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Taylor Swift

(The music industry)


Taylor Alison Swift is a singer, songwriter,
American actress and director .

Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, she moved to


Nashville, Tennessee at age 14 to pursue a country
music career. She signed to independent record label
Big Machine Records and became the youngest artist
signed to Sony/ATV Music Publishing House.
As a philanthropist, she supports arts education,
children's literacy, natural disaster relief funds,
feminism, LGBT rights, and charities for sick children.
Due to various factors, such as her impact on the world
of music, her great commercial success and her media
influence, she was named in 2019 as the "woman of
the decade" by Billboard Magazine , while at the
American Music Awards she was recognized as the
"artist of the decade." According to data provided by
the IFPI, she is the most successful female artist of the
2010s.
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Debut
Taylor Swift is the first self-titled studio album by pop and
country singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The album was
released on 24
October 2006 under the Big Machine Records label.
Taylor Swift has received positive reviews, which praised
Swift's talent. The album enjoyed commercial success; In the
United States, it peaked at number 5 on the Billard 200, charted
on the Top Country Albums Chart for twenty-four non-
consecutive weeks, and was certified seven times platinum by
the RIAA.
Genres : Country, pop rock
Fearless
Fearless is the second studio album by American country and pop
singer Taylor Swift. The album was released on November 11, 2008 ,
through the Big Machine Records label.

debuting at number 1 on the Billboard 200 and on Top Country


Albums. The release sold 592,000 copies in the United States in its
first week, the largest sum for an album in that country since the
Eagles' Long Road Out of Eden in November 2007. Fearless then
became the first album to sell a million copies in 2009 and won the
title of best-selling album of that same year in the United States,
managing to sell 3,127,000 copies. As of September 2010, the album
has been certified 8 times platinum by the RIAA .

Genres : Country pop


Fearless Tour
In January 2009, Swift announced her first tour, during which
she visited fifty-two cities in thirty-eight provinces and states,
in the United States.
United States and Canada in a period of six months. Opening
acts included Kellie Pickler and Gloriana, a new country music
group. The show was divided into three acts that included a
theatrical presentation of graphics, sets and visual elements
designed by the singer, who played guitar and piano. Multiple
costume changes and a fairytale castle were also elements of the
program. The tour began on April 23 in Evansville, Indiana.
Speak now
Speak Now is the third studio album by Taylor Swift, released on
October 25, 2010 by the Big Machine Records record label.
Production of the album took place between 2009 and 2010 in
various recording studios and was led by Swift and Nathan
Chapman.

Speak Now . It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart in


the US. USA, being Swift's second consecutive album to top that
list. Its first-week sales of 1,047,000 copies made it the fifth-largest
debut in history for a female artist.

Genres : Pop rock, country pop


Speak now Tour
On September 7, 2010, the first dates of the tour were
confirmed, which would begin in February 2011 in Osaka,
Japan. The tour consisted of a total of 111 concerts in 18
countries around the world, and was completed in 2012. In
Spain, he performed on March 19, 2011, at the Sports Palace of
the Community of Madrid, being his first visit to Spain.

The tour visited Asia, Europe, South America


North and Australia. The tour was ranked 10th on Pollstar's "Top
50 Worldwide Tour (Mid Year)", earning more than $40 million.
At the end of 2011, the tour ranked fifth on Billboard's annual
"Top 25 Tours" list, earning $123 million from 89 shows. On
this tour the singer covered the song "Lucky" by pop star Britney
Spears.
Grid
Red is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter
Taylor Swift. It was released on October 22, 2012 through Big
Machine Records.

According to Metacritic, the album received generally positive


reviews from professional music critics, earning it 77 points out of
100 based on its reviews. Various critics praised the change in genre of
the singer's music in relation to her previous ones. It had a good
commercial reception worldwide, as it reached number one in eight
countries and was among the ten best sellers in more than eleven
territories.
Genres : Pop, country, rock
Red Tour
Red Tour was Taylor Swift's third tour to promote her studio
album Red . It began on March 13, 2013 in the United States
and ended on June 12, 2014 in Singapore.

The tour began on March 13, 2013 in Omaha, United States,


and ended on December 14 of the same year in Melbourne,
Australia. It had fifty-eight presentations in forty-five different
cities, and had British singer Ed Sheeran as a special guest.
Tickets for the tour began to be sold on November 16, 2012,
and that same day fourteen dates were sold out in less than
twenty-five minutes for stadiums and arenas in various areas of
the United States.
1989
1989 is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter
Taylor Swift, released on October 27, 2014 through the Big
Machine Records label.

Music specialists and awarding organizations awarded different


honors to 1989. At the end of 2014 it appeared on more than ten
lists of the best albums of the year, reaching the top ten in
American Songwriter, Time, The New York Times, Rolling
Stone and crowning the Billboard count. It was also nominated at
the Echo Awards and the Juno Awards in the category of best
international album and earned its nomination for best pop/rock
album at the American Music Awards. In February 2016, Swift
became the first female artist to win the Grammy for Album of
the Year for the second time in 1989, and on the same night she
won her first Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album.

Genres: pop, synthpop


1989
Tour
The 1989 World Tour was Taylor Swift's fourth tour, undertaken to promote her fifth
studio album, 1989 , from 2014. It began in May 2015 in Tokyo, Japan, and ended in
December in Melbourne, Australia. Throughout the tour, the singer visited eighty-five
dates across four continents: North America, Asia, Europe,
and Oceania; and raised more than 250 million. Thanks to
this, the singer was the highest-grossing artist in ticket sales
in 2015 and The 1989 World Tour itself became the largest
North American tour in history commercially.
Reputation
Reputation is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on November 10,
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Genres : Electropop, dance pop, synthpop, pop


Reputation Tour
reputation Tour , was the fifth world concert tour and first stadium tour by American
singer Taylor Swift, carried out in order to promote her
sixth album.
study, Reputation (2017). The start of the tour was on May
8, 2018 in the city of Glendale and ended on November
21, 2018 in Tokyo, with 53 concerts.
It welcomed 2,888,892 attendees and grossed a total of
$345.7 million, becoming Swift's most successful tour to
date and the highest-grossing tour in the history of the
United States and North America.

On December 13, 2018, Swift announced that the concert


footage would be released worldwide on Netflix on
December 31, 2018.
lover
Lover is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on August 23,
2019 through Republic Records. As executive producer, Swift
worked with producers Jack Antonoff, Louis Bell, Frank Dukes and
Joel Little on the album.
Lover debuted at the top of the US Billboard 200 chart. USA,
selling 867,000 units in its first week. It also debuted at number one in
many countries. Lover was double certified
platinum by RIAA for selling more than 2 million units in the
United States. It was the best-selling album of 2019 in the
country. Globally, "Lover" was the best-selling album by a
female solo artist of 2019

Genres : Pop, synth-pop, electropop, pop rock


Folklore
Folklore is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was a surprise album,
released through Republic Records on July 24, 2020, eleven
months after its predecessor, Lover (2019). With production and
composition at the hands of Swift herself, Jack Antonoff and
Aaron Dessner,

Folklore was also a commercial success. In the United States, it


debuted at first place on the Billboard 200 list with 846,000 units
sold, the week with the highest sales since Swift's own album
Lover , being the singer's seventh album at number one in the
United States and the most sold in 2020.

Genres : Indie folk, alternative rock, electro-folk, chamber pop


Evermore
Evermore is the ninth studio album by American singer-
songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on December 11, 2020 ,
through Republic Records, less than five months after Swift's
eighth studio album.

Evermore reached number one in Australia, Belgium, Canada,


New Zealand, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United
States. Debuted at the top
on the Billboard 200 with 329,000 copies sold, making Swift the
first woman in US history to accumulate eight consecutive
number one debuts on the chart. All 15 songs from the album
entered the Billboard Hot 100 in the same week, led by the lead
single "Willow",

Genres: Alternative rock, Folk-pop, Chamber pop


songs
debut songs Fearless songs

Tim McGraw. Fearless.


Picture to burn. teardrops on my guitar. A place in Fifteen.
this world. Love story.
Cold as you. Hey Stephen.
The outside. White horse.
Tied together with a smile. You belong with you.
Stay beautiful. Breath.
Should have said no. Tell me why.
Mary song (oh my my my) Our song. You are not sorry.
im only me when im with you. invisible. The way I loved you.
A perfectly good heart. Forever and always.
The best day.
Change.
Speak now songs Network songs

Mine. state of grace


Sparks fly. Grid
Back to December. Treacherous
Speak now. I knew you are trouble
Dear john. All to well
Mean. 22
The story of us. I almost do
Never grow up. We are never ever back together
Enchanted. stay stay stay
Better than revenge. The last time
Innocent. Holy ground
Haunted. sad beautiful tragic
last kiss the lucky one
long live Everything has changed
Ours starlight
If this was a movie Begin again
superman
1989 songs Reputation songs

Welcome to New York Ready for it


Blank space. end game
Style. I Did something bad
Out of the woods Don't blame me
All you had to do was stay. delicate
Shake off Look what you made me do
I wish you would. So it goes
Bad blood. Gorgeous
Wildest dreams. getaway car
How you get the girl. King of my heart
This love. Dancing with our hands tied
I know places. dress
Clean. This is why we can't have nice things
Wonderland. Call it want you want
You are in love. new years day
New romantics.
Lover songs Folklore songs

I forgot that you existed Cardigan


Cruel summer The last great american dynasty
lover Exile
The man My tears ricochet
The archer
I think he knows
mirrorbell
Miss Americana & the heartbreak prince seven
Paper rings August
Cornelia Street This is my trying
Death by a thounsand cuts Illicit Affairs
london boy invisible string
Soon you'll get better Mad woman
false god Epiphany
You need to calm down Betty
Afterglow
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Peace
It's nice to have a friend Hoax
Daylight The lakes
The 1
evermore songs

Willow Champagne problems Gold


rush 'tis the damn season Tolerate it No body,
no crime Happiness Dorothea
coney island
ivy
Cowboy like me
Long story short
Marjorie
Closure
Evermore
Right where you left me
It's time to go
Recordings
Taylor does not have the rights to the original
recordings of her first six albums, so she cannot return
to them due to copyright. But she does own the
compositions, so she can re-record them with her new
record label .

In 2019, Taylor announced that Braun sold the rights to


those first six studio albums to a private equity
company without her knowledge, a transaction valued
at $300 million.

"Now Scooter has stripped me of my life's work, which


I never had the opportunity to purchase.
"Basically, my musical legacy is about to fall into the
hands of whoever tried to dismantle it," Swift said at the
time.
Your re - recorded albums

Fearless (Taylor's version) Red (Taylor's version)


Fearless (Taylor's Version)
Fearless (Taylor's Version) is the first re-recorded studio album by
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released through
Republic Records on April 9, 2021. It is a re-recording of Swift's
second studio album, Fearless , and the first of six albums Swift
plans to re-record, following the dispute over the ownership of her
first six studio albums.

Recorded with newer vocals, Fearless (Taylor's Version) consists


of all 19 tracks from the platinum edition of Swift's second studio
album, Fearless , her 2010 single "Today Was a Fairytale" and six
additional From the Vault songs that did not were included on the
2008 album. Fearless (Taylor's Version) replicates the
instrumentation of the 2008 recording, produced by Swift and
Christopher Rowe; Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner co-produced
the tracks From the Vault with Swift.
Red (Taylor's Version)
Red (Taylor's Version) is the second re-recorded album by American
singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on November 12, 2021 through
Republic Records. It is a re-recording of Swift's fourth studio album,
Red (2012), and follows her first re-recorded album, Fearless (Taylor's
Version) , which was released in April 2021. The rerecording is Swift's
countermeasure against changing ownership of the masters for her first
six studio albums.

The track listing was released on August 6, 2021, confirming


collaborations with Phoebe Bridgers, Chris Stapleton and Ed Sheeran on
the album's "From the Vault" tracks, which are songs that were written
for Red but did not make it. to the final cut. It includes "Better Man"
(2016) and "Babe" (2018), two songs that Swift wrote but were recorded
by American country bands Little Big Town and Sugarland,
respectively, and her 2012 charity single "Ronan."
VAULT SONGS

Fearless (tv) vault songs Red (tv) vault songs


- Better - You All Over Me .Maren Man
Morris - Nothing New feat. Phoebe Bridgers
- We Were Happy - Babe
- That's .Keith Urban - Message in a Bottle
- I Bet You - Don't You Think About Me feat. Chris Stapleton
- Mr. Perfectly Fine -Forever Winter
- Bye Bye Baby - Run feat. Ed Sheeran
- The Very First Night
- All Too Well Ten Minute Version
Movies/ documentaries
cats
Cats is a British-American comedy film
drama, fantasy, musical and animation based on the
musical of the same name, which in turn was based on
Old Man Possum's Book of Skilled Cats by T. S. Elliot.
It was directed by Tom Hooper, his second musical film
after Les Misérables (2012), and starred Jennifer
Hudson, Francesca Hayward, James Corden, Idris Elba,
Taylor
Swift , Rebel Wilson, Jason Derulo, Ian McKellen and
Judi Dench. The film premiered on December 20, 2019
under the distribution of Universal Pictures. 1
The giver
The Giver is an American social science fiction film directed by
Phillip Noyce, and starring Jeff Bridges, Brenton Thwaites, Odeya
Rush, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgård, Katie Holmes and
Cameron Monaghan. 3 The film is the film version of the novel of
the same name (in Spanish, The Giver ), written by Lois Lowry in
1993.
Valentine's day
Valentine 's Day is a 2010 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry
Marshall. The screenplay and story were written by Katherine Fugate, Abby Kohn
and Marc Silverstein. The film has a cast made up of Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates,
Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Héctor Elizondo, Jamie
Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Topher Grace, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher, Queen
Latifah, Taylor Lautner, George Lopez, Shirley MacLaine, Emma Roberts, Julia
Roberts, Carter Jenkins and Taylor Swift.
Hannah Montana the movie
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Montana: The Movie ) is a 2009 musical comedy-drama teen film based on one of the
hit Disney Channel series, Hannah Montana . Taylor Swift appears in the film
unnamed, or perhaps as herself, and is credited as the lead .
All too well short film
All Too Well: The Short Film
an American romantic drama short film written, directed and produced by Taylor
Swift. Titled after Swift's 2012 song "All Too Well," the film is based on the premise
of the 10-minute version of the song, and stars Sadie Sink and Dylan O'Brien as a
couple in a destined romantic relationship. to fall apart; Swift also makes a brief
appearance. It was released on YouTube on November 12, 2021, along with Swift's
re-recorded second album, Red (Taylor's Version) . The film premiered the same day
at the AMC Theaters in Lincoln Square, New York.
miss american
Miss Americana is a documentary film, directed by Lana Wilson, that follows the
life of American singer Taylor Swift throughout several years of her career. The film
debuted on the opening night of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival on January 23,
2020, and was released on Netflix and in select theaters on January 31, 2020.

Netflix described the film as "a raw and emotionally revealing look at Swift" during a
transformative period in her life as she learns to embrace her role not only as a
songwriter and performer, but as a woman harnessing the full power of her voice.
Upon its release, it became the highest-rated Netflix original biographical
documentary film by an artist in IMDb history.
CATS
Meredith Gray
Meredith Gray is one of Taylor's pets, a Scottish Fold
cat, named after the character Meredith Gray (played by
Ellen Pompeo) from Taylor's favorite show, Grey's
Anatomy . Taylor purchased Meredith on October 31,
2011. She is included in many of Taylor's social media
posts. Meredith is the older "sister" of Olivia Benson,
and her little brother is Benjamin Button.

Taylor has been reported as saying that 'Meredith is one


of the best cats. She doesn't leave any fur or hairballs
and is never aggressive or afraid to be around people.
Olivia Benson
In June 2014, Taylor got a new cat whom she named
Olivia Benson after the character played by Mariska
Hargitay on Law & Order: SVU , one of Taylor's
favorite television shows.

Like Meredith, Olivia Benson is a Scottish cat.

She is the younger "sister" of Meredith Gray and the


older "sister" of Benjamin Button.
Benjamin Button
Benjamin Button is Taylor Swift's newest cat. It's a
Ragdoll kitten. He is the brother of older sister,
Meredith Gray, and middle daughter, Olivia Benson.
He was first seen in Taylor's music video for "ME!" ",
when Brendon Urie was seen giving the cat to Taylor as
a gift. A few minutes before the video dropped, Taylor
mentioned in the pre-release YouTube chat that she had
a surprise she'd been saving for months.

The secret turned out to be that I had gotten this new


cat!
Grammys
winner
Grammys 2008
In 2008 Taylor Swift was nominated for 1 Grammy
Award in the category:

- Best new artist (nominated)


Grammys 2010
In 2010 Taylor Swift was nominated for 8 Grammy
Awards, being the second artist with the most
nominations, only behind Beyoncé's 10.

- Record of the year with you belong with


- Song of the year with you belong with me
- Best female vocal performance with you belong with
me
- Best pop collab. With vowels with breath
- Best Female Country Performance with White Horse
- Best Country Song with White Horse
- Best Country Album with Fearless
- Best Album of the Year with Fearless
Grammys 2012
In 2012 Taylor Swift was nominated for 3 Grammy
Awards in the categories:

- Best Country Album with speak now


- Best country solo performance (mean)
- Best country song (mean)
Grammys 2013
In 2013 Taylor Swift was nominated for 3 Grammy
Awards, of which she won 1, in the categories:

- Best Country Group Performance with safe and


sound
- Record of the year with WANEGBT
- Best song written for social media with safe and
sound
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In 2014 Taylor Swift was nominated for 4 Grammy
Awards in the categories:

- Album of the Year with red


- Best Country Album with network
- Best Country Song begin again
- Best Female Country Artist
Grammys 2015
In 2015 Taylor Swift was nominated for 3 Grammy
Awards in the categories:

- Record of the Year with shake it off


- Song of the Year shake it off
- Best Pop Solo Performance shake it off
Grammys 2016
In 2013 Taylor Swift was nominated for 7 Grammy
Awards in the categories:

- Record of the Year with blank space


- Song of the Year with blank space
- Best Pop Solo Performance with on blank space
- Album of the Year with 1989
- Best Pop Vocal Album with 1989
- Best Pop Duo/Group Performance with bad blood
- Best Music Video with bad blood
Grammys 2021
In 2021 Taylor Swift was nominated for 6 Grammy
Awards in the categories:
- Best pop album with folklore
- Album of the year with folklore
- Song of the year with cardigan
- Best pop solo performance with cardigan
- Best Pop Duo/Group Performance with exile
- Best Song Written for Visual Media with Beautiful
Ghosts
Met gala
Met Gala 2010
Met gala 2008
When the 9-year-old went out to her first Met Gala in 2008, she
was still a teenager and had the long curly blonde locks that were
her signature at the time. That year's theme was Superheroes:
Fashion and Fantasy , and she translated that theme into a look
that channeled a golden goddess, wearing a floor-length
shimmering gold Badgley Mischka dress with her blonde locks
cascading over her shoulders.
Year 2008
Theme: Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy
Designer: Badgley Mischka
Fast forward to Swift's upcoming Met Gala in 2010 and the red lip
fans know and love was a focal point, perfectly contrasting her
angelic white dress from the Ralph Lauren collection.
Taylor Swift opted for a low-key look for the second time at the
event. Her off-the-shoulder Ralph Lauren dress showed off her
more grown-up side, while her signature red lip was an indication
of her own identity as an American woman.
Year 2010
Topic: 'American Woman: Forming a National Identity'
Designer: Ralph Lauren Collection
Met Gala 2010
Met Gala 2011
When Taylor appeared on her third Met Gala red carpet, she was a
full-fledged style darling, and she brought it with this stunning J
dress. Mendel. The lace, the mesh, the capes, the train – she
practically nailed the “wild beauty” theme.
Year 2011
Theme: 'Alexander McQueen: Wild Beauty'
Designer: J. Mendel
Met Gala 2013
Taylor fully embraced the 2013 "punk" theme. This daring black
dress by J. Mendel, complete with dramatic cutouts and a jeweled
necklace, was a departure for the singer (especially when paired
with those smoky eyes and uncharacteristic nude lips), but it
worked.
Year 2013
Theme: 'PUNK: Chaos to Couture'
Designer: J. Mendel
Met Gala 2014
In a complete 180 from the previous year, Taylor brought
Hollywood glamor to the 2014 Met Gala red carpet. This Oscar de
la Renta dress was the perfect combination of soft and subtle in
the front, and dramatic and striking in the back: a quintessential
Met Ball dress
Year 2014
Topic: 'Charles James: beyond fashion'
Designer: Oscar de la Renta
Met Gala 2016
As co-chair of the 2016 Met Gala, Taylor Swift fully committed to the
tech-inspired theme. The musical powerhouse hit the red carpet in a
custom Louis Vuitton design that felt darker and bolder than the looks
she's worn in previous years. Her freshly dyed platinum hair, lace-up
sandals, and plum lipstick gave the dress a dose of sass. Now THIS is the
Taylor we love to see on the red carpet.

Year: 2016
Theme: 'Manus x Machina: Fashion in the age of technology'
Designer: Louis Vuitton
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