Taylor Swift – Biography, Height, Husband, Boyfriend, Family

Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for her genre-spanning discography and songwriting. Her narrative lyrics—often inspired by her personal life—have received critical praise and widespread media coverage. Born in West Reading, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 14 to pursue a career in country music. She signed a songwriting contract with Sony/ATV Music Publishing in 2004 and a recording deal with Big Machine Records in 2005. Her eponymous debut studio album arrived in 2006, and its singles "Teardrops on My Guitar" and "Our Song" were successful on both country and pop radio.

She explored country pop on her next albums Fearless (2008) and Speak Now (2010), whose singles "Love Story", "You Belong with Me" and "Back to December" established her as a leading crossover act. Experiments with rock and electronic genres on her fourth studio album, Red (2012), spawned the singles "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", "I Knew You Were Trouble" and "22" that signaled Swift's transition to mainstream pop. She eschewed country completely on her synth-pop album 1989 (2014) and its chart-topping tracks "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood". Media scrutiny on her private life inspired Reputation (2017), which drew from urban sounds. Led by "Look What You Made Me Do", the album made Swift the only act in MRC Data history to have four albums each sell over a million copies in a week.

Departing from Big Machine, Swift signed with Republic Records in 2018 and released her seventh studio album, Lover (2019). Veered by the COVID-19 pandemic, she ventured into indie folk and alternative rock styles on her 2020 albums, Folklore and Evermore, receiving plaudits for their nuanced storytelling. Following a masters dispute, Swift released the re-recordings Fearless (Taylor's Version) and Red (Taylor's Version) to universal acclaim in 2021. Number-one songs "Cardigan", "Willow" and "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" made Swift the only act to simultaneously debut atop the US Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts three times. Besides music, she has played supporting roles in films such as Valentine's Day (2010) and Cats (2019), released the autobiographical documentary Miss Americana (2020), and directed the musical films Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions (2020) and All Too Well: The Short Film (2021).

With over 200 million records sold worldwide, Swift is one of the best-selling musicians of all time. Eight of her songs have topped the Hot 100, and her concert tours are some of the highest-grossing in history. She has received 11 Grammy Awards (including three Album of the Year wins), an Emmy Award, 34 American Music Awards (the most for an artist), 29 Billboard Music Awards (the most for a woman) and 58 Guinness World Records, among other accolades. She has featured on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time (2015), Billboard's Greatest of All Time Artists (2019), the Time 100 and Forbes Celebrity 100 rankings. Having been honored with titles such as Woman of the Decade and Artist of the Decade, Swift is regarded as a pop icon owing to her influential career, philanthropy, and advocacy for artists' rights and women's empowerment.