one of the recipients of the Nashville Songwriters Association's Songwriter/Artist of the Year in 2007, becoming the youngest person to be honored with the title. ", peaked at number two on the Hot 100. [84] That year she won five American Music Awards, including Artist of the Year and Favorite Country Album. She also took the time to surprise a fan at her bridal shower. [311] Swift eschewed mainstream pop in favor of alternative styles like indie rock with her 2020 studio albums, Folklore and Evermore. Taylor Swift has unlocked the vault. 2", "Taylor Swift Will Keep New Album From Streaming for a Week", "Taylor Swift 'Reputation': Here's what critics are saying", "Official: Taylor Swift's 'Reputation' Album Sells 1.2M Copies in US During First Week", "Taylor Swift's 'Reputation' Rules Australia's Albums Chart", "Taylor Swift is shutting down her Swift Life phone app in February", "Taylor Swift Breaks an All-Time AMA Record And Urges People to Vote in Midterm Elections", "Sugarland Announce New Album 'Bigger,' Taylor Swift Collaboration", "Taylor Swift Announces First Round of Reputation Stadium Tour Dates", "Taylor Swift Closes Reputation Stadium Tour with $345 Million", "Taylor Swift's 'Reputation' Hits Netflix: Twitter Reacts", "Taylor Swift's New Record Deal Affects Thousands of Other Musicians", "Taylor Swift Stands to Make Music Business History as a Free Agent", "Taylor Swift Signs New Deal With Universal Music Group", "What Taylor Swift's new record deal means for the music industry and for her image", "Stream Taylor Swift's New Album, 'Lover', "Taylor Swift Reaches For New Heights of Personal and Musical Liberation on 'Lover', "Official: Taylor Swift's 'Lover' Debuts at No. [101] Swift wrote the album alone and co-produced every track. [52] Borchetta said that although record industry peers initially disapproved of his signing a 15-year-old singer-songwriter, Swift tapped into a previously unknown marketteenage girls who listen to country music. [265] Swift will embark on the Eras Tour in 2023; it broke the record for most concert tickets ever sold in a single day. She graduated one year early. Because of her long-standing BFF status with Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift has no love for Justin Bieber. The critically acclaimed, aptly named Folklore feels like a cozy, autumnal, cardigan-wearing kind of album, homing in . [392], Though Swift is reluctant to publicly discuss her personal life, believing it to be "a career weakness",[393] it is a topic of widespread media attention and tabloid speculation. [241] The film received highly positive reviews of Swift's direction. [157] In November 2014, she removed her entire catalog from Spotify, arguing that the streaming company's ad-supported, free service undermined the premium service, which provides higher royalties for songwriters. ', "Taylor Swift Debuts 'This Love (Taylor's Version),' From '1989' Redo, in Amazon's 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Trailer", "Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon Rev Up Big Red Machine With Help From Taylor Swift", "HAIM Enlist Taylor Swift for New "Gasoline" Remix", "Ed Sheeran & Taylor Swift Release 'The Joker and the Queen' Remix: Watch the Video", "The National Unveils 'First Two Pages of Frankenstein' Tracklist With Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers & Sufjan Stevens", "Taylor Swift Doesn't Make Oscar Shortlist for 'All Too Well' Short Film, but Advances for 'Carolina' Original Song", "Every Taylor Swift Movie Performance, Ranked", "Taylor Swift Making Feature Directing Debut for Searchlight Pictures", "Billboard's Greatest Pop Stars of 2022: No.
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