Taylor Swift

 Taylor Alison Swift, born December 13, 1989 Taylor Alison Swift, born on December 13, 1989, is an American artist and singer. Her discography spans multiple genres and her narrative songwriting--often inspired by her personal experiences -- has received critical praise and widespread media coverage. Swift was born in West Reading, Pennsylvania and relocated to Nashville at the age of 14 years old. In 2004, she signed an arrangement for songwriting with Sony/ATV Music Publishing and in 2005, she signed a recording contract with Big Machine Records. The self-titled debut album she released in 2006 was the first female country artist to co-write or write the lyrics for a US platinum-certified album entirely.Swift's forthcoming albums, Fearless (2008) and Speak Now (2010), focused on country pop. The former's "Love Story" and "You Are My Friend" were the first songs by a country artist to be ranked on the US pop and all-genre airplay charts as well. Swift experimented with rock and electronic styles on Red (2012) the album that included the first Billboard Hot 100 number-one song, "We Are Never Ever Reuniting Together" and she resisted her image as a country singer in her synth-pop album, 1989 (2014) and was supported by chart-topping tracks "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood". Swift left Big Machine in 2017 to sign with Republic Records and release her seventh studio album, Lover (2019), and the autobiographical documentary Miss Americana 2020. Swift's albums for 2020 Folklore, Evermore and Lover were her first forays into indie and alternative rock. Her singles "Cardigan", "Willow" and "Cardigan" made it to the top of the Hot 100. Swift started re-recording her initial six albums following a dispute with their producers, and re-releasing two in 2021--Fearless (Taylor's Version) and Red (Taylor's Version). The Red's "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" became the longest track to make it onto the Hot 100. The tenth album she released was Midnights (2022) and its lead single "Anti-Hero" broke numerous streaming records. Swift is self-directing music videos as well as movies, like All Too Well: The Short Film (2021) as well as played supporting roles in others.Having sold over 200 million records worldwide, Swift is one of the best-selling musicians ever. Swift is the only artist with five albums that sold over a million copies in the US. Her accolades include 11 Grammy Awards, including three Album of the Year wins; an Emmy Award; 40 American Music Awards as well as 29 Billboard Music Awards; and 84 Guinness World Records. Swift was named in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers of All time, Billboard's Greatest of All Time Artists and Forbes Celebrity 100. Swift has been honored with the titles of Artist of the Decade as in addition to Woman of the Decade. Swift is a vocal advocate for women's empowerment and artists rights. Her music is credited with influencing a generation of song-writers and singers.