Taylor Swift began her music career as a 14-year-old teenager and it wasn’t long before she became a pop star.
A whole generation grew up listening to her songs and today fills every stadium where she performs, faithfully accompanying her through a successful career that could be imagined from afar like a fairy tale, but also from afar It’s full of struggle, drama, ups and downs, love and heartbreak.
The artist was born on December 13, 1989 in Pennsylvania and moved to Tennessee, USA with her family in 2003. There he got the opportunity signs his first contract with record label Big Machine Recordsthe youngest composer hired by this company.
At 33, Taylor is one of the most listened to artists with more than 92 million monthly listeners on SpotifyShe is also part of Forbes magazine’s list of the 100 most influential women in the world.
Taylor Swift on Instagram “The Eras Tour”.
Despite topping the last decade as one of the music industry’s biggest phenomena, from his beginnings in country and his transition to popand that his songs are anthems for his large fan base, Taylor does not give up and continues to surprise his followers with successful productions.
Let’s recap the events that shaped her career and led to her establishing herself as one of the most popular singer-songwriters of recent times.
discography
In his nearly two-decade career, Taylor has a discography of 10 studio albums and three new recordings. His first six albums were recorded under his first record label.
Taylor Swift was released in October 2006. her first self-titled albumwhich contained three songs written by herself and the others co-written with collaborators.
“Fearless”In 2008 her second studio album was released, along with the single “Love Story”, one of the artist’s most well-known songs. Other hits from this album include “White Horse”, “You Belong With Me” and “Fifteen”.
This record was so successful that He was nominated for eight Grammy Awards that year.With a win in four categories, Taylor was the youngest singer to do so at the time.
In 2010, the pop star released her third album “Speak Now”which includes popular songs like “Back to December” and “Mine”, which earned her a Guinness record for the number of downloads of the production.
The single “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” was released two years later. to promote their fourth album “Red”, This included other iconic Taylor songs like “I Knew You Were Trouble”, “22” and “Everything Has Changed”.
Up until this album, Taylor had maintained a more country-leaning style until turning to pop, a shift that began with the release of ” “1989”, his fifth album released in 2014.
The album, which included singles like “Shake It Off,” “Blank Space,” “Bad Blood,” and “Wildest Dreams,” sold 1.28 million copies in the US alone His tour “The 1989 World Tour” was the highest-grossing of 2015.
Taylor Swift on “The 1989 World Tour” AP
The sixth album was released in 2017 with the name “Call”. The most famous musical themes of this production include “Look What You Made Me Do” and “Ready For It”.
The latter was followed “Lover”. The seventh CD was released on August 23, 2019 and contained songs like “London Boy” and “Cruel Summer”.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Taylor took her fans by surprise “Folklore”. His eighth studio album topped the Billboard charts for six straight weeks.
Just five months later, and also surprisingly, Taylor released his ninth album, which he named “Always”, a conceptual continuation of its predecessor.
midnight It is the American singer-songwriter’s tenth album, consisting of thirteen songs inspired by what she describes as “the thirteen sleepless nights” of her life. For the album, she chose a glamorous visual aesthetic inspired by 1970s fashion and art.
Why is Taylor re-recording her first albums?
Taylor Swift’s career began when she was very young. While still a minor, he signed a 13-year deal with Big Machine Records, managed by Scott Borchetta.
Under the label of this company, the singer released her first six albums: Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989 and Reputation.
When the contract expired in 2018, Taylor decided to work with another music producer, angering the label, which tried to keep the artist. denied him the rights to the original recordings of his first six albumsresulting in Taylor losing ownership of his songs.
The company then intercepted all of Taylor’s tracks, including her copyrighted videos. Acquisition of legal ownership of all musical works of the artist.
So his own compositions became someone else’s Taylor couldn’t sing them anymore at concerts or award ceremonies.
However, she still owned the copyright to all titles. Therefore in 2019 announced that he would be re-recording his first six albums.
The American singer released her third newly recorded album this week, “Speak Now”which contains six previously unreleased songs.
Taylor Swift on the cover of Instagram’s Speak Now album re-release
“Speak Now” includes “Taylor’s Version”, as the artist calls the songs in her newly recorded versionhits like “Mine” and “Back to December,” which topped the Billboard charts in 2010 when the original album was released.
This new album comes two years after its release the re-recorded version of two of their classic albums“Fearless” and “Red,” which made the American a ubiquitous character.
Ex inspired songs
Taylor Swift has stated this in various interviews usually draws inspiration from his own personal experiences when composing their songs, including their love affairs.
Proof of this are the musical themes addressed to some of her ex-boyfriends, even without the artist’s confirmation. At least that’s what his fans have been saying for years.
This list is just a few of Taylor’s high-profile love and heartbreak stories turned into songs.
Taylor Lautner
The artist met actor Taylor Lautner, star of the ‘Twilight’ saga, while they were filming the movie ‘Valentine’s Day’ together in 2010, and a brief romance began shortly after. He’s one of Swift’s few exes to whom she doesn’t devote a spiteful song, but an apology.
“I never felt the need to apologize in song, but in the last two years I have experienced a lot, including many different types of learning hours. And sometimes you learn a lesson too late and then you have to apologize for your sloppiness,” Taylor Swift wrote of Back to December.
The song, which the actor himself says was composed for him, contains a number of references that leave no doubt that it was an account of what his love affair was like and how it ended.
Taylor Lautner and Taylor SwiftInstagram
In her song Swift Mention physical details of the actor, like “her tanned skin” and “her sweet smile”. But what definitely confirms the theory is the part of the song that says, “And it was when you hugged me that September night that you saw me cry for the first time.”
This verse refers to the fact that Lautner was by his side during the controversial incident with Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards in September 2010, when the rapper tried to dismiss and ridicule Swift for winning the Best Female Video award, saying instead that Beyoncé deserved it.
The ex-boyfriends are currently on friendly terms, in fact Lautner is the protagonist of Swift’s latest music video for the song “I Can See You.”
John Mayer
According to her fans, the song “Dear John” was dedicated to Taylor’s relationship with fellow singer John Mayer. It’s an emotional theme that describes a painful romance and speaks of deception, manipulation and heartbreak.
Joe Jonas
“Last Kiss”, “Mr. “Perfectly Fine” and “Forever and Always” are the three songs Taylor would have dedicated to one of the Jonas Brothers, Joe Jonas, who ended his relationship with the singer-songwriter in a 27-second phone call 15 years ago.
Harry Styles
The Tennessee artist, who had an occasional relationship with the former One Direction member, dedicated several songs to him. Including “I Knew You Were Trouble”, “Style” or “Wonderland”.
However, neither Taylor nor Harry Styles have ever discussed it.
Jake Gyllenhaal
The lyrics to the song “All Too Well,” a breakup anthem, were directly inspired by Taylor’s relationship with actor Jake Gyllenhaal.
Judging by the depth of the lyrics, this relationship left its mark on the artist, despite the fact that the romance only lasted three months.
Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal Instagram
“All Too Well” tells the end of a passionate relationship from the point of view of an abandoned girl. gives clues to the age difference between the twojust like in real life since, among other things, Gyllenhaal was eight years older than Taylor.
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Joe Alwyn
For Joe Alwyn, who was her boyfriend from 2016 until their split in April this year, So far, Taylor has only written love lyrics and really romantic.
The London actor was the muse of the artist who wrote such songs “Lover”, “London Boy” And “Magnificent”.
awards
Taylor Swift has won 12 Grammy Awards in major categories over the course of her career, including “Album of the Year”, “Best song” And “Best Music Video”.
He currently holds the record for the most honored artist in the history of the American Music Awards. Taylor Swift has a total of 40 awards and is the only one to have won the Artist of the Year category seven times.
Taylor Swift keeps part of her American Music Awards on Instagram
In 2019, she was named Billboard magazine’s “Woman of the Decade” and in 2022, she was named to Forbes’ 100 Most Influential Women list.
Last year she was also awarded a doctorate Honoris Causa in Fine Arts from New York University.
His influence has led to Taylor Swift even being the subject of a degree at this university. It was held by Rolling Stone magazine journalist Brittany Spanos to chart the “Shake It Off” hitmaker’s journey in the music industry, her creativity, the lyrics to her songs and her legacy.
The Hollywood Academy invited Taylor Swift to become a part of their membership a few days ago
At the beginning of 2023, Taylor Swift’s net worth was around $740 million.
Taylor, actress and producer
Hand-in-hand with Netflix, the singer starred in the 2020 documentary Miss Americana, which chronicles her life and history in the music industry.
As well as being a singer-songwriter, producer and businesswoman, Taylor Swift has appeared in films such as The Giver of Memories (2014) and Amsterdam (2022).
He has also directed some of his music videos Folklore: The Recordings at Long Pond Studio (2020) and All Too Well: The Short Film (2021).
Taylor Swift in a promotional photo for the Red album relaunch on Instagram
Epoch Tour
After five years of her last international tour, Taylor Swift has returned to the stage with her Eras Tour and From Now On Ticket sales records broken in every city and country that you add to your calendar.
The euphoria of the fans is so great that the platform of Ticketmaster, the company responsible for ticket sales, collapsed several times in advance. In a single day, Taylor managed to sell around two million tickets in a single day.
Taylor Swift on Instagram “The Eras Tour”.
The artist took part in her tour Mexico, Argentina and Brazilignoring the rest of Latin American countries.
Chilean President Gabriel Boric He asked Taylor via his Twitter account to add this South American nation to his list. The Prime Minister of Canada did the same just a few days ago Justin Trudeausince Canada was also not included in the itinerary.
“Eras Tour” grossed about $300 million between March and June of this year. If the tour goes through August 2024 as planned, Taylor Swift will be there could earn at least $1.3 billion.
The causes he defends
Taylor used her influence on millions of people and raised her voice on more than one occasion for various social causes.
He was a supporter of the abortion rights movement, has publicly fought against sexism and misogyny Inside and outside of the music industry and is a key advocate of the Time’s Up movement against sexual harassment.
In addition, the singer supports the LGBTQ+ community and even writes songs against discrimination. He has also spoken out against racism and gun control in the United States.