Taylor Swift
Acting
- Born:
- 1989-12-13
- Place of birth:
- West Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. An influential figure in popular culture, she is known for her autobiographical songwriting and artistic reinventions. Swift is the highest-grossing live music artist, the wealthiest female musician, and one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Swift signed with Big Machine Records in 2005 and debuted as a country singer with the albums Taylor Swift (2006) and Fearless (2008). The singles "Teardrops on My Guitar", "Love Story", and "You Belong with Me" found crossover success on country and pop radio formats. Speak Now (2010) expanded her country pop sound with rock influences, while Red (2012) explored electronic influences. Swift recalibrated her artistic identity from country to pop with the synth-pop album 1989 (2014), while ensuing media scrutiny inspired hip-hop–imbued Reputation (2017). Through the 2010s, she accumulated the US Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", "Bad Blood", and "Look What You Made Me Do". Shifting to Republic Records in 2018, Swift released the eclectic pop album Lover (2019) and re-recorded four of her first six albums due to a dispute with Big Machine. She explored indie folk on the 2020 albums Folklore and Evermore, synth-pop on Midnights (2022) and The Tortured Poets Department (2024), and soft rock on The Life of a Showgirl (2025). The singles "Cardigan", "Willow", "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)", "Anti-Hero", "Cruel Summer", "Is It Over Now?", "Fortnight", "The Fate of Ophelia", and "Opalite" topped the Hot 100. Her Eras Tour (2023–2024) and its associated film, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023), are the highest-grossing concert tour and concert film of all time. Swift is the only artist to have been named the IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year six times. A record eight of her albums have each sold over a million copies first-week in the US. Publications such as Rolling Stone and Billboard have ranked Swift among the greatest artists of all time. She is the first individual from the arts to be named Time Person of the Year (2023) and the youngest female inductee of the Songwriters Hall of Fame (2026). Her accolades include 14 Grammy Awards—including a record four Album of the Year wins—and a Primetime Emmy Award. Swift is the most-awarded artist of the American Music Awards, the Billboard Music Awards, and the MTV Video Music Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Taylor Swift, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Icon Sessions with Taylor Swift
The Taylor Swift Years - Schicksalsjahre eines Superstars
Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness
Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/20
Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special
The End of an Era
Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show
Taylor Swift | The Official Release Party of a Showgirl
Taylor
The Kingdom
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Taylor Swift vs Scooter Braun: Bad Blood
Make America Swift Again
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR
Coal Miner's Daughter: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Loretta Lynn
Amsterdam
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
All Too Well: The Short Film
Directors on Directors
Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
Selena + Chef
Dear Class of 2020
Taylor Swift City of Lover Concert
One World: Together at Home
Miss Americana
Cats
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Taylor Swift: Lover's Lounge Live
Prime Day Concert 2019
Bluebird
Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour
Taylor Swift: The Road to Reputation
AT&T Taylor Swift NOW: Chicago Secret Concert
The Biggest Weekend
The Making of a Song
Taylor Swift: Super Saturday Night Show
The True Story of...
AT&T Taylor Swift NOW: I Did A Special Event
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2014
Country Queens at the BBC
The Giver
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
America's Sweethearts: Queens Of Nashville
Radio Disney Music Awards
Taylor Swift: Live On the Seine
Taylor Swift: VH1 Storytellers
The Lorax
Country at the BBC
Taylor Swift: Speak Now World Tour Live
New Girl
Hamish and Andy's Gap Year
The Voice
Girls' Night Out: Superstar Women of Country
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
Taylor Swift: Speak Now
Taylor Swift: Journey to Fearless
BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge
Valentine's Day
The Jay Leno Show
Taylor Swift: Live at CMC Rocks the Snowys
Hannah Montana: The Movie
MTV World Stage
Sound Relief - SCG
Jonas Brothers: The Concert Experience
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
CMT Crossroads: Taylor Swift & Def Leppard
Once Upon a Prom
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
The Graham Norton Show
The Megan Mullally Show
America's Got Talent
Taylor Swift: A Place in This World
Germany's Next Topmodel
Dancing with the Stars
VH1 Storytellers
Tout le monde en parle
Strictly Come Dancing
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Punk'd
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
CMT Crossroads
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Teen Choice Awards
Christmas In Rockefeller Center
Elle Style Awards
Classic Albums
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Late Show with David Letterman
Later... with Jools Holland
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Billboard Music Awards
The Oprah Winfrey Show
MTV Video Music Awards
Entertainment Tonight
Nightline
CBS News Sunday Morning
Saturday Night Live
People's Choice Awards
Good Morning America
American Music Awards
60 Minutes
Academy of Country Music Awards
The Grammys
Today
Golden Globe Awards