:Taylor Swift

{{Infobox person

| name = Taylor Swift

| image = Taylor Swift at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards (3).png

| alt = Swift glancing towards her left

| caption = Swift in 2023

| birth_name = Taylor Alison Swift

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|12|13}}

| birth_place = West Reading, Pennsylvania, US

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| organization = Taylor Swift Productions

| relatives = {{plainlist|

Austin Swift (brother)
Marjorie Finlay (grandmother)

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| occupation = {{flatlist|

Singer-songwriter
{{nowrap|record producer}}
actress
director

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| years_active = 2003–present

| awards = Full list

| website = {{Official URL}}

| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes

| origin = Nashville, Tennessee, US

| genre = {{flatlist|

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| instruments = {{flatlist|

Vocals
guitar
piano
banjo
ukulele

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| label = {{flatlist|

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| signature = Taylor Swift signature.svg

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Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter known for her autobiographical songwriting and artistic versatility. One of the world's best-selling artists, she is also the highest-grossing touring artist and the first to amass a billion-dollar net worth primarily from music. Swift holds the record for seven albums with over one million first-week sales in the U.S. She is the richest female musician and one of the 21st century's most prominent entertainers.

Swift signed to Big Machine Records in 2005, debuting 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. She incorporated rock on Speak Now (2010) and electronic on Red (2012), later re-calibrating her image from country to pop with the synth-pop set 1989 (2014); the ensuing media scrutiny inspired the hip-hop-imbued Reputation (2017). The albums contained the 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 electropop album Lover (2019) and explored indie folk styles in the 2020 albums Folklore and Evermore. She experimented with subdued pop genres on Midnights (2022) and The Tortured Poets Department (2024), and began re-recording her Big Machine albums as Taylor's Version{{efn|Namely, Fearless (Taylor's Version) and Red (Taylor's Version) in 2021, followed by Speak Now (Taylor's Version) and 1989 (Taylor's Version) in 2023.}} due to an ownership dispute with the label. Through the 2020s, she garnered the US number-one songs "Cardigan", "Willow", "All Too Well", "Anti-Hero", "Cruel Summer", "Is It Over Now?", and "Fortnight". She has embarked on six concert tours, including the Eras Tour (2023–2024), the highest-grossing tour of all time. Her films include Miss Americana (2020), All Too Well: The Short Film (2021), and The Eras Tour (2023)—the highest-grossing concert film.

Swift has received extensive media coverage and has a global fanbase known as Swifties. Swift has been listed amongst history's greatest artists by publications such as Rolling Stone and Billboard, as well as the only individual from the arts to have been named the Time Person of the Year (2023). Her accolades include 14 Grammy Awards (including a record four Album of the Year wins), a Primetime Emmy Award, and a record five IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year awards. Swift is the most-awarded artist of the American Music Awards (40), the Billboard Music Awards (49), and the MTV Video Music Awards (30).

Early life

Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in West Reading, Pennsylvania.{{cite news|last=Sutherland|first=Mark|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/11430433/Taylor-Swift-interview-A-relationship-No-ones-going-to-sign-up-for-this.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/11430433/Taylor-Swift-interview-A-relationship-No-ones-going-to-sign-up-for-this.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Taylor Swift interview: 'A relationship? No one's going to sign up for this'|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=May 23, 2015|access-date=April 20, 2020}}{{cbignore}} She is named after the singer-songwriter James Taylor.{{cite magazine |last=Scott |first=Walter |date=June 11, 2015 |title=What Famous Pop Star Is Named After James Taylor? |url=https://parade.com/404291/walterscott/what-famous-pop-star-is-named-after-james-taylor/ |url-status=live |magazine=Parade |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015232256/https://parade.com/404291/walterscott/what-famous-pop-star-is-named-after-james-taylor/ |archive-date=October 15, 2016 |access-date=December 12, 2018}}{{cite magazine |last=Grigoriadis |first=Vanessa |date=March 5, 2009 |title=The Very Pink, Very Perfect Life of Taylor Swift |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/the-very-pink-very-perfect-life-of-taylor-swift-107451/ |url-access=limited |access-date=October 6, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-date=September 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922155836/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/the-very-pink-very-perfect-life-of-taylor-swift-107451/ |url-status=live }} Her father, Scott Kingsley Swift, was a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch, and her mother, Andrea Gardner Swift ({{nee|Finlay}}), worked as a mutual fund marketing executive.{{sfn|Jepson|2013|page=1}} Swift's younger brother, Austin, is an actor.{{cite news|last=Roth|first=Madeline|date=May 19, 2015|title=Taylor Swift's Brother Had The Most Epic Graduation Weekend Ever|publisher=MTV News|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2164771/austin-swift-epic-graduation-weekend/|url-status=dead|access-date=July 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723192253/http://www.mtv.com/news/2164771/austin-swift-epic-graduation-weekend/|archive-date=July 23, 2016}} The siblings are of Scottish, English, and German descent, with distant Italian and Irish ancestry.{{Cite news |last=McKay |first=Gabriel |date=July 6, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Edinburgh: Is Star the Real Queen of Scotland? |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/23623229.taylor-swift-edinburgh-star-real-queen-scotland/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201171031/https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/23623229.taylor-swift-edinburgh-star-real-queen-scotland/ |archive-date=February 1, 2024 |access-date=February 4, 2024 |newspaper=The Herald }}{{cite news |last=Eleftheriou-Smith |first=Loulla-Mae |date=June 24, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift Tells Scotland: 'I Am One of You' |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/taylor-swift-reveals-scottish-heritage-at-packed-glasgow-gig-tells-the-crowd-i-am-one-of-you-10342590.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/taylor-swift-reveals-scottish-heritage-at-packed-glasgow-gig-tells-the-crowd-i-am-one-of-you-10342590.html |archive-date=May 26, 2022 |access-date=July 10, 2019 |newspaper=The Independent}}{{Cite news|date=June 19, 2024|accessdate=June 19, 2024|title=Turns out Taylor Swift is a Derry Girl, genealogists find|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2024/06/19/turns-out-taylor-swift-is-a-derry-girl-genealogists-find/|newspaper=The Irish Times|archive-date=June 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619160000/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2024/06/19/turns-out-taylor-swift-is-a-derry-girl-genealogists-find/|url-status=live}} Their maternal grandmother, Marjorie Finlay ({{nee|Moehlenkamp}}), was an opera singer,{{cite web |date=September 17, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift stammt aus dem Freistaat |url=https://www.br.de/nachrichten/deutschland-welt/taylor-swift-stammt-aus-dem-freistaat |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231210129/https://www.br.de/nachrichten/deutschland-welt/taylor-swift-stammt-aus-dem-freistaat,74u30ctj64uk4dtr6mukgd1h68w0 |archive-date=December 31, 2021 |access-date=July 23, 2023 |publisher=BR24 |language=de}} whose singing in church became one of Swift's earliest memories of music that shaped her career.{{sfn|Jepson|2013|p=1}}

Swift spent her early years on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania that her father had purchased from one of his clients,{{cite magazine|last=Raab|first=Scott|author-link=Scott Raab|url=http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a30491/taylor-swift-1114/ |title=Taylor Swift Interview|magazine=Esquire|date=October 20, 2014|access-date=April 11, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216031004/http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a30491/taylor-swift-1114/|archive-date=February 16, 2015}} and she spent her summers at her family's vacation home in Stone Harbor, New Jersey, where she occasionally performed acoustic songs at a local coffee shop.{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Vincent |date=November 20, 2023 |title=From the Archives: Stone Harbor Teen Taylor Swift on Her Way to Country Music Stardom |url=https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/taylor-swift-14-stone-harbor-music-stardom/article_f4f7daa8-320e-11ee-8d01-37ee6223f35b.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=March 7, 2024 |website=Press of Atlantic City |archive-date=February 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214173124/https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/taylor-swift-14-stone-harbor-music-stardom/article_f4f7daa8-320e-11ee-8d01-37ee6223f35b.html |url-status=live }} She is Christian{{cite magazine|url=https://relevantmagazine.com/culture/taylor-swift-on-politicians-co-opting-faith-im-a-christian-thats-not-what-we-stand-for/|title=Taylor Swift on Politicians Co-opting Faith: 'I'm a Christian. That's Not What We Stand For'|magazine=Relevant|date=January 31, 2020|access-date=April 2, 2020|archive-date=November 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125042517/https://relevantmagazine.com/culture/taylor-swift-on-politicians-co-opting-faith-im-a-christian-thats-not-what-we-stand-for/|url-status=live}} and attended preschool and kindergarten at a Montessori school run by the Bernardine Sisters of St. Francis before transferring to the Wyndcroft School.{{cite news |last=Uhrich |first=Bill |date=February 13, 2010 |title=Photos Students at Alvernia Montessori School sending Taylor Swift a valentine |url=http://readingeagle.com/articlephotos.aspx?id=195866 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016085055/http://readingeagle.com/articlephotos.aspx?id=195866 |archive-date=October 16, 2013 |access-date=February 25, 2013 |newspaper=Reading Eagle}}{{cite news|last=Hatza|first=George|url=http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=116460|title=Taylor Swift: Growing into superstardom|newspaper=Reading Eagle|date=December 8, 2008|access-date=April 17, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401101613/http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=116460|archive-date=April 1, 2012}} When her family moved to Wyomissing, she attended Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School.{{cite news |last=Mennen |first=Lauren |date=November 12, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift's Wyomissing childhood home on the market for $799,500 |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/business/real_estate/Taylor_Swifts_Wyomissing_childhood_home_on_the_market_for_799500.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017134537/http://www.philly.com/philly/business/real_estate/Taylor_Swifts_Wyomissing_childhood_home_on_the_market_for_799500.html |archive-date=October 17, 2016 |access-date=October 13, 2016 |newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News}}{{cite news |last=Chang |first=David |date=February 22, 2016 |title=Taylor Swift Returns to Reading Pennsylvania as Maid of Honor in Friend's Wedding |url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Taylor-Swift-Wedding-Berks-County-Reading-Pennsylvania-369611241.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916152958/http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Taylor-Swift-Wedding-Berks-County-Reading-Pennsylvania-369611241.html |archive-date=September 16, 2016 |access-date=August 26, 2016 |publisher=WCAU}} As a child, she performed in Berks Youth Theatre Academy productions{{cite news|title=Taylor Swift, Age 12|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/photographer-reveals-rare-photos-taylor-swift-international-star-gallery-1.2072369?pmSlide=1.2072339|access-date=August 26, 2016|newspaper=New York Daily News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827003623/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/photographer-reveals-rare-photos-taylor-swift-international-star-gallery-1.2072369?pmSlide=1.2072339|archive-date=August 27, 2016}} and traveled regularly to New York City for vocal and acting lessons.{{cite web|last=Cooper|first=Brittany Joy|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/taylor-swift-acting-emma-stone/|title=Taylor Swift Opens Up About a Future in Acting and Admiration for Emma Stone|work=Taste of Country|date=April 15, 2012|access-date=April 17, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417225849/http://tasteofcountry.com/taylor-swift-acting-emma-stone/|archive-date=April 17, 2012}} Her early love for country music was influenced by Shania Twain, Patsy Cline, LeAnn Rimes, and the Dixie Chicks, and she spent weekends performing at local festivals and events.Rolling Stone Interview: The Unabridged Taylor Swift, December 2, 2008{{cite web |last=Morris |first=Edward |date=December 1, 2006 |title=When She Thinks 'Tim McGraw', Taylor Swift Savors Payoff: Hardworking Teen to Open for George Strait Next Year |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1546980/when-she-thinks-tim-mcgraw-taylor-swift-savors-payoff/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626105553/http://www.cmt.com/news/1546980/when-she-thinks-tim-mcgraw-taylor-swift-savors-payoff/ |archive-date=June 26, 2015 |access-date=March 11, 2010 |publisher=CMT}} After watching a documentary about Faith Hill, she became determined to pursue a country music career in Nashville, Tennessee.{{cite news|last=Diu|first=Nisha Lilia|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/8421110/Taylor-Swift-interview-I-wont-do-sexy-shoots.html|title=Taylor Swift: 'I Won't Do Sexy Shoots'|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=April 3, 2011|access-date=April 17, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506063028/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/8421110/Taylor-Swift-interview-I-wont-do-sexy-shoots.html|archive-date=May 6, 2013}}

At 11, Swift traveled to Nashville with her mother to visit record labels and submit demo tapes of Dolly Parton and Dixie Chicks karaoke covers.{{cite web |date=November 26, 2008 |title=Insider Interview: Taylor Swift (Part 1 of 2) |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1600309/cmt-insider-interview-taylor-swift-part-1-of-2/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123055134/http://www.cmt.com/news/1600309/cmt-insider-interview-taylor-swift-part-1-of-2/ |archive-date=January 23, 2015 |access-date=July 1, 2012 |publisher=CMT}} She was rejected by all the labels, which led her to focus on songwriting.{{Cite magazine|last=Malec|first=Jim|author-link=Jim Malec|url=https://www.americansongwriter.com/2011/05/taylor-swift-the-garden-in-the-machine/|title=Taylor Swift: The Garden In The Machine|magazine=American Songwriter|date=May 2, 2011|access-date=May 21, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510173906/http://www.americansongwriter.com/2011/05/taylor-swift-the-garden-in-the-machine/|archive-date=May 10, 2012}} She started learning the guitar at 12 with the help of Ronnie Cremer, a computer repairman and local musician who also assisted Swift with writing an original song.{{cite news |last1=Martino |first1=Andy |date=January 10, 2015 |title=Exclusive: The Real Story of Taylor Swift's Guitar 'Legend' |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/computer-tech-taught-taylor-swift-guitar-exclusive-article-1.2072638 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122040522/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/computer-tech-taught-taylor-swift-guitar-exclusive-article-1.2072638 |archive-date=November 22, 2015 |access-date=August 28, 2017 |newspaper=New York Daily News}} In 2003, Swift and her parents started working with the talent manager Dan Dymtrow. With his help, Swift modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch and had an original song included on a Maybelline compilation CD.{{Cite web |date=May 12, 2005 |title=Songwriter Taylor Swift Signs Publishing Deal With Sony/ATV |url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/20050512Taylor_Swift_Songwriter_Taylor_Swift_Signs_Publishing_Deal_With_ |access-date=March 7, 2024 |publisher=Broadcast Music, Inc. |archive-date=August 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819152746/https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/20050512Taylor_Swift_Songwriter_Taylor_Swift_Signs_Publishing_Deal_With_ |url-status=live }} After performing original songs at an RCA Records showcase, 13-year-old Swift was given an artist development deal and began to travel regularly to Nashville with her mother.{{cite news |last=Kotb |first=Hoda |author-link=Hoda Kotb |date=May 31, 2009 |title=On tour with Taylor Swift |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna31032270 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005101242/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/31032270/ns/dateline_nbc-newsmakers/t/tour-taylor-swift/ |archive-date=October 5, 2013 |access-date=July 1, 2012 |publisher=NBC News}}{{Cite magazine|first=Chris|last=Willman|date=July 25, 2007|title=Getting to know Taylor Swift|url=https://ew.com/article/2007/07/25/getting-know-taylor-swift/|access-date=January 25, 2022|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|archive-date=May 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524211942/https://ew.com/article/2007/07/25/getting-know-taylor-swift/|url-status=live}} To help Swift break into the country music scene, her father transferred to Merrill Lynch's Nashville office when she was 14 years old, and the family relocated to Hendersonville, Tennessee.{{Cite magazine |last=Widdicombe |first=Lizzie |date=October 10, 2011 |title=You Belong With Me |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/10/you-belong-with-me |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724215447/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/10/you-belong-with-me |archive-date=July 24, 2014 |access-date=October 11, 2011 |magazine=The New Yorker}} Swift attended Hendersonville High School{{cite web|date=September 23, 2010 |title=News : Taylor Swift's High School Names Auditorium in Her Honor |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1648575/taylor-swifts-high-school-names-auditorium-in-her-honor/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141121075440/http://www.cmt.com/news/1648575/taylor-swifts-high-school-names-auditorium-in-her-honor/ |archive-date=November 21, 2014 |access-date=April 18, 2012 |publisher=CMT}} before transferring to Aaron Academy after two years, which better accommodated her touring schedule through homeschooling. She graduated one year early.{{cite news |title=Taylor Swift receives her high school diploma |url=https://www.chron.com/culture/main/article/taylor-swift-receives-her-high-school-diploma-1545672.php |access-date=January 2, 2024 |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=July 27, 2008 |archive-date=January 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101145833/https://www.chron.com/culture/main/article/taylor-swift-receives-her-high-school-diploma-1545672.php |url-status=live }}

Career

= 2004–2008: Career beginnings and first album =

In Nashville, Swift worked with experienced Music Row songwriters such as Troy Verges, Brett Beavers, Brett James, Mac McAnally, and the Warren Brothers{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2011/05/taylor-swift-the-garden-in-the-machine/3/|title=Taylor Swift: The Garden In The Machine|magazine=American Songwriter|date=May 2, 2011|access-date=May 21, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807054922/http://www.americansongwriter.com/2011/05/taylor-swift-the-garden-in-the-machine/3/|archive-date=August 7, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/234444|title=Songwriter Taylor Swift Signs Publishing Deal With Sony/ATV|publisher=Broadcast Music, Inc.|date=May 12, 2005|access-date=April 20, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204104706/http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/234444|archive-date=December 4, 2012}} and formed a lasting working relationship with Liz Rose.{{cite magazine|last=Kosser|first=Michael|url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/06/liz-rose-co-writer-to-the-stars/|title=Liz Rose: Co-Writer to the Stars|magazine=American Songwriter|date=June 3, 2010|access-date=April 19, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224215950/http://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/06/liz-rose-co-writer-to-the-stars/|archive-date=December 24, 2011}} They began meeting for two-hour writing sessions every Tuesday afternoon after school.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/liz-rose-songs-taylor-swift-little-big-town-20141024|title=Songwriter Spotlight: Liz Rose|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 24, 2014|access-date=September 24, 2016|last=Leahey|first=Andrew|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160926051735/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/liz-rose-songs-taylor-swift-little-big-town-20141024|archive-date=September 26, 2016|url-access=limited}} Rose called the sessions "some of the easiest I've ever done. Basically, I was just her editor. She'd write about what happened in school that day. She had such a clear vision of what she was trying to say. And she'd come in with the most incredible hooks." At 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by Sony/ATV Tree Music Publishing.{{cite news|last=DeLuca|first=Dan|title=Focused on 'great songs' Taylor Swift isn't thinking about 'the next level' or Joe Jon as gossip|url=http://articles.philly.com/2008-11-11/news/25256467_1_big-machine-records-joe-jonas-country-music-association-awards|page=1|newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News|access-date=April 17, 2012|date=November 11, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118235847/http://articles.philly.com/2008-11-11/news/25256467_1_big-machine-records-joe-jonas-country-music-association-awards|archive-date=November 18, 2012}} She left RCA Records due to the label's lack of care and their "cut[ting] other people's stuff". She was also concerned that development deals can shelve artists and recalled: "I genuinely felt that I was running out of time. I wanted to capture these years of my life on an album while they still represented what I was going through."{{cite news|last=Preston|first=John|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/5202294/Taylor-Swift-the-19-year-old-country-music-star-conquering-America-and-now-Britain.html|title=Taylor Swift: the 19-year-old country music star conquering America – and now Britain|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=August 30, 2012|date=April 26, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105153224/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/5202294/Taylor-Swift-the-19-year-old-country-music-star-conquering-America-and-now-Britain.html|archive-date=January 5, 2012}}

File:Swift, Taylor (2007).jpg in 2007. To promote her first album, she opened tours for other country musicians in 2007 and 2008.{{cite web|last=Rosa|first=Christopher|url=https://www.vh1.com/news/y6er24/opening-acts-bigger-than-headliner|title=Opening Acts Who Became Bigger Than The Headliner|publisher=VH1|date=March 24, 2015|access-date=November 11, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151110191727/http://www.vh1.com/news/5861/opening-acts-bigger-than-headliner/|archive-date=November 10, 2015}}]]

At an industry showcase at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe in 2005, Swift caught the attention of Scott Borchetta, a DreamWorks Records executive who was preparing to form an independent record label, Big Machine Records. She had first met Borchetta in 2004.{{Cite magazine|last1=Rapkin, Mickey |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/7880979/the-bluebird-cafe-taylor-swift-dierks-bentley-oral-history|title=Oral History of Nashville's Bluebird Cafe: Taylor Swift, Maren Morris, Dierks Bentley & More on the Legendary Venue|magazine=Billboard|date=July 27, 2017|access-date=July 28, 2017 |url-status=live|archive-date=July 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729142603/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/7880979/the-bluebird-cafe-taylor-swift-dierks-bentley-oral-history}} She was one of Big Machine's first signings, and her father purchased a three-percent stake in the company for an estimated $120,000.{{Cite magazine|last1=Hiatt|first1=Brian |date=October 25, 2012|title=Taylor Swift in Wonderland|magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swift-in-wonderland-20121025|url-status=live|access-date=August 1, 2016|archive-date=July 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731171417/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swift-in-wonderland-20121025|url-access=limited}}{{Cite magazine|author-link1=Zack O'Malley Greenburg|last1=Greenburg|first1=Zack O'Malley|date=June 26, 2013|title=Toby Keith, Cowboy Capitalist: Country's $500 Million Man|magazine=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2013/06/26/toby-keith-cowboy-capitalist-countrys-500-million-man/2/|url-status=live|access-date=August 1, 2016|archive-date=August 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827173032/http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2013/06/26/toby-keith-cowboy-capitalist-countrys-500-million-man/2/}} She began working on her eponymous debut album with Nathan Chapman. Swift wrote or co-wrote all album tracks, and co-writers included Rose, Robert Ellis Orrall, Brian Maher, and Angelo Petraglia.{{Cite AV media notes|title=Taylor Swift|year=2006|type=CD |publisher=Big Machine Records|id=BMR120702}} Released in October 2006, Taylor Swift peaked at number five on the US Billboard 200, on which it spent 157 weeks—the longest stay on the chart by any release in the US in the 2000s decade.{{cite web |last=Tamarkin |first=Jeff |author-link=Jeff Tamarkin |title=Taylor Swift – Taylor Swift |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/taylor-swift-mr0000686627 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020103720/https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/taylor-swift-mr0000686627 |archive-date=October 20, 2015 |access-date=February 14, 2021 |work=AllMusic}}{{Cite magazine|last1=Trust |first1=Gary|title=Chart Beat Thursday: Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw Linked Again |date=October 29, 2009 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/266889/chart-beat-thursday-taylor-swift-tim-mcgraw-linked-again|access-date=November 8, 2016|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307153039/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/266889/chart-beat-thursday-taylor-swift-tim-mcgraw-linked-again|archive-date=March 7, 2013|url-status=live}} Swift became the first female country music artist to write or co-write every track on a platinum-certified debut album.{{Cite web|title=Taylor Swift |publisher=Songwriters' Hall of Fame |url=https://www.songhall.org/awards/winner/taylor_swift |access-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-date=February 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212003228/https://www.songhall.org/awards/winner/taylor_swift |url-status=live }}

Big Machine Records was still in its infancy during the June 2006 release of the lead single, "Tim McGraw", which Swift and her mother helped promote by packaging and sending copies of the CD single to country radio stations.{{Cite magazine|last=Willman|first=Chris|title=Taylor Swift's Road to Fame|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2008/02/05/taylor-swifts-road-fame|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=April 22, 2012|page=3|date=February 5, 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221160659/http://www.ew.com/article/2008/02/05/taylor-swifts-road-fame|archive-date=February 21, 2015}} She spent much of 2006 promoting Taylor Swift with a radio tour and television appearances; she opened for Rascal Flatts on select dates during their 2006 tour,{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1543489/taylor-swift-joins-rascal-flatts-tour/|title=Taylor Swift Joins Rascal Flatts Tour|date=October 18, 2006|publisher=CMT|access-date=March 11, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107133104/http://www.cmt.com/news/1543489/taylor-swift-joins-rascal-flatts-tour/|archive-date=January 7, 2015}} as a replacement for Eric Church.{{cite news|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/eric-church-rascal-flatts-tour-taylor-swift-secret-history/|title=How Eric Church's Rascal Flatts Feud Helped Launch Taylor Swift's Career|first1=Sterling|last1=Whitaker|first2=Ania|last2=Hammar|work=Taste of Country|publisher=Townsquare Media|date=May 27, 2019|access-date=June 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606114702/https://tasteofcountry.com/eric-church-rascal-flatts-tour-taylor-swift-secret-history/|archive-date=June 6, 2019|url-status=dead}} Borchetta said that although record industry peers initially disapproved of his signing a 15-year-old singer-songwriter, Swift tapped into a previously unknown market—teenage girls who listen to country music.

Following "Tim McGraw", four more singles were released throughout 2007 and 2008: "Teardrops on My Guitar", "Our Song", "Picture to Burn", and "Should've Said No". All appeared on Billboard{{'}}s Hot Country Songs, with "Our Song" and "Should've Said No" reaching number one. "Our Song" made Swift the youngest person to single-handedly write and sing a Hot Country Songs number-one single,{{cite web|url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/cda/article_print/0,3008,GAC_26063_5769818_DS-ARTICLE-RIGHT-RAIL,00.html |title=Taylor Swift No. 1 on iTunes|date=December 19, 2007|publisher=Great American Country|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303122404/http://www.gactv.com/gac/cda/article_print/0,3008,GAC_26063_5769818_DS-ARTICLE-RIGHT-RAIL,00.html|archive-date=March 3, 2012|access-date=July 5, 2010 |url-status=dead}} and "Teardrops on My Guitar" was Swift's breakthrough single on mainstream radio and charts.{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=January 10, 2009 |title=Taylor Swift Continues Remarkable Chart Run |magazine=Billboard |page=41 |volume=121 |issue=1}}{{cite web |date=November 19, 2009 |title=The Decade in Music: Taylor Swift's 'Teardrops on My Guitar' (2008) |url=https://www.npr.org/2009/11/19/120557728/the-decade-in-music-taylor-swifts-teardrops-on-my-guitar-2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816085843/https://www.npr.org/2009/11/19/120557728/the-decade-in-music-taylor-swifts-teardrops-on-my-guitar-2008 |archive-date=August 16, 2022 |access-date=August 15, 2022 |publisher=NPR}}{{cite web |last=Chua |first=Fiona |date=March 25, 2009 |title=Taylor Swift – Fearless (Asian Version) |url=http://web.mtvasia.com/Review/CD/C20090325001786.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504011446/http://web.mtvasia.com/Review/CD/C20090325001786.html |archive-date=May 4, 2011 |access-date=June 29, 2010 |work=MTV Asia}} Swift released two EPs, The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection in October 2007 and Beautiful Eyes in July 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp?xid=1947|title=Taylor Swift owns top of country chart|access-date=December 26, 2008|date=July 23, 2008|work=Country Standard Time|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731160355/http://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp?xid=1947|archive-date=July 31, 2008|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Wal-Mart "Eyes" New Taylor Swift Project|publisher=Great American Country |url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,3034,GAC_26063_5903580_,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723185436/http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,3034,GAC_26063_5903580_,00.html|archive-date=July 23, 2008|access-date=July 24, 2008|url-status=dead}} She promoted her debut album extensively as the opening act for other country musicians' tours in 2006 and 2007, including those by George Strait,{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1546137/taylor-swift-joins-george-straits-2007-tour/|title=Taylor Swift Joins George Strait's 2007 Tour|date=November 17, 2006|publisher=CMT|access-date=February 16, 2020|archive-date=August 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811010019/http://www.cmt.com/news/1546137/taylor-swift-joins-george-straits-2007-tour/|url-status=live}} Brad Paisley,{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1549598/brad-paisley-plans-tour-with-three-opening-acts/|title=Brad Paisley Plans Tour With Three Opening Acts|date=January 9, 2007|publisher=CMT|access-date=February 16, 2020|archive-date=August 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811054815/http://www.cmt.com/news/1549598/brad-paisley-plans-tour-with-three-opening-acts/|url-status=live}} and Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1561014/taylor-swift-joins-tim-mcgraw-faith-hill-on-tour/|title=Taylor Swift Joins Tim McGraw, Faith Hill on Tour|date=June 1, 2007|publisher=CMT|access-date=February 16, 2020|archive-date=August 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811054901/http://www.cmt.com/news/1561014/taylor-swift-joins-tim-mcgraw-faith-hill-on-tour/|url-status=live}}

Swift won multiple accolades for Taylor Swift. She was one of the recipients of the Nashville Songwriters Association's Songwriter/Artist of the Year in 2007, becoming the youngest person given the title. She also won the Country Music Association's Horizon Award for Best New Artist,{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/pictures/taylor-swift/photo-gallery/2389485/2657043/artist_photo.jhtml|title=Photos : All Taylor Swift Pictures : Horizon Award Winner Poses in the Pressroom|publisher=CMT|date=September 7, 2007|access-date=May 21, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113174555/http://www.cmt.com/pictures/taylor-swift/photo-gallery/2389485/2657043/artist_photo.jhtml|archive-date=November 13, 2012}} the Academy of Country Music Awards' Top New Female Vocalist,{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/pictures/43rd-annual-acm-awards-onstage-winners/1587677/2970629/photo.jhtml|title=Photos : 43rd Annual ACM Awards – Onstage: Winners : Acceptance Speech|publisher=CMT|date=May 18, 2008|access-date=May 21, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113174530/http://www.cmt.com/pictures/43rd-annual-acm-awards-onstage-winners/1587677/2970629/photo.jhtml|archive-date=November 13, 2012}} and the American Music Awards' Favorite Country Female Artist honor.{{cite web|url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/taylor-swift-rascal-flatts-carrie-underwood-score-@-2008-ama-awards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710055906/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/taylor-swift-rascal-flatts-carrie-underwood-score-%40-2008-ama-awards|archive-date=July 10, 2014|title=Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood Score at 2008 AMA Awards|publisher=Roughstock.com|type=Blog|date=November 24, 2008|access-date=May 21, 2012|url-status=dead}} She was also nominated for Best New Artist at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20173658_20177270,00.html|title=Amy Winehouse Wins Best New Artist, Kanye West Pays Tribute to Mom – Grammy Awards 2008, Grammy Awards|work=People|date=October 2, 2008|access-date=May 21, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113083832/http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0%2C%2C20173658_20177270%2C00.html|archive-date=November 13, 2012}} In 2008, she opened for Rascal Flatts again{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1586870/rascal-flatts-announce-summer-tour-with-taylor-swift/ |title=Rascal Flatts Announce Summer Tour With Taylor Swift |publisher=CMT |date=May 5, 2008 |access-date=June 5, 2019 |archive-date=April 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418180803/http://www.cmt.com/news/1586870/rascal-flatts-announce-summer-tour-with-taylor-swift/ |url-status=live }} and briefly dated the singer Joe Jonas.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20230694,00.html|title=Scoop|last=Caplan|first=David|date=September 8, 2008|work=People|access-date=March 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202044308/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20230694%2C00.html|archive-date=February 2, 2016|url-status=dead}}

= 2008–2010: ''Fearless'' =

File:TaylorSwiftApr09.jpg. She had a cameo appearance in the film and wrote two songs for its soundtrack.|alt=Taylor Swift in 2009]]

Swift's second studio album, Fearless, was released in November 2008 in North America,{{cite web|url=https://www.umusicstore.com/cd-taylor-swift-fearless-cd-taylor-swift-fearless-1517/p|title=CD Taylor Swift – Fearless|publisher=Universal Music Group|language=pt|access-date=February 14, 2021|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118071512/https://www.umusicstore.com/cd-taylor-swift-fearless-cd-taylor-swift-fearless-1517/p|url-status=dead}} and in March 2009 in other markets.{{cite news |last=Raphael |first=Amy |date=February 1, 2009 |title=First, She Conquered Nashville. Now She's Set for World Domination |newspaper=The Observer |id={{ProQuest|250507223}}}} On the Billboard 200, Fearless spent 11 weeks at number one, becoming Swift's first chart topper and the longest-running number-one female country album.{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=March 14, 2021 |title=Morgan Wallen's Dangerous Spends Ninth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200, Most Since 2016 |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/morgan-wallen-dangerous-billboard-200-ninth-week-number-one/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122054827/https://www.billboard.com/pro/morgan-wallen-dangerous-billboard-200-ninth-week-number-one/ |archive-date=November 22, 2021 |access-date=November 22, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}} It was the bestselling album of 2009 in the US.{{cite web |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=March 16, 2012 |title=Chart Watch Extra: Top Albums Of Last 10 Years |url=https://www.yahoo.com/music/bp/chart-watch-extra-top-albums-last-10-years-181452729.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402161744/https://www.yahoo.com/music/bp/chart-watch-extra-top-albums-last-10-years-181452729.html |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |access-date=June 10, 2011 |publisher=Yahoo! Music |type=Blog}} Its lead single, "Love Story", was her first number one in Australia and the first country song to top Billboard{{'s}} Pop Songs chart,{{cite web |title=Discography Taylor Swift |url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Taylor+Swift |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321080937/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Taylor+Swift |archive-date=March 21, 2012 |access-date=January 2, 2010 |publisher=ARIA Charts}}{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=December 15, 2009 |title=Best of 2009: Part 1 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/266384/best-of-2009-part-1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303023328/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/266384/best-of-2009-part-1 |archive-date=March 3, 2013 |access-date=September 20, 2022 |magazine=Billboard}} and its third single, "You Belong with Me", was the first country song to top Billboard{{'s}} all-genre Radio Songs chart.{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=September 24, 2009 |title=Taylor Swift Climbs Hot 100, Black Eyed Peas Still No. 1 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267297/taylor-swift-climbs-hot-100-black-eyed-peas-still-no-1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201055907/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267297/taylor-swift-climbs-hot-100-black-eyed-peas-still-no-1 |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |access-date=September 20, 2022 |magazine=Billboard}} Three other singles were released in 2008–2010: "White Horse", "Fifteen", and "Fearless". All five singles were Hot Country Songs top 10 entries, with "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me" topping the chart. In 2009, Swift toured as an opening act for Keith Urban and embarked on her first headlining tour, the Fearless Tour.{{cite web |last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |date=March 12, 2009 |title=Taylor Swift Announces Tour Dates |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/lu0878/taylor-swift-announces-tour-dates |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126042308/https://www.mtv.com/news/lu0878/taylor-swift-announces-tour-dates |archive-date=January 26, 2024 |access-date=January 26, 2024 |publisher=MTV}}

"You Belong with Me" won Best Female Video at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.{{cite news|title=Kanye calls Taylor Swift after 'View' appearance|publisher=MSNBC|date=September 15, 2009|access-date=September 16, 2009|url=http://www.today.com/id/32861800|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006213404/http://www.today.com/id/32861800|archive-date=October 6, 2013}} Her acceptance speech was interrupted by the rapper Kanye West, an incident that became the subject of controversy and widespread media coverage.{{Sfn|Cullen|2016|p=33}} That year, Swift won five American Music Awards, including Artist of the Year and Favorite Country Album.{{cite web |last=Ditzian |first=Eric |year=2009 |title=Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson Big Winners at American Music Awards |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1626845/taylor-swift-michael-jackson-big-winners-at-american-music-awards/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908123520/http://www.mtv.com/news/1626845/taylor-swift-michael-jackson-big-winners-at-american-music-awards/ |archive-date=September 8, 2014 |access-date=May 15, 2012 |publisher=MTV}} Billboard named her the 2009 Artist of the Year.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266432/2009-artists-of-the-year|title=2009 Artists of the Year|magazine=Billboard|date=December 10, 2009|access-date=May 21, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106015353/http://www.billboard.com/|archive-date=January 6, 2010}} She won Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year for "Love Story" at the 2009 CMT Music Awards, where she made a parody video of the song with rapper T-Pain called "Thug Story".{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2575951/taylor-swift-raps-thug-story-with-t-pain-on-cmt-awards/|title=Taylor Swift Raps 'Thug Story' With T-Pain On CMT Awards|publisher=MTV|date=June 17, 2009|access-date=November 11, 2015|archive-date=May 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525020227/http://www.mtv.com/news/2575951/taylor-swift-raps-thug-story-with-t-pain-on-cmt-awards/|url-status=dead}} At the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, Fearless was named Album of the Year and Best Country Album, and "White Horse" won Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance.{{cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=February 1, 2010 |title=Beyonce, Taylor Swift Dominate 2010 Grammy Awards |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beyonce-taylor-swift-dominate-2010-grammy-awards-20100201 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215201914/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beyonce-taylor-swift-dominate-2010-grammy-awards-20100201 |archive-date=February 15, 2012 |access-date=February 13, 2012 |magazine=Rolling Stone|url-access=limited}} At the 2009 Country Music Association Awards, Swift won Album of the Year for Fearless and was named Entertainer of the Year, the youngest person to win the honor.{{cite web |last1=Kaufman |first1=Gil |date=November 12, 2009 |title=Taylor Swift Dominates CMA Awards |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1626132/taylor-swift-dominates-cma-awards/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306192519/http://www.mtv.com/news/1626132/taylor-swift-dominates-cma-awards/ |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |access-date=September 13, 2016 |publisher=MTV}}

Throughout 2009, Swift featured on and wrote other musicians' releases. She featured on "Half of My Heart" by John Mayer, whom she was romantically linked with in late 2009.{{cite web |last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |date=November 6, 2009 |title=John Mayer Talks Taylor Swift Collaboration 'Half of My Heart' |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1625724/john-mayer-talks-taylor-swift-collaboration-half-of-my-heart/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908130106/http://www.mtv.com/news/1625724/john-mayer-talks-taylor-swift-collaboration-half-of-my-heart/ |archive-date=September 8, 2014 |access-date=May 15, 2012 |publisher=MTV}} She wrote "Best Days of Your Life" for Kellie Pickler,{{cite web |title=Kellie Pickler Has Her 'Best Days' Thanks To Taylor Swift |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1608913/kellie-pickler-has-her-best-days-thanks-to-taylor-swift/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101062026/http://www.mtv.com/news/1608913/kellie-pickler-has-her-best-days-thanks-to-taylor-swift/ |archive-date=January 1, 2016 |access-date=November 11, 2015 |publisher=MTV}} co-wrote and featured on Boys Like Girls' "Two Is Better Than One,{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1070540/boys-like-girls-featuring-taylor-swift-two-is-better-than-one|title=Boys Like Girls featuring Taylor Swift, 'Two Is Better Than One'|magazine=Billboard|date=December 2, 2009|access-date=December 4, 2020|archive-date=August 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818230103/https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1070540/boys-like-girls-featuring-taylor-swift-two-is-better-than-one|url-status=live}} and wrote two songs—"You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" and "Crazier"—for the soundtrack of Hannah Montana: The Movie, in which she had a cameo appearance.{{Cite magazine |last1=Akers |first1=Shelley |date=June 9, 2008 |title=Taylor Swift to Appear in Hannah Montana Movie |url=http://people.com/movies/taylor-swift-to-appear-in-hannah-montana-movie/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027181559/http://people.com/movies/taylor-swift-to-appear-in-hannah-montana-movie/ |archive-date=October 27, 2017 |access-date=October 27, 2017 |magazine=People}}{{Cite web |last=Benitez-Eves |first=Tina |date=April 1, 2022 |title=8 Songs You Didn't Know Taylor Swift Wrote For Other Artists |url=https://americansongwriter.com/8-songs-you-didnt-know-taylor-swift-wrote-for-other-artists/ |access-date=February 18, 2024 |website=American Songwriter |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926065306/https://americansongwriter.com/8-songs-you-didnt-know-taylor-swift-wrote-for-other-artists/ |url-status=live }} She wrote and recorded "Today Was a Fairytale" for the soundtrack of Valentine's Day (2010), in which she had her acting debut.{{cite web |last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |date=December 28, 2009 |title=New Taylor Swift Song Included In Valentine's Day Featurette |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1628827/new-taylor-swift-song-included-in-valentines-day-featurette/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116064913/http://www.mtv.com/news/1628827/new-taylor-swift-song-included-in-valentines-day-featurette/ |archive-date=January 16, 2016 |access-date=November 11, 2015 |publisher=MTV}} "Today Was a Fairytale" was her first number-one single on the Canadian Hot 100.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/371422/taylor-swift/chart?f=793|title=Taylor Swift – Chart history on Canadian Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 3, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809124603/http://www.billboard.com/artist/371422/taylor-swift/chart?f=793|archive-date=August 9, 2016}} While shooting Valentine's Day in October 2009, Swift dated co-star Taylor Lautner.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20333466,00.html|title=Taylor & Taylor Romance Was Overblown, Says Source|last2=Sia|first2=Nicole|work=People|access-date=March 6, 2012|last1=Park|first1=Michael Y.|date=December 29, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113081709/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20333466%2C00.html|archive-date=November 13, 2012}} On television, she made her debut as a rebellious teenager in an CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode{{cite news|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|author-link=Jon Caramanica|date=March 6, 2009|title=OMG! Taylor Swift Does 'CSI'!|newspaper=The New York Times|type=Blog|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/omg-taylor-swift-does-csi/|url-status=live|access-date=May 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814164338/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/omg-taylor-swift-does-csi/|archive-date=August 14, 2011}} and hosted and performed as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live; she was the first host ever to write their own opening monologue.{{cite magazine |last=Strecker |first=Erin |date=January 2, 2015 |title=Remember When Taylor Swift Shined as Saturday Night Live Host? |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6429325/taylor-swift-saturday-night-live-host-flashback |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124024213/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6429325/taylor-swift-saturday-night-live-host-flashback |archive-date=January 24, 2015 |access-date=January 15, 2015 |magazine=Billboard}}{{cite news|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-taylor-swift-8/|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Taylor Swift|last=Dukes|first=Billy|website=Taste of Country|publisher=Townsquare Media|date=October 22, 2012|access-date=July 26, 2020|archive-date=May 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522111223/https://tasteofcountry.com/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-taylor-swift-8/|url-status=live}}

= 2010–2014: ''Speak Now'' and ''Red'' =

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Swift's third studio album, Speak Now, was released in October 2010.{{cite web |date=July 20, 2010 |title=Taylor Swift's New Album, Speak Now, Set for Oct. 25 Release |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1644093/taylor-swifts-new-album-speak-now-set-for-oct-25-release/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621051255/http://www.cmt.com/news/1644093/taylor-swifts-new-album-speak-now-set-for-oct-25-release/ |archive-date=June 21, 2019 |access-date=February 14, 2020 |publisher=CMT}} Written solely by Swift,{{cite news |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Caramanica |date=October 20, 2010 |title=Taylor Swift, Angry on Speak Now |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/arts/music/24swift.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021050938/http://www.nytimes.com//2010//10//24//arts//music//24swift.html |archive-date=October 21, 2010 |access-date=October 23, 2010 |newspaper=The New York Times}} the album debuted the Billboard 200 with over one million US copies sold first week{{cite web|last1=Kaufman|first1=Gil|title=Taylor Swift's Speak Now Tops 1 Million in First Week|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1651391/taylor-swifts-speak-now-tops-1-million-in-first-week/|publisher=MTV|access-date=August 8, 2016|date=November 3, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810044012/http://www.mtv.com/news/1651391/taylor-swifts-speak-now-tops-1-million-in-first-week/|archive-date=August 10, 2016}} and became the fastest-selling digital album by a female artist.{{cite news|title=Fastest-selling digital album in the US by a female artist|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-selling-digital-album-in-the-us-by-a-female-artist/|access-date=June 16, 2015|work=Guinness World Records|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622164555/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-selling-digital-album-in-the-us-by-a-female-artist/|archive-date=June 22, 2015}} Speak Now was supported by six singles: "Mine", "Back to December", "Mean", "The Story of Us", "Sparks Fly", and "Ours". "Mine" peaked at number three and was the highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956910/taylor-swift-makes-sparkling-hot-100-entrance|title=Taylor Swift Makes Sparkling Hot 100 Entrance|last=Pietroluongo|first=Silvio|date=August 11, 2010|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 25, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131095813/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956910/taylor-swift-makes-sparkling-hot-100-entrance|archive-date=January 31, 2016}} the first three singles reached the top 10 in Canada, and the last two reached number one on Hot Country Songs.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/taylor-swift/chart-history/csi/|title=Taylor Swift Chart History (Hot Country Songs)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 14, 2021|archive-date=January 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131213221/https://www.billboard.com/music/taylor-swift/chart-history/CSI/song/760391|url-status=live}} Swift promoted Speak Now with the Speak Now World Tour from February 2011 to March 2012{{cite magazine |last=Allen |first=Bob |date=March 29, 2012 |title=Hot Tours: Taylor Swift, George Strait, Cirque Du Soleil |url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/touring/1098167/hot-tours-taylor-swift-george-strait-cirque-du-soleil |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221010109/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/touring/1098167/hot-tours-taylor-swift-george-strait-cirque-du-soleil |archive-date=February 21, 2013 |access-date=May 10, 2012 |magazine=Billboard}} and the live album Speak Now World Tour – Live.{{cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=September 21, 2011 |title=Taylor Swift Announces Speak Now Live CD/DVD |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-announces-speak-now-live-cddvd-467354/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426132139/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-announces-speak-now-live-cddvd-467354/ |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |access-date=November 20, 2011 |magazine=Billboard}}

At the 54th Annual Grammy Awards in 2012, Swift performed "Mean", which won Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance.{{cite web|last=Wyland|first=Sarah|title=Taylor Swift Takes Home Two GRAMMYs at Tribute-Filled Show|url=http://blog.gactv.com/blog/2012/02/12/taylor-swift-takes-home-two-grammys-at-tribute-filled-show/|publisher=Great American Country|type=Blog|access-date=February 13, 2012|date=February 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906065943/http://blog.gactv.com/blog/2012/02/12/taylor-swift-takes-home-two-grammys-at-tribute-filled-show/|archive-date=September 6, 2015}} She was named Songwriter/Artist of the Year by the Nashville Songwriters Association (2010 and 2011),{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1650268/taylor-swift-named-nsais-songwriter-artist-of-the-year/|title=Taylor Swift Named NSAI's Songwriter-Artist of the Year|last=Shelburne|first=Craig|date=October 18, 2010|publisher=CMT|access-date=November 21, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116064914/http://www.cmt.com/news/1650268/taylor-swift-named-nsais-songwriter-artist-of-the-year/|archive-date=January 16, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1672997/hot-dish-taylor-swift-sings-alan-jacksons-masterpiece-at-nashville-songwriters-celebration/|title=News : Hot Dish: Taylor Swift Sings Alan Jackson's Masterpiece at Nashville Songwriters Celebration|last=Smith|first=Hazel|date=October 24, 2011|publisher=CMT|access-date=April 22, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129212157/http://www.cmt.com/news/1672997/hot-dish-taylor-swift-sings-alan-jacksons-masterpiece-at-nashville-songwriters-celebration/|archive-date=November 29, 2014}} Woman of the Year by Billboard (2011),{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/464865/taylor-swift-billboards-woman-of-the-year |title=Taylor Swift: Billboard's Woman of the Year|last=Roland |first=Tom|date=December 2, 2011 |magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 15, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203232452/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/464865/taylor-swift-billboards-woman-of-the-year|archive-date=February 3, 2013}} and Entertainer of the Year by the Academy of Country Music (2011 and 2012){{cite news|last1=Talbott|first1=Chris|last2=Silva|first2=Cristina |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/taylor-swift-wins-acm-entertainer-025913684.html|title=Taylor Swift wins ACM entertainer of the year|date=April 2, 2012|publisher=Yahoo!|agency=Associated Press|access-date=May 15, 2012 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823015304/https://www.yahoo.com/news/taylor-swift-wins-acm-entertainer-025913684.html|archive-date=August 23, 2016}} and the Country Music Association in 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cma-awards-2011-taylor-swift-wins-entertainer-of-the-year/|title=CMA Awards 2011: Taylor Swift wins entertainer of the year|date=November 9, 2011|publisher=CBS News |access-date=May 15, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908121833/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cma-awards-2011-taylor-swift-wins-entertainer-of-the-year/|archive-date=September 8, 2014}} At the American Music Awards of 2011, Swift won Artist of the Year and Favorite Country Album.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ama-american-music-awards-katy-perry-bieber-264237 |title=AMAs 2011: Winners and Nominees Complete List|last=Kellogg|first=Jane|date=November 20, 2011|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=November 21, 2015|url-status=live|archive-date=June 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627093338/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ama-american-music-awards-katy-perry-bieber-264237}} Rolling Stone named Speak Now on its list of "50 Best Female Albums of All Time" (2012).{{Cite magazine|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|author-link=Rob Sheffield |title=Women Who Rock: The 50 Greatest Albums of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 23, 2012 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/women-who-rock-the-50-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120622/taylor-swift-speak-now-20120621|access-date=July 15, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161210153438/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/women-who-rock-the-50-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120622/taylor-swift-speak-now-20120621|archive-date=December 10, 2016}}

Red, Swift's fourth studio album, was released in October 2012.{{cite web |last=Lewis |first=Randy |date=October 30, 2012 |title=Taylor Swift Raises the Bar with a Savvy Red Marketing Campaign |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2012-oct-30-la-et-ms-taylor-swift-20121031-story.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228034534/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2012-oct-30-la-et-ms-taylor-swift-20121031-story.html |archive-date=December 28, 2020 |access-date=December 28, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times}} On Red, Swift worked with Chapman and new producers including Max Martin, Shellback, Dan Wilson, Jeff Bhasker, Dann Huff, and Butch Walker, resulting in a genre-spanning record that incorporated eclectic styles of pop and rock such as Britrock, dubstep, and dance-pop.{{cite web |last=Mansfield |first=Brian |author-link=Brian Mansfield |date=October 17, 2012 |title=Taylor Swift Sees Red All Over |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2012/10/17/taylor-swift-red-interview/1637307/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221175440/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2012/10/17/taylor-swift-red-interview/1637307/ |archive-date=December 21, 2012 |access-date=February 18, 2024 |work=USA Today}}{{cite news |last1=English |first1=J. |date=August 28, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift's Red: A Canonical Coming-Of-Age Album |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/08/28/546359653/shocking-omissions-taylor-swift-s-red-a-canonical-coming-of-age-album |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412213355/https://www.npr.org/2017/08/28/546359653/shocking-omissions-taylor-swift-s-red-a-canonical-coming-of-age-album |archive-date=April 12, 2021 |access-date=February 14, 2021 |publisher=NPR}} The album opened at number one on the Billboard 200 with 1.21 million sales{{Cite magazine|last1=Greenwald|first1=David|title=Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Justin Bieber Among 2014 Guinness Record-Setters|magazine=Billboard|date=September 6, 2013 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5687212/taylor-swift-rihanna-justin-bieber-among-2014-guinness-record-setters|access-date=July 27, 2016|archive-date=June 8, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608001415/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5687212/taylor-swift-rihanna-justin-bieber-among-2014-guinness-record-setters}} and was Swift's first number-one album in the UK.{{cite magazine |last=Sexton |first=Paul |date=August 31, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift Scores Fourth U.K. No. 1 With Lover Album |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8528856/taylor-swift-scores-fourth-uk-no-1-with-lover-album |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816082214/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8528856/taylor-swift-scores-fourth-uk-no-1-with-lover-album |archive-date=August 16, 2021 |access-date=October 15, 2019 |magazine=Billboard}} Its lead single, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", was her first number one on the Billboard Hot 100,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/480315/taylor-swift-scores-first-hot-100-no-1|title=Taylor Swift Scores First Hot 100 No. 1|last=Trust|first=Gary |magazine=Billboard|date=August 22, 2012 |access-date=August 22, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213010041/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/480315/taylor-swift-scores-first-hot-100-no-1|archive-date=February 13, 2013}} and its third single, "I Knew You Were Trouble", reached the top five on charts worldwide.Chart positions:
{{*}} {{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Taylor+Swift&titel=I+Knew+You+Were+Trouble&cat=s|title=Taylor Swift – I Knew You Were Trouble|publisher=ARIA Charts|access-date=February 14, 2021|archive-date=May 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527061100/http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Taylor+Swift&titel=I+Knew+You+Were+Trouble&cat=s|url-status=live}}
{{*}} {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20130119/7501/|title=Official Singles Charts Top 100|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=February 14, 2021|archive-date=July 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713120557/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20130113/7501/|url-status=live}}
{{*}} {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481612/taylor-swift-leads-record-breaking-digital-sales-week|title=Taylor Swift Leads Record Breaking Digital Sales Week|magazine=Billboard|date=January 3, 2013|access-date=February 14, 2021|archive-date=April 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408163631/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481612/taylor-swift-leads-record-breaking-digital-sales-week|url-status=live}} Other singles from Red were "Begin Again", "22", "Everything Has Changed", "The Last Time", and "Red".{{Cite magazine|title=Taylor Swift – Chart history |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/371422/taylor+swift/chart?f=793|access-date=July 26, 2016|magazine=Billboard|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809102051/http://www.billboard.com/artist/371422/Taylor%20Swift/chart?f=793|archive-date=August 9, 2016}}

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Red and its single "Begin Again" received three nominations at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards (2014).{{cite news|date=January 26, 2014 |title=Grammys 2014: The Complete List of Nominees and Winners |work=Los Angeles Times |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammy-nominations-winners-list-story.html#page=1 |url-status=dead |access-date=January 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304121852/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammy-nominations-winners-list-story.html#page=1 |archive-date=March 4, 2015}} Swift received American Music Awards for Best Female Country Artist in 2012, Artist of the Year in 2013,{{cite news|last=Gregoire |first=Carolyn |date=November 19, 2012 |title=Taylor Swift AMA Awards 2012: Pop Star Performs 'I Knew You Were Trouble' (Video) |work=HuffPost |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/19/taylor-swift-ama-performa_n_2158758.html |url-status=live |access-date=June 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526094239/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/19/taylor-swift-ama-performa_n_2158758.html |archive-date=May 26, 2013}}{{cite magazine |last=Payne |first=Chris |date=November 25, 2013 |title=Taylor Swift & Justin Timberlake Win Big at American Music Awards |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5800699/taylor-swift-justin-timberlake-american-music-awards-2013-winners |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124101355/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5800699/taylor-swift-justin-timberlake-american-music-awards-2013-winners |archive-date=November 24, 2015 |access-date=November 21, 2015}} and the Nashville Songwriters Association's Songwriter/Artist Award for the fifth and sixth consecutive years.{{cite web|title=NSAI Songwriter/Artists of the Year |url=https://www.nashvillesongwriters.com/nsai-songwriterartists-year |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819035758/http://www.nashvillesongwriters.com/nsai-songwriterartists-year |archive-date=August 19, 2016 |access-date=August 2, 2016 |publisher=Nashville Songwriters Association International}} At the 2014 Country Music Association Awards, Swift was honored with the Pinnacle Award, making her the second recipient in history after Garth Brooks.{{cite news |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Caramanica |date=November 7, 2013 |title=Country Awards Hold Swift Close |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/08/arts/music/at-country-music-awards-swift-is-celebrated.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111094215/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/08/arts/music/at-country-music-awards-swift-is-celebrated.html |archive-date=November 11, 2013 |access-date=April 3, 2014 |newspaper=The New York Times}} The Red Tour ran from March 2013 to June 2014 and became the highest-grossing country tour upon completion.{{cite magazine|first=Bob|last=Allen|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6150193/taylor-swift-red-all-time-country-tour|title=Taylor Swift's Red Wraps as All-Time Country Tour |magazine=Billboard|date=July 3, 2014|access-date=April 11, 2015|url-status=live|archive-date=June 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601003002/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6150193/taylor-swift-red-all-time-country-tour}}

Swift continued writing songs for films and featuring on other artists' releases. On the soundtrack album to The Hunger Games (2012), Swift wrote and recorded "Eyes Open" and "Safe & Sound"; the latter of which was co-written with the Civil Wars and T-Bone Burnett. "Safe & Sound" won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media.{{cite magazine |last=Herrera |first=Monica |date=March 15, 2012 |title=Taylor Swift, Arcade Fire Talk Hunger Games |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swift-arcade-fire-talk-hunger-games-20120315 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627015052/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swift-arcade-fire-talk-hunger-games-20120315 |archive-date=June 27, 2015 |access-date=May 10, 2012 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} She wrote and produced "Sweeter than Fiction" with Jack Antonoff for the soundtrack to One Chance (2013).{{cite magazine |last=Labrecque |first=Jeff |date=December 12, 2013 |title=12 Years a Slave and American Hustle Lead Golden Globe Nominees |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2013/12/12/golden-globe-nominations-2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323102934/http://www.ew.com/article/2013/12/12/golden-globe-nominations-2013 |archive-date=March 23, 2015 |access-date=December 12, 2013 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} Swift featured on B.o.B's "Both of Us" (2012){{cite web |last=Horowitz |first=Steven J. |date=April 20, 2012 |title=B.o.B Explains Origins of Taylor Swift Collaboration 'Both of Us' |url=http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.19471/title.b-o-b-explains-origins-of-taylor-swift-collaboration-both-of-us |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910210803/http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.19471/title.b-o-b-explains-origins-of-taylor-swift-collaboration-both-of-us |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=May 15, 2012 |publisher=HipHopDX}} and provided vocals for Tim McGraw's "Highway Don't Care" (2013), also featuring Keith Urban.{{cite web |last=Bonaguro |first=Alison |date=January 25, 2013 |title=News : Offstage: Tim McGraw Wanted to Make Taylor Swift Duet an Event |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1668771/offstage-taylor-swift-covers-fall-out-boy/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712212750/http://www.cmt.com/news/1668771/offstage-taylor-swift-covers-fall-out-boy/ |archive-date=July 12, 2015 |access-date=February 25, 2013 |publisher=CMT}} She was a voice actress in The Lorax (2012),{{cite news|last1=Collin|first1=Robbie|title=The Lorax, review|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/9429666/The-Lorax-review.html|access-date=August 3, 2016|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=July 26, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917033531/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/9429666/The-Lorax-review.html|archive-date=September 17, 2016}} made a cameo in the sitcom New Girl (2013),{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2013/05/01/taylor-swift-new-girl-first-look|title=Taylor Swift says 'I do' to 'New Girl'|date=May 1, 2013|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|last=Beard|first=Lanford|access-date=August 4, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108064659/http://www.ew.com/article/2013/05/01/taylor-swift-new-girl-first-look |archive-date=November 8, 2016}} and had a supporting role in the dystopian film The Giver (2014).{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2013/09/27/taylor-swift-the-giver-movie|title=Taylor Swift will co-star in long-awaited adaptation of 'The Giver'|date=September 27, 2013|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|last=Busis|first=Hillary|access-date=August 2, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221070202/http://ew.com/article/2013/09/27/taylor-swift-the-giver-movie/|archive-date=December 21, 2016}} From 2010 to 2013, Swift was romantically involved with the actor Jake Gyllenhaal, the political heir Conor Kennedy, and the singer Harry Styles.{{cite magazine |date=December 30, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift's Boyfriend Timeline: 10 Relationships & Their Songs |url=http://www.billboard.com/photos/1484087/taylor-swifts-boyfriend-timeline-10-relationships-their-songs/2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826193100/http://www.billboard.com/photos/1484087/taylor-swifts-boyfriend-timeline-10-relationships-their-songs/2 |archive-date=August 26, 2016 |access-date=August 26, 2016 |magazine=Billboard}}

= 2014–2018: ''1989'' and ''Reputation'' =

File:Taylor Swift 045 (17682880264).jpg, the highest-grossing tour of 2015|alt=Swift performing on a mic, dressed in a blue skirt]]

In March 2014, Swift began living in New York City, which she credited as a creative influence on her fifth studio album, 1989.{{NoteTag|Though Swift has properties throughout the US, she identifies Nashville as her home.{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/03/taylor-swift-moves-into-nyc-apartment-built-over-mysterious-river-of-pink-slime/359891/|title=Taylor Swift Moves into NYC Apartment Built Over Mysterious River of Pink Slime|work=The Atlantic|date=March 31, 2014|access-date=July 31, 2016|last=Peterson|first=Price|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927023235/http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/03/taylor-swift-moves-into-nyc-apartment-built-over-mysterious-river-of-pink-slime/359891/|archive-date=September 27, 2016}}{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/14933/taylor-swift-nashville-interview/|title=Why Taylor Swift Thinks Nashville Is the Best Place on Earth|first=Alex|last=Rogers|magazine=Time|date=March 7, 2014|access-date=September 27, 2016|archive-date=May 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524211945/https://time.com/14933/taylor-swift-nashville-interview/|url-status=live}}}} She described 1989 as her first "official pop album" and produced it with Jack Antonoff, Max Martin, Shellback, Imogen Heap, Ryan Tedder, and Ali Payami.{{cite web |last=Zollo |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Zollo |date=February 17, 2016 |title=The Oral History of Taylor Swift's 1989 |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/oral-history-taylor-swifts-1989 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603050923/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/oral-history-taylor-swifts-1989 |archive-date=June 3, 2021 |access-date=February 14, 2021 |publisher=The Recording Academy |via=Cuepoint}} Released in October 2014, the album opened atop the Billboard 200 with 1.28 million copies sold.{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=November 4, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift's 1989 Debuts with 1.287 Million Copies Sold |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6304536/official-taylor-swifts-1989-debuts-with-1287-million-sold-in |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105082854/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6304536/official-taylor-swifts-1989-debuts-with-1287-million-sold-in |archive-date=November 5, 2014 |access-date=November 4, 2014 |magazine=Billboard}} Its singles "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood" reached number one in Australia, Canada, and the US, with the first two making Swift the first woman to replace herself at the Hot 100 top spot.Chart positions:
{{*}} {{cite web|title=Discography Taylor Swift|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Taylor+Swift|access-date=February 14, 2021|publisher=ARIA Charts|archive-date=August 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826213740/https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Taylor+Swift|url-status=live}}
{{*}} {{cite magazine|title=Taylor Swift Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/371422/taylor-swift/chart?f=793|access-date=February 14, 2021|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=August 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809124603/http://www.billboard.com/artist/371422/taylor-swift/chart?f=793|url-status=live}}
{{*}} {{cite magazine|date=May 28, 2015|title=Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' Blasts to No. 1 on Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6576177/taylor-swift-bad-blood-tops-hot-100|url-access=subscription|access-date=May 28, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906163743/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6576177/taylor-swift-bad-blood-tops-hot-100|archive-date=September 6, 2015}} Other singles include "Style", "Wildest Dreams", "Out of the Woods", and "New Romantics".{{Cite magazine|title=Taylor Swift – Chart History: Hot 100|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/taylor-swift/chart-history/hot-100|access-date=September 18, 2016|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=March 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308171829/https://www.billboard.com/music/Taylor-Swift/chart-history/hot-100|url-status=live}} The 1989 World Tour (2015) was the highest-grossing tour of the year with $250 million in total revenue.{{cite magazine|title=Live Music's $20 Billion Year: The Grateful Dead's Fare Thee Well Reunion, Taylor Swift, One Direction Top Boxscore's Year-End|magazine=Billboard |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6805333/top-boxscores-2015-power-healthy-touring-industry |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151214195541/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6805333/top-boxscores-2015-power-healthy-touring-industry|archive-date=December 14, 2015|url-status=live}}

After publishing an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal stressing the importance of albums as a creative medium for artists,{{cite magazine|last1=Weissmann|first1=Jordan|title=Taylor Swift Has Written an Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal |magazine=Slate|type=Blog|date=July 7, 2014 |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/07/07/taylor_swift_in_the_wall_street_journal_the_music_business_can_be_saved.html|access-date=January 23, 2015 |archive-date=January 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123074145/http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/07/07/taylor_swift_in_the_wall_street_journal_the_music_business_can_be_saved.html|url-status=live }} in November 2014, Swift removed her catalog from ad-supported, free music streaming platforms such as Spotify.{{Cite magazine|last=Knopper|first=Steve|title=Taylor Swift's Label Head Explains Spotify Removal |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swift-scott-borchetta-spotify-20141108|magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 8, 2014|access-date=April 11, 2015|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421045432/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swift-scott-borchetta-spotify-20141108|archive-date=April 21, 2015 |url-access=limited}} In a June 2015 open letter, Swift criticized Apple Music for not offering royalties to artists during its free three-month trial period and threatened to withdraw her music from the platform,{{cite magazine |last=Peters |first=Mitchell |date=June 21, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift Pens Open Letter Explaining Why 1989 Won't Be on Apple Music |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6605541/taylor-swift-pens-open-letter-explaining-why-1989-wont-be-on-apple-music |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622135521/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6605541/taylor-swift-pens-open-letter-explaining-why-1989-wont-be-on-apple-music |archive-date=June 22, 2015 |access-date=June 22, 2015 |magazine=Billboard}} which prompted Apple Inc. to announce that it would pay artists during the free trial period.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6605568/apple-changes-course-after-taylor-swift-open-letter-will-pay-labels-during|title=Apple Changes Course After Taylor Swift Open Letter: Will Pay Labels During Free Trial |last=Halperin|first=Shirley|magazine=Billboard |date=June 21, 2015|access-date=June 22, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622065723/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6605568/apple-changes-course-after-taylor-swift-open-letter-will-pay-labels-during|archive-date=June 22, 2015}} Swift then agreed to keep 1989 and her catalog on Apple Music.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-25/taylor-swift-agrees-to-put-1989-album-on-apple-music|title=Taylor Swift Agrees to Put 1989 Album on Apple Music|date=June 25, 2015|last=Higgins|first=Tim|publisher=Bloomberg News|access-date=February 18, 2024|archive-date=December 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220093037/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-25/taylor-swift-agrees-to-put-1989-album-on-apple-music|url-status=live}} Big Machine Records returned Swift's catalog to Spotify among other free streaming platforms in June 2017.{{cite news |date=June 9, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift Returns to Spotify On the Day Katy Perry's Album Comes Out |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/40215361/taylor-swift-returns-to-spotify-on-the-day-katy-perrys-album-comes-out |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609075820/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/40215361/taylor-swift-returns-to-spotify-on-the-day-katy-perrys-album-comes-out |archive-date=June 9, 2017 |work=BBC News}}

Swift was named Billboard{{'}}s Woman of the Year in 2014, becoming the first artist to win the award twice.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6281490/taylor-swift-2014-billboard-woman-of-the-year|title=Taylor Swift: 2014 Billboard Woman of the Year|date=October 10, 2014|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 11, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601104651/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6281490/taylor-swift-2014-billboard-woman-of-the-year|archive-date=June 1, 2015}} At the 2014 American Music Awards, Swift received the inaugural Dick Clark Award for Excellence.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/amas-2014/6327564/taylor-swift-win-first-dick-clark-award-of-excellence-amas-2014-diana-ross|title=Taylor Swift Wins Dick Clark Award of Excellence at 2014, Presented by Diana Ross|last=Payne|first=Chris |date=November 23, 2014|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 11, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704061502/http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/amas-2014/6327564/taylor-swift-win-first-dick-clark-award-of-excellence-amas-2014-diana-ross|archive-date=July 4, 2015}} On her 25th birthday in 2014, the Grammy Museum at L.A. Live opened an exhibit in her honor in Los Angeles that ran until October 4, 2015.{{cite news|title=The Taylor Swift Experience|agency=GRAMMY Museum|url=https://grammymuseum.org/event/the-taylor-swift-experience/|access-date=April 22, 2022|archive-date=November 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125042511/https://grammymuseum.org/event/the-taylor-swift-experience/|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine |last=Boehrer |first=Kat |date=January 7, 2016 |title=Watch Taylor Swift's Stunning Acoustic Performance of 'Blank Space' at the Grammy Museum |magazine=Complex |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2016/01/taylor-swift-performs-blank-space-grammy-museum |access-date=April 22, 2022 |archive-date=April 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422231234/https://www.complex.com/music/2016/01/taylor-swift-performs-blank-space-grammy-museum |url-status=live }} In 2015, Swift won the Brit Award for International Female Solo Artist.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/25/taylor-swift-wins-international-female-solo-artist-at-brit-awards-2015|title=Taylor Swift wins international female solo artist at Brit awards 2015|last=Jonze|first=Tim|date=February 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101070259/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/25/taylor-swift-wins-international-female-solo-artist-at-brit-awards-2015|archive-date=January 1, 2016|newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=April 11, 2015}} "Bad Blood" won Video of the Year and Best Collaboration at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards.{{Cite magazine|last1=Stutz|first1=Colin |title=2015 MTV Video Music Awards Nominees Revealed: Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, Ed Sheeran & More |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/vma/6634773/2015-mtv-vma-nominees|access-date=August 15, 2016|magazine=Billboard|date=July 21, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724001205/http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/vma/6634773/2015-mtv-vma-nominees|archive-date=July 24, 2015}} At the 58th Grammy Awards (2016), 1989 won Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album, making Swift the first woman to win Album of the Year twice.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/6882510/taylor-swift-grammy-album-of-the-year-win-multiple|title=Taylor Swift Joins Elite Club to Win Grammy Album of the Year More Than Once: See the Rest|last=Lynch|first=Joe|date=February 19, 2016|magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 31, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301073145/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/6882510/taylor-swift-grammy-album-of-the-year-win-multiple|archive-date=March 1, 2016}}

File:Taylor Swift Reputation Tour1 (cropped).jpg (2018), the highest-grossing North American tour at the time]]

Swift dated the DJ Calvin Harris from March 2015 to June 2016.{{Cite magazine|last=Chiu|first=Melody|date=June 1, 2016|title=Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris Split After 15 Months Together |url=https://people.com/celebrity/taylor-swift-and-calvin-harris-split-after-15-months-together/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622042345/http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20981907_21010217,00.html|archive-date=June 22, 2016|access-date=June 1, 2016|magazine=People}} They co-wrote the song "This Is What You Came For", featuring vocals from Rihanna; Swift was initially credited under the pseudonym Nils Sjöberg.{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=July 13, 2016 |title=Taylor Swift Co-Wrote Calvin Harris' Smash Hit 'This Is What You Came For' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swift-wrote-calvin-harris-smash-hit-this-is-what-you-came-for-20160713 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730023011/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swift-wrote-calvin-harris-smash-hit-this-is-what-you-came-for-20160713 |archive-date=July 30, 2016 |access-date=July 31, 2016 |magazine=Rolling Stone |url-access=limited}} She recorded "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" with Zayn Malik for the soundtrack to Fifty Shades Darker (2017){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7694385/hot-100-ed-sheeran-katy-perry-bruno-mars|title=Ed Sheeran Tops Hot 100, Katy Perry Debuts at No. 4 & Bruno Mars, Rihanna & The Weeknd All Hit Top 10|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=February 21, 2017 |access-date=February 22, 2017|url-status=live|archive-date=February 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222113834/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7694385/hot-100-ed-sheeran-katy-perry-bruno-mars}} and won a Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year with "Better Man", which she wrote for the band Little Big Town.{{cite news |title=Taylor Swift, Pop Princess, Wins Song of the Year At the CMA Awards |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2017/11/08/taylor-swift-pop-princess-wins-song-year-cma-awards/846929001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109060227/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2017/11/08/taylor-swift-pop-princess-wins-song-year-cma-awards/846929001/ |archive-date=November 9, 2017 |access-date=November 9, 2017 |newspaper=USA Today}} In April 2016, Kanye West released the single "Famous", in which he references Swift in the line, "I made that bitch famous." Swift criticized West and said she never consented to the lyric, but West claimed that he had received her approval and his then-wife Kim Kardashian released video clips of Swift and West discussing the song amicably over the phone. The controversy made Swift a subject of an online "cancel" movement.{{cite magazine |last=Aguirre |first=Abby |date=August 8, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift on Sexism, Scrutiny, and Standing Up for Herself |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/taylor-swift-cover-september-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810081937/https://www.vogue.com/article/taylor-swift-cover-september-2019?verso=true |archive-date=August 10, 2019 |access-date=August 16, 2019 |magazine=Vogue}} In late 2016, after briefly dating Tom Hiddleston, Swift began a six-year relationship with Joe Alwyn and retreated herself from the public spotlight.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-joe-alwyn-relationship-timeline/|title=A Timeline of Taylor Swift & Joe Alwyn's Relationship|last=Aniftos|first=Rania|magazine=Billboard|date=April 11, 2023|access-date=February 18, 2024|archive-date=October 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002052019/https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-joe-alwyn-relationship-timeline/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last=Nevins |first=Jake |date=August 23, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift Announces New Album, Reputation, for November Release |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/aug/23/taylor-swift-reputation-new-album |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107033141/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/aug/23/taylor-swift-reputation-new-album |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |access-date=July 3, 2020 |work=The Guardian}}

In August 2017, Swift successfully countersued David Mueller, a former radio jockey for KYGO-FM, who sued her for damages from loss of employment. Four years earlier, she informed Mueller's bosses that he had sexually assaulted her by groping her at an event.{{cite web|last1=Grady |first1=Constance |title=Taylor Swift won her day in court. Here's what you need to know. |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/8/11/16127214/taylor-swift-groping-trial-explained |access-date=October 4, 2023 |website=Vox |date=August 11, 2017 |archive-date=October 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017234444/https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/8/11/16127214/taylor-swift-groping-trial-explained |url-status=live }} The public controversies influenced Swift's sixth studio album, Reputation, which explored the impact of her fame and musically incorporated electropop with urban styles of hip hop and R&B.{{cite web|last=Powers|first=Ann|author-link=Ann Powers|date=November 10, 2019|title=The Old Taylor's Not Dead|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/11/10/562360434/the-old-taylors-not-dead|access-date=June 29, 2020|publisher=NPR|archive-date=June 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609090728/https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/11/10/562360434/the-old-taylors-not-dead|url-status=live}} Released in November 2017,{{cite news |last=Shaw |first=Lucas |date=November 7, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift Will Keep New Album From Streaming for a Week |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-07/taylor-swift-is-said-to-keep-new-album-from-streaming-for-a-week |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108000614/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-07/taylor-swift-is-said-to-keep-new-album-from-streaming-for-a-week |archive-date=November 8, 2017 |access-date=November 7, 2017 |agency=Bloomberg News}} Reputation opened atop the Billboard 200 with 1.21 million US sales{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8039676/taylor-swift-reputation-album-sells-12-million-copies-us|title=Official: Taylor Swift's 'Reputation' Album Sells 1.2M Copies in US During First Week |magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 29, 2018|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130081855/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8039676/taylor-swift-reputation-album-sells-12-million-copies-us |archive-date=November 30, 2017}} and topped the charts in the UK, Australia, and Canada.Chart positions:
{{*}} {{Cite magazine|date=November 20, 2017|title=Taylor Swift's 'Reputation' Rules Australia's Albums Chart|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8039595/taylor-swift-reputation-rules-australia-albums-chart|access-date=December 2, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120194555/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8039595/taylor-swift-reputation-rules-australia-albums-chart|archive-date=November 20, 2017}}
{{*}} {{Cite magazine|title=Taylor Swift Chart History|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/Taylor-Swift/chart-history/CNA|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 19, 2021|archive-date=November 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122165751/https://www.billboard.com/artist/taylor-swift/chart-history/cna/|url-status=live}} The album's lead single, "Look What You Made Me Do", was Swift's first UK number-one single{{cite web|title=Taylor Swift scores first Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with 'LWYMMD'|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/taylor-swift-scores-first-number-1-on-the-official-singles-chart-with-lwymmd__20320/|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=September 1, 2017|access-date=September 1, 2017|first=Jack|last=White|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902004233/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/taylor-swift-scores-first-number-1-on-the-official-singles-chart-with-lwymmd__20320/|archive-date=September 2, 2017}} and topped charts in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and the US.Peak positions:
{{*}} {{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/2017/taylor-swift-scores-fifth-1-single|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=September 2, 2017|access-date=September 2, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift Scores Fifth No. 1 Single|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902191138/http://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/2017/taylor-swift-scores-fifth-1-single|archive-date=September 2, 2017}}
{{*}} {{cite web|url=http://irma.ie/index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Singles|title=IRMA – Irish Charts|publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association |access-date=September 2, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614003514/http://www.irma.ie/index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Singles|archive-date=June 14, 2017}}
{{*}} {{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2017-09-01|title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=September 4, 2017|access-date=September 1, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901115252/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=4394|archive-date=September 1, 2017}}
{{*}} {{cite news|title=Taylor Swift at Nos. 1 & 4 on Billboard Hot 100, as Cardi B Moves Up to No. 2|magazine=Billboard|date=September 11, 2017|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7957955/taylor-swift-hot-100-look-what-you-made-me-do-ready-for-it |access-date=October 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921152317/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7957955/taylor-swift-hot-100-look-what-you-made-me-do-ready-for-it|archive-date=September 21, 2017 |url-status=live}} Its singles "...Ready for It?", "End Game", and "Delicate" were released to pop radio.{{cite magazine |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=July 6, 2018 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Delicate' Became the Biggest Reputation Radio Hit While You Weren't Looking |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8464159/taylor-swift-delicate-reputation-biggest-radio-hit |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213050237/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8464159/taylor-swift-delicate-reputation-biggest-radio-hit |archive-date=December 13, 2020 |access-date=April 13, 2020 |magazine=Billboard}} Reputation was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album.{{cite web|date=December 7, 2018 |title=61st Grammy Nominees |publisher=The Recording Academy |url=http://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2019-grammy-awards-complete-nominations-list#1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207140528/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2019-grammy-awards-complete-nominations-list#1 |archive-date=December 7, 2018 |access-date=December 7, 2018}} Swift featured on the country duo Sugarland's "Babe" (2018).{{cite magazine |last1=Hudak |first1=Joseph |date=April 12, 2018 |title=Sugarland Announce New Album Bigger, Taylor Swift Collaboration |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/sugarland-announce-new-album-bigger-taylor-swift-collaboration-w519097 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414113840/https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/sugarland-announce-new-album-bigger-taylor-swift-collaboration-w519097 |archive-date=April 14, 2018 |access-date=April 13, 2018 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}

At the 2018 American Music Awards, Swift won four awards, which made her accumulate 23 trophies in total and become the AMAs' most awarded female musician, surpassing Whitney Houston.{{cite magazine |author=Havens, Lyndsey |date=October 9, 2018 |title=Taylor Swift Breaks an All-Time AMA Record – And Urges People to Vote in Midterm Elections |magazine=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/amas/8479150/taylor-swift-breaks-record-most-AMA-wins-woman-urges-voting-midterms |access-date=October 10, 2018 |archive-date=October 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010082243/https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/amas/8479150/taylor-swift-breaks-record-most-AMA-wins-woman-urges-voting-midterms}} The same year, she embarked on her Reputation Stadium Tour,{{Cite magazine|last=Stubblebine|first=Allison |date=November 13, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift Announces First Round of Reputation Stadium Tour Dates |magazine=Billboard|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8031415/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-dates|access-date=November 18, 2017|url-status=live|archive-date=November 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114063459/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8031415/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-dates}} which became the highest-grossing North American concert tour in history and grossed $345.7 million worldwide.{{cite magazine|first=Eric|last=Frankenberg|date=December 6, 2018 |url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/touring/8489131/taylor-swift-closes-reputation-stadium-tour-with-345-million|access-date=December 22, 2018|title=Taylor Swift Closes Reputation Stadium Tour with $345 Million |magazine=Billboard|url-status=live|archive-date=December 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209172637/https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/touring/8489131/taylor-swift-closes-reputation-stadium-tour-with-345-million}}

= 2018–2021: ''Lover'', ''Folklore'', and ''Evermore'' =

In November 2018, Swift signed a new deal with Universal Music Group, which promoted her subsequent albums under Republic Records' imprint.{{Cite web |last1=Willman |first1=Chris |last2=Aswad |first2=Jem |date=November 19, 2018 |title=Taylor Swift Signs Landmark New Deal With Universal Music Group |url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/taylor-swift-news-alert-1203032124/ |access-date=February 18, 2024 |website=Variety |archive-date=November 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119184301/https://variety.com/2018/music/news/taylor-swift-news-alert-1203032124/ |url-status=live }} The contract included a provision for Swift to maintain ownership of her masters. In addition, in the event that Universal sold any part of its stake in Spotify, it agreed to distribute a non-recoupable portion of the proceeds among its artists.{{Cite magazine |last=Wang |first=Amy X. |date=November 19, 2018 |title=Taylor Swift's New Record Deal Affects Thousands of Other Musicians |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/taylor-swift-universal-republic-deal-spotify-758102/ |url-access=limited |access-date=February 18, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-date=February 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217005742/https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/taylor-swift-universal-republic-deal-spotify-758102/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Grady |first=Constance |date=November 19, 2018 |title=What Taylor Swift's New Record Deal Means for the Music Industry—And for Her Image |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/11/19/18102856/taylor-swift-record-deal-republic-records |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220144200/https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/11/19/18102856/taylor-swift-record-deal-republic-records |archive-date=December 20, 2021 |access-date=December 20, 2021 |website=Vox}}

File:191125 Taylor Swift at the 2019 American Music Awards.png, where she was named Artist of the Decade]]

Swift's first album with Republic Records, Lover, was released in August 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/08/23/753189805/stream-taylor-swifts-new-album-lover|title=Stream Taylor Swift's New Album, 'Lover'|first=Lyndsey|last=McKenna|publisher=NPR|date=August 23, 2019|access-date=September 10, 2019|archive-date=February 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219231533/https://www.npr.org/2019/08/23/753189805/stream-taylor-swifts-new-album-lover|url-status=live}} She produced the album with Antonoff, Louis Bell, Frank Dukes, and Joel Little.{{cite magazine |last=Catucci |first=Nick |date=August 23, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift Reaches For New Heights of Personal and Musical Liberation on Lover |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/taylor-swift-lover-875442/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823045112/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/taylor-swift-lover-875442/ |archive-date=August 23, 2019 |access-date=February 15, 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} Lover peaked atop the charts of such countries as Australia, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, the UK, and the US.{{Cite web |last=Ingham |first=Tim |date=September 4, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift's Lover: A Lightning Rod For a Record Industry Struggling to Define Its Own Success |url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/is-taylor-swifts-lover-a-success-and-it-says-everything-about-the-confusing-music-business-of-2019/ |url-access= |access-date=February 18, 2024 |website= |publisher=Music Business Worldwide |archive-date=June 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601180831/https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/is-taylor-swifts-lover-a-success-and-it-says-everything-about-the-confusing-music-business-of-2019/ |url-status=live }} The album spawned five singles: "Me!", "You Need to Calm Down", "Lover", "The Man", and "Cruel Summer"; the first two singles peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, and the lattermost single became a resurgent success in 2023, reaching number one.{{Cite news |last=Molanphy |first=Chris |date=October 27, 2023 |title=Why Is a 4-Year-Old Taylor Swift Song No. 1? |url=https://slate.com/culture/2023/10/cruel-summer-number-1-taylor-swift-billboard.html |access-date=February 18, 2024 |work=Slate |archive-date=February 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211154800/https://slate.com/culture/2023/10/cruel-summer-number-1-taylor-swift-billboard.html |url-status=live }} Lover was 2019's best selling album in the US and best selling album by a solo artist worldwide.{{cite magazine|date=March 19, 2020|title=Arashi Best-Of Tops Taylor Swift for IFPI's Best-Selling Album of 2019|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/international/9338380/ifpi-best-selling-albums-list-2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 21, 2020|archive-date=March 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319162904/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/international/9338380/ifpi-best-selling-albums-list-2019|url-status=live}} The album and its singles earned three nominations at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2020-grammy-awards-nominations-complete-winners-list|title=2020 Grammy Awards: Complete Winners List|date=November 20, 2019|publisher=The Recording Academy|access-date=February 15, 2021|archive-date=May 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522011311/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2020-grammy-awards-nominations-complete-winners-list|url-status=live}} At the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, Swift won three awards including Video of the Year for "You Need to Calm Down", becoming the first female and second artist overall to win the category for a self-directed video.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8528396/12-records-2019-vma-awards|title=12 Records That Were Set at the 2019 VMAs|last=Grein|first=Paul|date=August 26, 2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 11, 2020|archive-date=January 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130144903/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8528396/12-records-2019-vma-awards|url-status=live}}

While promoting Lover in 2019, Swift became embroiled in a public dispute with the talent manager Scooter Braun after he purchased Big Machine Records, including the masters of her albums that the label had released.{{cite news |last=Grady |first=Constance |date=September 1, 2019 |title=The Taylor Swift/Scooter Braun Controversy, Explained |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/7/1/20677241/taylor-swift-scooter-braun-controversy-explained |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211151943/https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/7/1/20677241/taylor-swift-scooter-braun-controversy-explained |archive-date=February 11, 2020 |access-date=August 23, 2019 |website=Vox}} Swift said she had been trying to buy the masters, but Big Machine would allow her to do so only if she exchanged one new album for each older one under a new contract, which she refused to sign. In November 2020, Swift began re-recording her back catalog, which enabled her to own the new masters and the licensing of her songs for commercial use, substituting for the Big Machine-owned masters.{{cite magazine |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=November 16, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Confirms Sale of Her Masters, Says She Is Already Re-Recording Her Catalog |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/taylor-swift-responds-scooter-brauns-sale-of-her-catalog-saying-1234833284/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=November 18, 2020 |archive-date=December 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203070817/https://variety.com/2020/music/news/taylor-swift-responds-scooter-brauns-sale-of-her-catalog-saying-1234833284/ |url-status=live }}

In February 2020, Swift signed a global publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group after her 16-year contract with Sony/ATV expired.{{cite magazine |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=February 6, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Moves to Universal Music Publishing Group with New Pact |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/taylor-swift-signs-umpg-publishing-deal-1203484798/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212233711/https://variety.com/2020/music/news/taylor-swift-signs-umpg-publishing-deal-1203484798/ |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=February 6, 2020 |magazine=Variety}} Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Swift surprise-released two "sister albums" that she recorded and produced with Antonoff and Aaron Dessner: Folklore in July and Evermore in December.{{Cite news |last=Campoamor |first=Danielle |date=December 11, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Dropped Two Albums This Year |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/gender-identity/taylor-swift-dropped-two-albums-this-year-productivity-is-one-way-to-cope-with-the-pandemic-it-doesnt-have-to-be-yours/ |url-access=limited |access-date=February 18, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} Joe Alwyn co-wrote and co-produced a few songs under the pseudonym William Bowery.{{cite magazine |last=Atkinson |first=Katie |date=December 15, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Isn't So Sure She & Joe Alwyn Would Have Made Music Together If It Weren't for Lockdown |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9500267/taylor-swift-joe-alwyn-songwriting-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811133425/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9500267/taylor-swift-joe-alwyn-songwriting-interview/ |archive-date=August 11, 2021 |access-date=February 18, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}} Both albums incorporated a muted indie folk production;{{Sfnm|1a1=McGrath|1y=2023|1p=79|2a1=Fogarty|2a2=Arnold|2y=2021|2p=5}} each was supported by three singles catering to US pop, country, and triple A radio formats. The singles were "Cardigan", "Betty", and "Exile" from Folklore, and "Willow", "No Body, No Crime", and "Coney Island" from Evermore.{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=January 28, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Coney Island' and 'No Body, No Crime' Debut on Airplay Charts, Joining 'Willow' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9517376/taylor-swift-evermore-radio-rollout/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816082404/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9517376/taylor-swift-evermore-radio-rollout/ |archive-date=August 16, 2021 |access-date=February 2, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}} Folklore was the bestselling album of 2020 in the US{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=January 7, 2021 |title=Lil Baby's My Turn Is MRC Data's Top Album of 2020, Roddy Ricch's 'The Box' Most-Streamed Song |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9508037/mrc-data-2020-recap/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107213825/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9508037/mrc-data-2020-recap/ |archive-date=January 7, 2021 |access-date=January 7, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}} and, together with "Cardigan", made Swift the first artist to debut a US number-one album and a number-one song in the same week; she achieved the feat again with Evermore and "Willow".{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=December 21, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Willow' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9503448/taylor-swift-willow-debut-number-one-hot-100/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222181910/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9503448/taylor-swift-willow-debut-number-one-hot-100/ |archive-date=December 22, 2020 |access-date=February 18, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}}

According to Billboard, Swift was the highest-paid musician in the US and highest-paid solo musician worldwide of 2020.{{cite magazine |last=Christman |first=Ed |date=July 19, 2021 |title=Billboard's U.S. Money Makers: The Top Paid Musicians of 2020 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9602078/musician-us-money-makers-highest-paid-2020/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724153507/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9602078/musician-us-money-makers-highest-paid-2020 |archive-date=July 24, 2021 |access-date=July 19, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}}
{{*}} {{Cite magazine |last=Christman |first=Ed |date=July 19, 2021 |title=Billboard's 2020 Global Money Makers: The 5 Top Highest Paid Musicians |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/money-makers/9602829/musician-global-money-makers-highest-paid-2020-report |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723130805/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/money-makers/9602829/musician-global-money-makers-highest-paid-2020-report/ |archive-date=July 23, 2021 |access-date=July 19, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}} Folklore made Swift the first woman to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year three times, winning the category at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards (2021).{{cite magazine |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=March 14, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift Becomes First Woman to Win Album of the Year Grammy Three Times |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/taylor-swift-grammys-album-of-year-first-woman-three-times-folklore-1234930200/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202155311/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/taylor-swift-grammys-album-of-year-first-woman-three-times-folklore-1234930200/ |archive-date=December 2, 2021 |access-date=March 15, 2021 |magazine=Variety}} At the American Music Awards, Swift won three awards including Artist of the Year for a third record time (2020){{Cite magazine |last1=Willman |first1=Chris |date=November 23, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Wins Three American Music Awards, Says She's MIA Because of 'Recording All of My Old Music' |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/taylor-swift-wins-three-american-music-awards-says-shes-mia-because-of-recording-all-of-my-old-music-1234837818/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202155303/https://variety.com/2020/music/news/taylor-swift-wins-three-american-music-awards-says-shes-mia-because-of-recording-all-of-my-old-music-1234837818/ |archive-date=December 2, 2021 |access-date=November 25, 2020 |magazine=Variety}} and Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Pop/Rock Album (2021).{{Cite magazine |last=Atkinson |first=Katie |date=November 22, 2021 |title=Here Are All the 2021 American Music Awards Winners |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2021-amas-winners-list-1235000924/ |access-date=February 18, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=November 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124070925/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2021-amas-winners-list-1235000924/ |url-status=live }} Swift played Bombalurina in the film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats (2019), for which she co-wrote and recorded the Golden Globe-nominated original song "Beautiful Ghosts".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8543715/taylor-swift-beautiful-ghosts-cat|title=Taylor Swift Releases 'Beautiful Ghosts,' Co-Written With Andrew Lloyd Webber for 'Cats' Film|last=Aniftos|first=Rania|magazine=Billboard|date=November 15, 2019|access-date=November 15, 2019|archive-date=November 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119025353/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8543715/taylor-swift-beautiful-ghosts-cat|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=December 9, 2019|title=Golden Globes 2020: full list of nominations|newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/dec/09/golden-globes-2020-full-list-of-nominations|url-status=live|access-date=December 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210105001/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/dec/09/golden-globes-2020-full-list-of-nominations|archive-date=December 10, 2019}} The documentary Miss Americana, which chronicled parts of Swift's life and career, premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.{{cite magazine |last=Mamo |first=Heran |date=January 15, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Miss Americana Netflix Doc Has a Release Date & We're So Ready for It |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/movies/8548174/taylor-swift-miss-americana-netflix-documentary-release-date |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424231354/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/movies/8548174/taylor-swift-miss-americana-netflix-documentary-release-date |archive-date=April 24, 2020 |access-date=January 19, 2020 |magazine=Billboard}}

= 2021–2023: Re-recordings and ''Midnights'' =

Swift's re-recordings of her first six studio albums began with Fearless (Taylor's Version) and Red (Taylor's Version), which were released in April and November 2021. Both peaked atop the Billboard 200, and the former was the first re-recorded album to do so.{{Cite magazine |last=Espada |first=Mariah |date=July 6, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Is Halfway Through Her Rerecording Project. It's Paid Off Big Time |url=https://time.com/6292599/taylor-swift-speak-now-rerecord-project/ |access-date=February 18, 2024 |magazine=Time |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027074519/https://time.com/6292599/taylor-swift-speak-now-rerecord-project/ |url-status=live }} Fearless (Taylor's Version) was preceded by "Love Story (Taylor's Version)", which made Swift the second artist after Dolly Parton to have both the original and re-recorded versions of a song reach number one on Hot Country Songs.{{Cite magazine |last1=Asker |first1=Jim |last2=Trust |first2=Gary |date=February 22, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Love Story (Taylor's Version)' Debuts at No. 1 on Hot Country Songs Chart: 'I'm So Grateful to the Fans' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9529564/taylor-swift-love-story-number-one-hot-country-songs/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 22, 2021 |archive-date=April 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422005222/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9529564/taylor-swift-love-story-number-one-hot-country-songs |url-status=live }} Red (Taylor's Version) was supported by "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)", which became the longest song in history to top the Hot 100.{{Cite magazine |last=McCluskey |first=Megan |date=December 8, 2023 |title=Breaking Down Taylor Swift's 2023 Impact By the Numbers |url=https://time.com/6343881/taylor-swift-records-numbers-2023/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226171827/https://time.com/6343881/taylor-swift-records-numbers-2023/ |archive-date=December 26, 2023 |access-date=December 26, 2023 |magazine=Time}}File:Taylor Swift 2022 infobox.jpgSwift's tenth studio album, Midnights, was released in October 2022.{{cite news |date=October 22, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift's New Album Breaks Spotify Streaming Record |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/22/taylor-swifts-new-album-breaks-spotify-streaming-record |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022080809/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/22/taylor-swifts-new-album-breaks-spotify-streaming-record |archive-date=October 22, 2022 |access-date=October 22, 2022 |newspaper=The Guardian}} The album incorporates a restrained electropop{{cite web|last=Light |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Light |date=October 24, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift's Midnights Does Something Astonishing. Even For Her. |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a41752359/taylor-swift-midnights-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117101209/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a41752359/taylor-swift-midnights-review/ |archive-date=January 17, 2023 |access-date=January 17, 2023 |website=Esquire}} and synth-pop sound{{cite news|last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |date=October 21, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift: Midnights Review – Small-Hours Pop Rich with Self-Loathing and Stereotype-Smashing |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/21/taylor-swift-midnights-review-small-hours-pop-rich-with-self-loathing-and-stereotype-smashing |url-status=live |access-date=October 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022001540/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/21/taylor-swift-midnights-review-small-hours-pop-rich-with-self-loathing-and-stereotype-smashing |archive-date=October 22, 2022}} with elements of hip hop, R&B, and electronica.{{Cite news |last=Richardson |first=Mark |date=October 24, 2022 |title=Midnights Review: Taylor Swift After Dark |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/midnights-review-taylor-swift-jack-antonoff-anti-hero-single-11666647508 |url-access=subscription |access-date=February 19, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |archive-date=February 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211011818/https://www.wsj.com/articles/midnights-review-taylor-swift-jack-antonoff-anti-hero-single-11666647508 |url-status=live }} In the US, Midnights was her fifth to open atop the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of over one million copies, and its tracks, led by the single "Anti-Hero", made Swift the first artist to monopolize the top 10 of the Hot 100.{{Cite magazine |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=December 6, 2022 |title=Here Are All of Taylor Swift's Biggest Accomplishments in 2022 |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-biggest-accomplishments-2022/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430000907/https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-biggest-accomplishments-2022/ |archive-date=April 30, 2023 |access-date=December 7, 2022 |magazine=Billboard}} Globally, the album broke the record for the most single-day streams and most single-week streams on Spotify and peaked atop the charts of at least 14 countries.{{cite news |last=Young |first=Alex |date=October 31, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift Broke 73 Records with Release of New Album Midnights |url=https://consequence.net/2022/10/taylor-swift-midnights-records/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031010926/https://consequence.net/2022/10/taylor-swift-midnights-records/ |archive-date=October 31, 2022 |access-date=July 19, 2023 |website=Consequence}} The album's two further singles, "Lavender Haze" and "Karma", both peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100.{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=June 5, 2023 |title=Morgan Wallen's 'Last Night' No. 1 on Hot 100 for Ninth Week, Taylor Swift & Ice Spice's 'Karma' Blasts to No. 2 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-last-night-taylor-swift-ice-spice-karma-hot-100-top-10-1235345987/ |access-date=August 21, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=October 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026233157/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-last-night-taylor-swift-ice-spice-karma-hot-100-top-10-1235345987/ |url-status=live }}

According to Billboard, Swift was the top-earning solo artist in the US and the top-earning musician worldwide of 2021.{{Cite magazine |last=Christman |first=Ed |date=December 30, 2022 |title=Music's Top 40 U.S. Money Makers of 2021 |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/top-earning-musicians-rolling-stones-swift-us-money-makers/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=February 19, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=December 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229182624/https://www.billboard.com/pro/top-earning-musicians-rolling-stones-swift-us-money-makers/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine |last=Christman |first=Ed |date=December 29, 2022 |title=Music's Top Global Money Makers of 2021 |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/top-earning-musicians-taylor-swift-bts-global-money-makers-2021/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=February 19, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=December 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230175252/https://www.billboard.com/pro/top-earning-musicians-taylor-swift-bts-global-money-makers-2021/ |url-status=live }} She won six American Music Awards including Artist of the Year in 2022.{{Cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=November 21, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift, BTS & More Record-Setters at 2022 American Music Awards |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2022-amas-records-winners-1235174479/ |access-date=February 18, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=November 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121080436/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2022-amas-records-winners-1235174479/ |url-status=live }} At the MTV Video Music Awards, Swift won her third and fourth trophies for Video of the Year with All Too Well: The Short Film, her self-directed short film that accompanies "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)", in 2022{{cite news |last=Corcoran |first=Nina |date=August 28, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift Announces New Album Midnights, Breaks Record for Most Video of the Year Wins at 2022 VMAs |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/taylor-swift-breaks-record-for-most-video-of-the-year-wins-at-2022-vmas/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829031951/https://pitchfork.com/news/taylor-swift-breaks-record-for-most-video-of-the-year-wins-at-2022-vmas/ |archive-date=August 29, 2022 |access-date=August 28, 2022 |work=Pitchfork}} and "Anti-Hero" in 2023.{{Cite magazine |last1=Blistein |first1=Jon |last2=Guglielmi |first2=Jodi |date=September 13, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Makes History at 2023 VMAs |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-makes-history-2023-vmas-1234823495/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913222023/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-makes-history-2023-vmas-1234823495/ |archive-date=September 13, 2023 |access-date=September 13, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} During this period, Swift won three Grammy Awards: Best Music Video for All Too Well: The Short Film{{cite news |last1=Horton |first1=Adrian |last2=Lee |first2=Benjamin |date=February 6, 2023 |title=Grammy Awards 2023: List of Winners |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/05/grammy-awards-2022-list-of-winners |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206000806/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/05/grammy-awards-2022-list-of-winners |archive-date=February 6, 2023 |access-date=February 6, 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian}} and Best Pop Vocal Album and Album of the Year for Midnights. Swift became the first artist to win Album of the Year four times in Grammy history.{{Cite news |author=West |first=Bryan |author-link=Bryan West (journalist) |date=February 5, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Makes Grammys History with Fourth Album of the Year Win for Midnights |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/02/04/taylor-swift-wins-grammys-2024-midnights/72425158007/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205024530/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/02/04/taylor-swift-wins-grammys-2024-midnights/72425158007/ |archive-date=February 5, 2024 |access-date=February 5, 2024 |newspaper=USA Today}}

Swift's next two re-recorded albums, Speak Now (Taylor's Version) and 1989 (Taylor's Version), were released in July and October{{nbsp}}2023. The former made Swift the woman with the most number-one albums (12) in Billboard 200 history, surpassing Barbra Streisand,{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=July 16, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift's Re-Recorded Speak Now Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 2023's Biggest Week |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-speak-now-taylors-version-number-one-debut-billboard-200-chart-1235372565/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230719003927/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-speak-now-taylors-version-number-one-debut-billboard-200-chart-1235372565/ |archive-date=July 19, 2023 |access-date=July 16, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}} and the latter was her sixth album to sell one million copies in a single week in the US, claiming her career's largest album sales week.{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=November 5, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift's 1989 (Taylor's Version) Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With Biggest Week in Nearly a Decade |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-number-one-billboard-200-albums-chart-1235463917/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105200203/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-number-one-billboard-200-albums-chart-1235463917/ |archive-date=November 5, 2023 |access-date=November 5, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}} 1989 (Taylor's Version){{'s}} single "Is It Over Now?" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite magazine |last1=Trust |first1=Gary |date=November 6, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version)' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-is-it-over-now-number-1-hot-100-debut-1235464462/ |access-date=November 6, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=November 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106184532/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-is-it-over-now-number-1-hot-100-debut-1235464462/ |url-status=live }} Swift featured on Big Red Machine's "Renegade" and "Birch" (2021),{{Cite magazine |last=Cohen |first=Jonathan |date=June 29, 2021 |title=Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon Rev Up Big Red Machine With Help From Taylor Swift |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/aaron-dessner-justin-vernon-big-red-machine-taylor-swift-album-1235007462/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523160429/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/aaron-dessner-justin-vernon-big-red-machine-taylor-swift-album-1235007462/ |url-status=live }} Haim's "Gasoline" (2021),{{cite news |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=February 19, 2021 |title=Haim Enlist Taylor Swift for New 'Gasoline' Remix |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/haim-enlist-taylor-swift-for-new-gasoline-remix-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219000151/https://pitchfork.com/news/haim-enlist-taylor-swift-for-new-gasoline-remix-listen/ |archive-date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=February 10, 2022 |website=Pitchfork}} Ed Sheeran's "The Joker and the Queen" (2022),{{Cite magazine |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=February 11, 2022 |title=Ed Sheeran & Taylor Swift Release 'The Joker and the Queen' Remix: Watch the Video |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/ed-sheeran-taylor-swift-joker-and-the-queen-remix-video-1235029898/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 11, 2022 |archive-date=February 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211002033/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/ed-sheeran-taylor-swift-joker-and-the-queen-remix-video-1235029898/ |url-status=live }} and the National's "The Alcott" (2023).{{Cite magazine |last=Rowley |first=Glenn |date=January 18, 2023 |title=The National Unveils First Two Pages of Frankenstein Tracklist With Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers & Sufjan Stevens |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/the-national-first-two-pages-of-frankenstein-tracklist-taylor-swift-phoebe-bridgers-sufjan-stevens-1235200793/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118184740/https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/the-national-first-two-pages-of-frankenstein-tracklist-taylor-swift-phoebe-bridgers-sufjan-stevens-1235200793/ |archive-date=January 18, 2023 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}} For the soundtrack of the film Where the Crawdads Sing (2022), she wrote and recorded "Carolina", which received nominations for Best Original Song at the Golden Globes and Best Song Written for Visual Media at the Grammy Awards.{{Cite magazine |last=Davis |first=Clayton |date=December 21, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift Doesn't Make Oscar Shortlist for All Too Well Short Film, but Advances for 'Carolina' Original Song |url=https://variety.com/2022/awards/musicians/taylor-swift-all-too-well-oscars-snub-1235467496/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=December 24, 2022 |archive-date=December 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224085242/https://variety.com/2022/awards/musicians/taylor-swift-all-too-well-oscars-snub-1235467496/ |url-status=live }} Besides music, Swift had a supporting role in the period comedy film Amsterdam (2022).{{Cite web |last=King |first=Jack |date=October 7, 2022 |title=Let's Talk About Taylor Swift Getting [Redacted] in Amsterdam |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/taylor-swift-amsterdam-movie |access-date=February 19, 2024 |website=British GQ |archive-date=February 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219034312/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/taylor-swift-amsterdam-movie |url-status=live }}

In 2023, Swift was the most streamed artist on Spotify,{{cite news|last=Sherman |first=Maria |date=November 29, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is Spotify's most-streamed artist of 2023, ending Bad Bunny's 3-year reign |agency=ABC News |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/taylor-swift-spotifys-streamed-artist-2023-ending-bad-105236998 |url-status=live |access-date=November 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129204149/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/taylor-swift-spotifys-streamed-artist-2023-ending-bad-105236998 |archive-date=November 29, 2023}} Apple Music,{{Cite magazine |last=Garcia |first=Thania |date=November 28, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Named Apple Music's Artist of the Year; Morgan Wallen Tops Global Songs Chart |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/taylor-swift-apple-music-artist-of-the-year-1235810632/ |url-status=live |magazine=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129011402/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/taylor-swift-apple-music-artist-of-the-year-1235810632/ |archive-date=November 29, 2023 |access-date=November 29, 2023}} and Amazon Music;{{cite web |title=Best of 2023 (Taylor's Version) Playlist on Amazon Music |url=https://music.amazon.com/playlists/B0CP6LBW1S |access-date=December 3, 2023 |publisher=Amazon Music |quote=Our most streamed artist of 2023 globally. It's Taylor's world and we are just living for it. |archive-date=February 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218135037/https://music.amazon.com/1/batch/2/OE/mid=ATVPDKIKX0DER:sid=133-3129331-9201663:rid=EQE2DXY5G7ZW8PSQY1G8:sn=music.amazon.com |url-status=live }} and the first act to place number one on the year-end Billboard top artists list in three different decades (2009, 2015 and 2023).{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=November 21, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Is Billboard's Top Artist of 2023 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-billboard-top-artist-2023-1235491460/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121174434/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-billboard-top-artist-2023-1235491460/ |archive-date=November 21, 2023 |access-date=November 21, 2023}} She had five out of the 10 best-selling albums of 2023 in the US, a record since Luminate began tracking US music sales in 1991.{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=January 10, 2024 |title=Morgan Wallen's One Thing at a Time Is Luminate's Top Album of 2023 in U.S. |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/2023-us-year-end-music-report-luminate-top-album-morgan-wallen-taylor-swift-1235579214/ |access-date=January 12, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=January 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110181421/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/2023-us-year-end-music-report-luminate-top-album-morgan-wallen-taylor-swift-1235579214/ |url-status=live }}

= 2023–present: The Eras Tour and ''The Tortured Poets Department'' =

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In March 2023, Swift embarked on the Eras Tour, a retrospective tour covering all her studio albums. Media outlets extensively covered the tour's global cultural and economic impact,{{cite news |last1=Wood |first1=Mikael |last2=Brown |first2=August |date=August 1, 2023 |title=It's a love story, L.A. just says yes: How Taylormania took over the world |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-08-01/taylor-swift-eras-tour-sofi-stadium-michael-jackson-thriller |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801143419/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-08-01/taylor-swift-eras-tour-sofi-stadium-michael-jackson-thriller |archive-date=August 1, 2023 |access-date=August 1, 2023 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}} and its US leg broke the record for the most tickets sold in a day. Ticketmaster received public and political criticisms for mishandling the tour's ticket sales.{{cite news |last=Mahdawi |first=Arwa |date=November 20, 2022 |title=Swifties know: the Ticketmaster fiasco shows America has a monopoly problem |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/19/taylor-swift-ticketmaster-week-in-patriarchy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210085353/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/19/taylor-swift-ticketmaster-week-in-patriarchy |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |access-date=November 20, 2022 |newspaper=The Guardian}} The Eras Tour became the highest-grossing tour in history.{{cite news |last=Gensler |first=Andy |date=December 8, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Sets All-Time Touring Record With $1 Billion Gross |magazine=Pollstar |url=https://news.pollstar.com/2023/12/08/taylor-swift-sets-all-time-touring-record-with-billion-dollar-gross/ |url-status=live |access-date=December 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208150250/https://news.pollstar.com/2023/12/08/taylor-swift-sets-all-time-touring-record-with-billion-dollar-gross/ |archive-date=December 8, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/12/taylor-swifts-eras-tour-breaks-record-as-highest-grossing-music-tour-ever-762285|last=Atwal|first=Sanj|title=Taylor Swift's Eras Tour breaks record as highest-grossing music tour ever|date=December 12, 2023|access-date=December 12, 2023|work=Guinness World Records|archive-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212174200/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/12/taylor-swifts-eras-tour-breaks-record-as-highest-grossing-music-tour-ever-762285|url-status=live}} Its concert film, released to theaters worldwide on October 13, 2023, grossed over $250 million to become the highest-grossing concert film and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement.{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=November 28, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Eras Tour' Concert Movie Passes $250 Million in Worldwide Grosses |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/taylor-swift-eras-tour-concert-movie-250-million-worldwide-grosses-1235513323/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201233614/https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/taylor-swift-eras-tour-concert-movie-250-million-worldwide-grosses-1235513323/ |archive-date=December 1, 2023 |access-date=December 1, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}}{{cite magazine |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |date=January 7, 2024 |title=Golden Globes 2024 Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/golden-globes-2024-winners-list-1235781166/ |access-date=January 8, 2024 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=January 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108050358/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/golden-globes-2024-winners-list-1235781166/ |url-status=live }} A photobook, The Eras Tour Book, was released on November 29, 2024, and sold over a million copies in its first week in the US alone.{{Cite news |date=December 6, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift sets new record: Eras Tour book becomes biggest publishing launch of 2024 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/taylor-swift-setting-new-records-eras-tour-book-becomes-biggest-publishing-launch-of-the-year/articleshow/116017254.cms?from=mdr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206162532/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/taylor-swift-setting-new-records-eras-tour-book-becomes-biggest-publishing-launch-of-the-year/articleshow/116017254.cms?from=mdr |archive-date=December 6, 2024 |access-date=December 9, 2024 |newspaper=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}

Swift's eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, was released on April 19, 2024.{{cite magazine |last1=Zemler |first1=Emily |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Unveils Double Album The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-the-anthology-announcement-1235007251/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419063239/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-the-anthology-announcement-1235007251/ |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone |url-access=limited}} Topping charts globally, the album broke a string of records: it marked the first album ever to amass 1{{nbsp}}billion Spotify streams in a week; sold 2.6{{nbsp}}million units in its first week in the US; made Swift the first artist to monopolize the top 14 of the Billboard Hot 100 and the top 10 of Australia's ARIA Singles Chart; and went on to spend 17 weeks atop the Billboard 200—Swift's longest-running number-one album on the chart. The lead single, "Fortnight", featuring Post Malone, became Swift's 12th number-one song on the Hot 100.{{Cite web |title=Taylor takes the top 10 |url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/taylor-takes-the-top-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426073257/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/taylor-takes-the-top-10 |archive-date=April 26, 2024 |access-date=April 26, 2024 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association}}{{Cite magazine |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=May 2, 2024 |title='The Tortured Poets Department': All the Records Taylor Swift's New Album Has Broken (So Far) |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-records-broken/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423222347/https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-records-broken/ |archive-date=April 23, 2024 |access-date=May 23, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=December 15, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' Logs 17th Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-17th-week-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235857250/ |access-date=December 15, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=December 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241216051110/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-17th-week-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235857250/ |url-status=live }}

After the pandemic, Swift's music releases, touring, and related activities culminated in an unprecedented height of popularity.{{Cite magazine |last1=Adamczyk |first1=Alicia |last2=Abrams |first2=Joseph |date=July 25, 2023 |title=The brilliant marketing synergy of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour and her rerecorded albums |url=https://fortune.com/2023/07/25/marketing-synergy-between-taylor-swift-eras-tour-and-rerecorded-albums/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821072208/https://fortune.com/2023/07/25/marketing-synergy-between-taylor-swift-eras-tour-and-rerecorded-albums/ |archive-date=August 21, 2023 |access-date=August 21, 2023 |magazine=Fortune}} From 2023 onward, Swift found ubiquitous success, albeit more dominant than before, with the successes of the re-recordings, the Eras Tour, its concert film, Midnights, and The Tortured Poets Department, significantly increasing her net worth; Music Business Worldwide remarked this as a "new stratosphere of global career success" for Swift.{{cite news |last=Ingham |first=Tim |date=June 14, 2023 |title=Reliving the Taylor Swift Catalog Sale Saga (And Following the Money...) |url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/taylor-swift-catalog-sale-following-the-money/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614214243/https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/taylor-swift-catalog-sale-following-the-money/ |archive-date=June 14, 2023 |access-date=June 15, 2023 |agency=Music Business Worldwide}}{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=June 1, 2024 |title=It's the age of Swiftonomics – but will Taylor Swift's phenomenal success trickle down? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/jun/01/its-the-age-of-swiftonomics-but-will-taylor-swifts-phenomenal-success-trickle-down |access-date=August 8, 2024 |newspaper=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=September 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909190708/https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/jun/01/its-the-age-of-swiftonomics-but-will-taylor-swifts-phenomenal-success-trickle-down |url-status=live }} In 2023, she began dating the American football player Travis Kelce,{{Cite magazine |last=Blanchet |first=Brenton |date=November 20, 2023 |title=Travis Kelce Shares the Real Story of How Taylor Swift Romance Began in Wide-Ranging Interview |url=https://people.com/travis-kelce-shares-real-story-taylor-swift-romance-started-8404324 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120182333/https://people.com/travis-kelce-shares-real-story-taylor-swift-romance-started-8404324 |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |access-date=November 20, 2023 |magazine=People}} and in 2024, won Artist of the Year at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards.{{Cite magazine |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |date=April 2, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Wins Artist of the Year at 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/taylor-swift-artist-of-the-year-iheartradio-music-awards-1235646879/ |access-date=April 2, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=April 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402020522/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/taylor-swift-artist-of-the-year-iheartradio-music-awards-1235646879/ |url-status=live }} Swift was Spotify's most streamed artist once again in 2024.{{cite web |date=November 29, 2023 |title=The Top Songs, Artists, Podcasts, and Listening Trends of 2023 Revealed |url=https://newsroom.spotify.com/2023-11-29/top-songs-artists-podcasts-albums-trends-2023/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129131742/https://newsroom.spotify.com/2023-11-29/top-songs-artists-podcasts-albums-trends-2023/ |archive-date=November 29, 2023 |access-date=November 29, 2023 |publisher=Spotify}}{{Cite web |date=December 17, 2024 |title=How Taylor Swift's Eras Tour smashed records, by the numbers |url=https://qz.com/how-taylor-swifts-eras-tour-smashed-records-by-the-num-1851720785 |access-date=December 18, 2024 |website=Quartz}}

In January 2024, AI-generated fake pornographic images portraying Swift were posted to Twitter and spread to other social media platforms, spurring criticism and demands for legal reform.{{Cite magazine |last=Phillips |first=Zoe G. |date=January 27, 2024 |title=SAG-AFTRA and White House Issue Statements on Taylor Swift AI Nudes: "We Have It in Our Power to Control These Technologies" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/sag-statement-taylor-swift-ai-nudes-1235808635/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127054704/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/sag-statement-taylor-swift-ai-nudes-1235808635/ |archive-date=January 27, 2024 |access-date=January 27, 2024 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}} In July, Swift and Kelce received death threats from a stalker in Gelsenkirchen, Germany,{{Cite magazine |last=Pequeño |first=Antonio IV |title=Taylor Swift's Suspected Stalker Who Allegedly Made Threats Against Travis Kelce Arrested At Germany Show |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2024/07/19/taylor-swifts-suspected-stalker-who-allegedly-made-threats-against-travis-kelce-arrested-at-germany-show/ |access-date=August 8, 2024 |magazine=Forbes |archive-date=August 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808043007/https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2024/07/19/taylor-swifts-suspected-stalker-who-allegedly-made-threats-against-travis-kelce-arrested-at-germany-show/ |url-status=live }} and three children were killed in a stabbing attack at a Swift-themed workshop in Southport, England, leading to civil unrest in the UK.{{Cite news |last=Picheta |first=Rob |date=August 5, 2024 |title=Violent, far-right riots overran some UK cities this weekend. What happened, and what comes next? |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/05/uk/uk-far-right-protests-explainer-gbr-intl/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806000942/https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/05/uk/uk-far-right-protests-explainer-gbr-intl/index.html |archive-date=6 August 2024 |access-date=August 6, 2024 |publisher=CNN}} In August, all three of the Eras Tour concerts in Vienna were canceled following the arrest of two suspects for allegedly planning an Islamic State-inspired terrorist attack in the city. The plan was uncovered by US intelligence and was thwarted by Austrian police forces.{{Cite news |date=August 8, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift shows in Vienna canceled after 2 arrested for planning ISIS-inspired terror plot |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/2-arrested-planning-terror-plot-taylor-swift-show/story?id=112647175 |access-date=August 8, 2024 |publisher=ABC News |archive-date=August 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809102102/https://abcnews.go.com/International/2-arrested-planning-terror-plot-taylor-swift-show/story?id=112647175 |url-status=live }}

Artistry

= Musical styles =

Swift has ventured into diverse genres throughout her career, including pop,{{efn|Attributed to Billboard{{'s}} Hannah Dailey,{{Cite magazine |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=November 1, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift's Pop Career Turns 10: How She Pulled Off the Perfect Genre Crossover With 1989 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-1989-turns-10-pop-crossover-1235578854/ |access-date=December 13, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} NPR{{'s}} Ken Tucker,{{Cite news |last=Tucker |first=Ken |author-link=Ken Tucker |date=November 13, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift Pushes Further Into Electro-Pop With Reputation |publisher=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/11/13/563738577/taylor-swift-pushes-further-into-electro-pop-with-reputation |url-status=live |access-date=December 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027212210/https://www.npr.org/2017/11/13/563738577/taylor-swift-pushes-further-into-electro-pop-with-reputation |archive-date=October 27, 2021 |format=Audio upload and transcript }} and Vanity Fair{{'s}} Erin Vanderhoof.{{Cite magazine |last=Vanderhoof |first=Erin |date=August 23, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift's Lover Could Hold the Key to Pop Music's Survival |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/08/taylor-swift-lover-review |access-date=December 13, 2024 |magazine=Vanity Fair |url-access=limited |archive-date=August 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824051507/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/08/taylor-swift-lover-review |url-status=live }}}} country,{{efn|Attributed to Taste of Country,{{cite web |date=September 1, 2017 |title=No. 30: Taylor Swift – Country's Most Powerful Women of All Time |url=https://tasteofcountry.com/taylor-swift-powerful-female-country-singers/ |access-date=December 13, 2024 |work=Taste of Country}} The Tennessean{{'s}} Peter Cooper,{{cite web |last=Cooper |first=Peter |title=Taylor Swift Reaches a Turning Point with 1989 |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/peter-cooper/2014/10/26/taylor-swift-reaches-turning-point/17871775/ |website=The Tennessean |access-date=December 13, 2024 |date=October 26, 2014 |url-access=subscription}} and Billboard{{'s}} Bob Allen and Hannah Dailey.{{Cite magazine|last=Allen|first=Bob|date=July 3, 2014|title=Taylor Swift's Red Wraps As All-Time Country Tour|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-red-all-time-country-tour/|access-date=December 13, 2024|magazine=Billboard|url-access=subscription|archive-date=June 28, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230628201400/https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-red-all-time-country-tour/|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=November 26, 2024 |title=Billboard's Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century: No. 2 — Taylor Swift |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-greatest-pop-stars-21st-century-1235839222/ |access-date=December 3, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=December 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202153737/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-greatest-pop-stars-21st-century-1235839222/ |url-status=live }}}} folk,{{efn|Attributed to The Guardian{{'s}} Sian Cain, NPR{{'s}} Stephen Thompson and Lyndsey McKenna,{{cite web |first1=Stephen |last1=Thompson |first2=Lyndsey |last2=McKenna |title=Taylor Swift Does It Again (and Again) on Evermore |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/12/11/945640307/taylor-swift-does-it-again-and-again-on-evermore |publisher=NPR |access-date=December 13, 2024 |format=Audio upload |date=December 15, 2020 |archive-date=December 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206074300/https://www.npr.org/2020/12/11/945640307/taylor-swift-does-it-again-and-again-on-evermore |url-status=live }} and Rolling Stone{{'s}} Claire Shaffer and Brittany Spanos.{{Cite magazine|last1=Shaffer|first1=Claire|last2=Spanos|first2=Brittany|date=December 11, 2020|title='Goodbye Earl' to Emily Dickinson: A Rundown of Taylor Swift's Influences on Evermore|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/goodbye-earl-to-emily-dickinson-a-rundown-of-taylor-swifts-influences-on-evermore-1102620/|access-date=December 13, 2024|magazine=Rolling Stone|url-access=limited|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211185715/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/goodbye-earl-to-emily-dickinson-a-rundown-of-taylor-swifts-influences-on-evermore-1102620/|url-status=live}}}} rock,{{efn|Attributed to Spin{{'s}} Bobby Olivier,{{Cite magazine |last=Olivier |first=Bobby |date=July 7, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Reimagines Speak Now (Taylor's Version) With An Emo Twist |url=https://www.spin.com/2023/07/taylor-swift-speak-now-taylors-version-album-review/ |url-status=live |magazine=Spin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708160123/https://www.spin.com/2023/07/taylor-swift-speak-now-taylors-version-album-review/ |archive-date=July 8, 2023 |access-date=December 13, 2024}} Alternative Press{{'s}} Kelsey Barnes,{{cite web|last=Barnes|first=Kelsey|url=https://www.altpress.com/taylor-swift-albums-ranked/|title=Every Taylor Swift Album Ranked|website=Alternative Press|date=February 21, 2023|access-date=December 13, 2024|archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306222932/https://www.altpress.com/taylor-swift-albums-ranked/|url-status=live}} and James E. Perone.{{sfn|Perone|2017|pp=46–49}}}} and alternative music.{{efn|Attributed to Cain,{{Cite news |last=Cain |first=Sian |date=August 29, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift Announces New Album, Midnights, To Be Released in October |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/29/taylor-swift-announces-new-album-coming-in-october |url-status=live |access-date=December 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829083104/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/29/taylor-swift-announces-new-album-coming-in-october |archive-date=August 29, 2022}} Billboard{{'s}} Andrew Unterberger,{{Cite magazine |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=December 17, 2020 |title=What Does 'Alternative' Mean in 2020? |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/alternative-music-meaning-2020-executives-analysis-9500633/ |access-date=December 13, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=February 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201102512/https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/alternative-music-meaning-2020-executives-analysis-9500633/ |url-status=live }} Alternative Press{{'s}} Rachael Dowd,{{Cite magazine |last=Dowd |first=Rachael |date=December 22, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift's Evermore Is Making History on the Alternative Albums Chart |url=https://www.altpress.com/taylor-swifts-evermore-is-making-history-on-the-alternative-albums-chart/ |access-date=December 13, 2024 |magazine=Alternative Press |archive-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222132654/https://www.altpress.com/taylor-swifts-evermore-is-making-history-on-the-alternative-albums-chart/ |url-status=live }} and Rolling Stone UK{{'s}} Mark Sutherland.{{cite magazine |last=Sutherland |first=Mark |date=November 12, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift – Red (Taylor's Version) Review: The Most Beautifully Reconstructed Pop Record of 2021 |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/album-reviews/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version-review-5494/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817112855/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/album-reviews/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version-review-5494/ |archive-date=August 17, 2022 |access-date=December 13, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone UK}}}} Her early musical influences were 1990s female country musicians such as Shania Twain, Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes, and the Dixie Chicks,{{Sfn|Spencer|2010|pp=16–18}} and Keith Urban's country crossover sounds incorporating rock, pop, and blues.{{Cite magazine |last=Reid |first=Poppy |date=November 2, 2021 |title=The Curious Case of Keith Urban |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/keith-urban-australia-sobriety-interview-1250442/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119093459/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/keith-urban-australia-sobriety-interview-1250442/ |archive-date=November 19, 2021 |access-date=November 3, 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} She self-identified as a country musician and achieved prominence as a country pop singer with her first four studio albums, from Taylor Swift to Red.{{sfnm|1a1=McNutt|1y=2020|1p=77|2a1=Gasser|2y=2019|2p=310}} The albums feature country signifiers such as banjo, six-string banjo, mandolin, fiddle, and a slight vocal twang, in addition to pop melodies and rock influences;{{sfnm|1a1=Hughes|1y=2017|1p=206|2a1=Perone|2y=2017|2p=33}} Speak Now draws on rock styles such as pop rock, pop-punk, and 1980s arena rock.{{Sfn|Perone|2017|p=46, 49}} Critics argued that country was an indicator of Swift's narrative songwriting rather than musical direction{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/mar/06/taylor-swift-fearless-album-review|title=Taylor Swift: Fearless|first=Alexis|last=Petridis|author-link=Alexis Petridis|newspaper=The Guardian|date=March 6, 2009|access-date=August 13, 2022|archive-date=October 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016160252/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/mar/06/taylor-swift-fearless-album-review|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/11/10/prodigy-pop-music-sasha-frere-jones|title=Prodigy|first=Sasha-Frere|last=Jones|author-link=Sasha Frere-Jones|magazine=The New Yorker|date=November 11, 2008|access-date=August 14, 2022|archive-date=October 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021165825/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/11/10/prodigy-pop-music-sasha-frere-jones|url-status=live|url-access=limited}} and accused her of causing mainstream country music to stray from its roots.{{sfn|Hughes|2017|p=206}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://americansongwriter.com/taylor-swift-the-garden-in-the-machine/5/|title=Taylor Swift: The Garden In The Machine|first=Jim|last=Malec|author-link=Jim Malec|magazine=American Songwriter|date=May 2, 2011|page=5|access-date=August 12, 2022|archive-date=November 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120154714/https://americansongwriter.com/taylor-swift-the-garden-in-the-machine/5/|url-status=live}}

After the critical debate around Red{{'s}} eclectic pop, rock, and electronic styles, Swift chose 1980s synth-pop as a defining sound of her recalibrated pop artistry and image, inspired by the music of Phil Collins, Annie Lennox, Peter Gabriel, and Madonna.{{cite web |last=Block |first=Melissa |date=October 31, 2014 |title='Anything That Connects': A Conversation With Taylor Swift |url=https://www.npr.org/2014/10/31/359827368/anything-that-connects-a-conversation-with-taylor-swift |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206065548/http://www.npr.org/2014/10/31/359827368/anything-that-connects-a-conversation-with-taylor-swift |archive-date=February 6, 2015 |access-date=October 26, 2019 |publisher=NPR}}{{cite magazine |last=Eells |first=Josh |date=September 8, 2014 |title=The Reinvention of Taylor Swift |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/taylor-swift-1989-cover-story-20140908 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604183110/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/taylor-swift-1989-cover-story-20140908 |archive-date=June 4, 2016 |access-date=June 8, 2016 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} 1989, the first album in this direction, incorporates electronic arrangements consisting of dense synthesizers and drum machines.{{Sfnm|1a1=McNutt|1y=2020|1p=79|2a1=Gasser|2y=2019|2p=310}} Swift expanded on the electronic production on her next albums;{{cite web|last=Levine |first=Nick |date=August 21, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift's Lover: The Struggle to Maintain Superstardom |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190820-taylor-swift-and-the-struggle-to-maintain-pop-superstardom |access-date=October 29, 2021 |publisher=BBC |archive-date=March 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301114553/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190820-taylor-swift-and-the-struggle-to-maintain-pop-superstardom |url-status=live }} Reputation consists of hip hop, R&B, and EDM influences;{{Sfn|Gasser|2019|p=310}} and Lover features eclectic elements from country, pop-punk, and folk rock.{{cite news |last=Rosen |first=Jody |author-link=Jody Rosen |date=March 11, 2020 |title=Jack Antonoff Is Only Making Music With Friends |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/11/magazine/jack-antonoff-profile.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313215349/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/11/magazine/jack-antonoff-profile.html |archive-date=March 13, 2020 |access-date=June 19, 2024 |newspaper=The New York Times}} When Swift embraced a pop identity, rockist critics regarded her move as an erosion of her country music songwriting authenticity,{{sfnm|1a1=McNutt|1y=2020|1p=79|2a1=Sloan|2y=2021|2p=17|3a1=Stone|3y=2023|3pp=60–61}} but others regarded it as necessary for Swift's artistic evolution and defended her as a pioneer of poptimism.{{cite news|last=Winter |first=Velvet |date=November 12, 2022 |title=Like the Beatles, Madonna and Kylie Minogue Before Her, Taylor Swift Is Masterful at Pivoting |agency=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-13/taylor-swift-masterful-pivot-midnights-red-taylors-version/101638992 |access-date=November 13, 2022 |archive-date=November 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113175703/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-13/taylor-swift-masterful-pivot-midnights-red-taylors-version/101638992 |url-status=live }}{{sfn|Sloan|2021|p=17}}

Her 2020 alternative albums Folklore and Evermore explore indie styles of rock and folk, and both incorporate a subtle, stripped-back soundscape with orchestration, synthesizers, and drum pads.{{cite news|last=Hyden |first=Steven |author-link=Steven Hyden |date=March 10, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift, Indie-Rock Star? Long, Long Ago, This Might Have Felt Strange. |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/10/magazine/taylor-swift.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=April 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413142455/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/10/magazine/taylor-swift.html |archive-date=April 13, 2021}}{{sfn|McGrath|2023|p=78–79}} The latter experiments with varied song structures, asymmetric time signatures, and diverse instruments.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/aaron-dessner-interview-taylor-swift-evermore-1105853/|title=Aaron Dessner on How His Collaborative Chemistry With Taylor Swift Led to Evermore|last=Shaffer|first=Claire|date=December 18, 2020|access-date=December 20, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|url-access=limited|archive-date=December 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222181909/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/aaron-dessner-interview-taylor-swift-evermore-1105853/|url-status=live}} Critics deemed the indie styles a mature representation of Swift's artistry as a singer-songwriter.{{sfn|McGrath|2023|p=78–79}} Midnights and The Tortured Poets Department both incorporate a minimalist, subdued synth-pop sound, making use of analog synthesizers, sustained bass notes, and simple drum machine patterns.{{Cite web |date=October 27, 2022 |title=The Pitchfork Review Podcast Tackles Taylor Swift's Midnights |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/the-pitchfork-review-podcast-tackles-taylor-swifts-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604200753/https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/the-pitchfork-review-podcast-tackles-taylor-swifts-midnights/ |archive-date=June 4, 2023 |access-date=August 1, 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}{{Cite web |last=Rogerson |first=Ben |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Everyone's Talking About Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets Department Lyrics, But What About the Production? |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department |access-date=June 19, 2024 |website=MusicRadar |archive-date=September 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909190710/https://www.musicradar.com/news/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department |url-status=live }}

With continuous musical reinventions,{{Sfn|Franssen|2022|p=90}} Swift was described by Time and the BBC as a musical "chameleon".{{Cite magazine |last=Bruner |first=Raisa |date=August 24, 2020 |title=Let's Break Down Taylor Swift's Tender New Album Folklore |url=https://time.com/5871159/taylor-swift-folklore-explained/ |access-date=October 20, 2022 |magazine=Time |archive-date=July 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731135229/https://time.com/5871159/taylor-swift-folklore-explained/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=October 19, 2022 |title=Midnights: What We Know About Taylor Swift's Songwriting |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63233361 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019233646/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63233361 |archive-date=October 19, 2022 |access-date=October 20, 2022 |agency=BBC News}} Jody Rosen commented that by originating her career in Nashville, Swift made a "bait-and-switch maneuver, planting roots in loamy country soil, then pivoting to pop".{{cite web |last=Rosen |first=Jody |author-link=Jody Rosen |date=November 17, 2013 |title=Why Taylor Swift Is the Reigning Queen of Pop |url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/11/taylor-swift-reigning-queen-of-pop.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131119003714/https://www.vulture.com/2013/11/taylor-swift-reigning-queen-of-pop.html |archive-date=November 19, 2013 |access-date=November 9, 2020 |website=Vulture}} Clash wrote that she has the versatility to "no longer [...] be defined by any genre or sound label".{{Cite magazine |last=Harbron |first=Lucy |date=November 1, 2021 |title=Why Taylor Swift's 'Red' Is Her Turning Point |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/why-taylor-swifts-red-is-her-turning-point/ |access-date=April 26, 2024 |magazine=Clash |archive-date=November 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111101703/https://www.clashmusic.com/features/why-taylor-swifts-red-is-her-turning-point/ |url-status=live }} According to Ann Powers, Swift's sound is genre-agnostic, blending and "reconfiguring" elements of country, R&B, indie pop, and hip hop.{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=April 19, 2024 |author-link=Ann Powers |title=Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets Is Written in Blood |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/04/19/1245630721/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420050001/https://www.npr.org/2024/04/19/1245630721/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review |archive-date=April 20, 2024 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |publisher=NPR}}

= Voice =

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| description = Swift sings with a Southern accent and a light country twang in her early songs such as "Our Song".{{cite web|url=https://daily.jstor.org/the-linguistic-evolution-of-taylor-swift/|title=The Linguistic Evolution of Taylor Swift|first=Chi|last=Luu|date=September 2, 2020|publisher=JSTOR|access-date=September 2, 2020|archive-date=September 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902203819/https://daily.jstor.org/the-linguistic-evolution-of-taylor-swift/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2016/10/24/13373652/taylor-swift-first-album-10-decade-anniversary|title=Taylor Swift's First Album Is 10. 'Our Song' Shows How Far She's Come Since 2006.|first=Bridgett|last=Henwood|date=October 24, 2006|website=Vox|access-date=August 18, 2022|archive-date=August 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805162910/https://www.vox.com/culture/2016/10/24/13373652/taylor-swift-first-album-10-decade-anniversary|url-status=live}}

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| description2 = Swift uses her lower register in the ballad "Cardigan".{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/taylor-swift-folklore-aaron-dessner-breaks-down-every-song.html|title=The Story Behind Every Song on Taylor Swift's folklore|last=Gerber|first=Brady|website=Vulture|url-access=limited|date=July 27, 2020|access-date=December 12, 2023|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728234347/https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/taylor-swift-folklore-aaron-dessner-breaks-down-every-song.html|url-status=live}}

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| description3 = The R&B-leaning "Lavender Haze" features Swift's falsetto vocals in the refrain.{{Cite magazine |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=October 21, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift's Midnights Marks a Return to Electronic, Confessional Pop That's Worth Losing Sleep Over: Album Review |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/album-reviews/taylor-swift-midnights-album-review-1235410102/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021040515/https://variety.com/2022/music/album-reviews/taylor-swift-midnights-album-review-1235410102/ |archive-date=October 21, 2022 |access-date=October 21, 2022 |magazine=Variety}}

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Swift possesses a mezzo-soprano vocal range{{sfn|Fulford|2014|p=192}} and a generally soft and breathy timbre that Rolling Stone deemed versatile.{{Cite magazine |last=Shaffer |first=Claire |date=December 11, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Deepens Her Goth-Folk Vision on the Excellent Evermore |url-access=limited |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/taylor-swift-evermore-folklore-1101778/ |access-date=August 23, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211134023/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/taylor-swift-evermore-folklore-1101778/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine |date=January 1, 2023 |title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/taylor-swift-57-1234643043/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=January 1, 2023 |archive-date=January 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101171801/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/taylor-swift-57-1234643043/ |url-status=live }} Reviews of Swift's early country albums criticized her vocals as weak and strained compared to those of other female country singers.{{sfn|Provenzano|2018|p=173}} Despite the criticism, most reviewers appreciated that Swift refrained from correcting her pitch with Auto-Tune and how she prioritized "intimacy over power and nuance" to communicate the messages of her songs with her audience{{sfn|Provenzano|2018|pp=173–174}}—a style that has been described as conversational.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2014/10/30/360129727/the-many-new-voices-of-taylor-swift|title=The Many New Voices of Taylor Swift|last=Powers|first=Ann|author-link=Ann Powers|date=October 30, 2014|publisher=NPR|access-date=June 19, 2024|archive-date=December 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226104654/https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2014/10/30/360129727/the-many-new-voices-of-taylor-swift|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41886475|title=Why Does Taylor Swift Write So Many One-Note Melodies?|last=Savage|first=Mark|date=November 8, 2017|publisher=BBC|access-date=June 19, 2024|archive-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208092800/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41886475|url-status=live}} According to Powers, Swift's defining vocal feature was her attention to detail to convey an exact feeling—"the line that slides down like a contented sigh or up like a raised eyebrow".{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/10/album-review-taylor-swifts-speak-now.html |title=Album Review: Taylor Swift's Speak Now|last=Powers|first=Ann|author-link=Ann Powers |date=October 25, 2010|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=October 25, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028003032/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/10/album-review-taylor-swifts-speak-now.html|archive-date=October 28, 2010}}

On Red and 1989, Swift's vocals are electronically processed to accompany the pop production.{{sfn|Perone|2017|pp=46–48}} Her voice on Reputation and Midnights incorporates hip-hop and R&B influences that result in a near-rap delivery which emphasizes rhythm and cadence over melody.{{cite web |last=Cox |first=Jamieson |date=November 13, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift: Reputation |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-reputation/ |access-date=April 8, 2023 |website=Pitchfork |archive-date=November 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113115407/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-reputation/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Powers |first=Ann |author-link=Ann Powers |date=October 21, 2022 |title=In the Haze of Midnights, Taylor Swift Softens Into An Expanded Sound |agency=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/21/1130293117/midnights-taylor-swift-review |url-status=live |access-date=October 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021065926/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/21/1130293117/midnights-taylor-swift-review |archive-date=October 21, 2022}} She uses her lower register vocals extensively in "Cardigan"{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-songwriting-production-analyzed/|title=Taylor Swift's Songwriting and Production Analyzed: 13 Secrets to Her Chart Success|last1=Penn|first1=David|last2=Trust|first2=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=April 30, 2024|access-date=June 19, 2024|archive-date=April 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418175946/https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-songwriting-production-analyzed/|url-status=live}} and both her lower and upper registers in Evermore; the musicologist Alyssa Barca described her timbre in the upper register as "breathy and bright" and the lower register as "full and dark".{{cite news |last=Barna |first=Alyssa |date=December 16, 2020 |title=These Are the Musicological Reasons Taylor Swift's New Album Sounds Dull |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/12/16/taylor-swift-musicology-evermore-boring/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225171621/https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/12/16/taylor-swift-musicology-evermore-boring/ |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |access-date=November 3, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}

Reviews in The New York Times, Variety and The Atlantic were more appreciative of Swift's vocals in her later albums.{{cite news |last1=Jon |first1=Caramanica |author-link=Jon Caramanica |last2=Joe |first2=Coscarelli |last3=Pareles |first3=Jon |author-link3=Jon Pareles |last4=Sisario |first4=Ben |author-link4=Ben Sisario |last5=Zoladz |first5=Lindsay |date=April 9, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift Remade Fearless as Taylor's Version. Let's Discuss. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/arts/music/taylor-swift-fearless-taylors-version.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409224903/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/arts/music/taylor-swift-fearless-taylors-version.html |archive-date=April 9, 2021 |access-date=April 21, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times}}{{Cite magazine|last=Barker|first=Andrew|date=November 27, 2020|title=Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions Review|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/folklore-the-long-pond-studio-sessions-film-review-taylor-swift-1234840985/|access-date=May 31, 2021|magazine=Variety|archive-date=November 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129104734/https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/folklore-the-long-pond-studio-sessions-film-review-taylor-swift-1234840985/|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine |last=Kornhaber |first=Spencer |date=July 28, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift is No Longer Living in the Present |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/07/taylor-swift-folklore-review-power-storytelling/614698/ |access-date=August 23, 2022 |magazine=The Atlantic |archive-date=October 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004103310/https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/07/taylor-swift-folklore-review-power-storytelling/614698/ |url-status=live |url-access=limited }}{{Cite magazine |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=December 11, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Has Her Second Great Album of 2020 With Evermore: Album Review |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/reviews/taylor-swift-evermore-album-review-1234851525/ |access-date=August 23, 2022 |magazine=Variety |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211071725/https://variety.com/2020/music/reviews/taylor-swift-evermore-album-review-1234851525/ |url-status=live }} She ranked 102nd on Rolling Stone{{'s}} 2023 list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time: "A decade ago, including her on this list would have been a controversial move, but recent releases like Folklore, Evermore, and Midnights officially settled the argument." Laura Snapes of The Guardian said that Swift's "vocal trademarks" include a "yo-yoing vocal yelp" and "climactic, processed cri de coeur".{{cite news |last=Snapes |first=Laura |date=August 23, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift: Folklore Review – Bombastic Pop Makes Way for Emotional Acuity |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/24/taylor-swift-folklore-review-bombastic-pop-makes-way-for-emotional-acuity |access-date=August 23, 2022 |archive-date=July 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724041306/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/24/taylor-swift-folklore-review-bombastic-pop-makes-way-for-emotional-acuity |url-status=live }} Amanda Petrusich praised how the clarity and tone of Swift's live vocals accentuate her lyrics.{{Cite magazine |last=Petrusich |first=Amanda |author-link=Amanda Petrusich |date=June 12, 2023 |title=The Startling Intimacy of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour |magazine=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/19/taylor-swift-eras-tour-review |access-date=June 12, 2023 |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804061915/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/19/taylor-swift-eras-tour-review |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}

= Songwriting =

Swift's fascination with songwriting began in her childhood. She credited her mother with igniting confidence and early songwriting interests by helping her prepare for class presentations.{{cite news |last=Bream |first=Jon |date=December 7, 2007 |title=Music: OMG! Taylor's senior year |url=http://www.startribune.com/omg-taylor-s-senior-year/12149446/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807021110/http://www.startribune.com/omg-taylor-s-senior-year/12149446/ |archive-date=August 7, 2017 |access-date=July 10, 2024 |newspaper=Star Tribune}} She enjoyed Disney film soundtracks and would make up lyrics once she had run out of words singing them.{{cite news |last=Cairns |first=Dan |date=March 5, 2009 |title=Swift rise of the anti-diva |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/swift-rise-of-the-anti-diva/story-e6frg8n6-1111119032411 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224030802/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/swift-rise-of-the-anti-diva/story-e6frg8n6-1111119032411 |archive-date=December 24, 2014 |access-date=July 2, 2012 |newspaper=The Australian}} Her lyrical influences include female country songwriters such as Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, and Dolly Parton; 1990s songwriters such as Melissa Etheridge, Sarah McLachlan, and Alanis Morissette;{{cite web |last=Bonaguro |first=Alison |date=November 8, 2012 |title=Offstage: Taylor Swift Inspired by Female Singer-Songwriters of the '90s |url=https://www.cmt.com/news/ceclr1/offstage-taylor-swift-inspired-by-female-singer-songwriters-of-the-90s |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004015739/https://www.cmt.com/news/ceclr1/offstage-taylor-swift-inspired-by-female-singer-songwriters-of-the-90s |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |access-date=September 29, 2023 |publisher=CMT}} Joni Mitchell;{{cite magazine |date=June 22, 2016 |title=Joni Mitchell: 15 Great Artists Influenced by the Blue Singer |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/joni-mitchell-15-great-artists-influenced-by-the-blue-singer-168972/taylor-swift-30-154837/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226104717/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/joni-mitchell-15-great-artists-influenced-by-the-blue-singer-168972/taylor-swift-30-154837 |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |access-date=December 26, 2020 |magazine=Rolling Stone|url-access=limited}} and Fall Out Boy.{{Cite magazine |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |date=June 18, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift: The Rolling Stone Interview |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-rolling-stone-interview-880794/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918150500/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-rolling-stone-interview-880794/ |archive-date=September 18, 2019 |access-date=April 14, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} She listed Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Emmylou Harris, and Kris Kristofferson as career role models, citing their both evolving and consistent songwriting outputs.{{cite news |last=Mansfield |first=Brian |author-link=Brian Mansfield |date=October 23, 2010 |title=Taylor Swift learns to Speak Now, Reveal Her Maturity |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2010-10-22-taylorswift22_CV_N.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104201421/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2010-10-22-taylorswift22_CV_N.htm |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |access-date=July 1, 2012 |newspaper=USA Today}} Her literary influences include the authors William Shakespeare, Nathaniel Hawthorne, F. Scott Fitzgerald,{{Cite web |last=Howley |first=Ellen |date=September 8, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift's Songs Are Full of Literary References, So What Do They Tell Us? |url=https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2023/0908/1391740-taylor-swift-literary-references-books-classic-literature/ |access-date=March 14, 2024 |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914090233/https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2023/0908/1391740-taylor-swift-literary-references-books-classic-literature/ |url-status=live }} and the poets William Wordsworth, Robert Frost, and Emily Dickinson;{{Cite news |last=Bate |first=Jonathan |author-link=Jonathan Bate |date=April 9, 2023 |title=Why Taylor Swift Is A Literary Giant—By a Shakespeare Professor |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/why-taylor-swift-is-a-literary-giant-by-a-shakespeare-professor-3fmh269bt |url-access=subscription |access-date=March 14, 2024 |work=The Times |archive-date=June 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618210707/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-taylor-swift-is-a-literary-giant-by-a-shakespeare-professor-3fmh269bt |url-status=live }} the last of whom was a distant cousin of Swift.{{Cite web |last=Chasan |first=Aliza |date=March 4, 2024 |title=Ancestry Reveals Taylor Swift Is Related to American Poet Emily Dickinson |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taylor-swift-emily-dickinson-distant-cousins/ |access-date=March 14, 2024 |publisher=CBS News |archive-date=March 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314013613/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taylor-swift-emily-dickinson-distant-cousins/ |url-status=live }}

In The New Yorker in 2011, Swift said she identifies as a songwriter first: "I write songs, and my voice is just a way to get those lyrics across". Her personal experiences were a common inspiration for her early songs, which helped her navigate life.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304510704575562401576663866|title=Taylor Swift's Solo Act|last=Farley|first=Christopher John|date=October 22, 2010|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=May 24, 2012|url-status=live|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201211555/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304510704575562401576663866|archive-date=February 1, 2015}}{{Cite magazine|last=Jo Sales|first=Nancy|date=April 2013|title=Taylor Swift's Telltale Heart|magazine=Vanity Fair|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/04/taylor-swift-cover-story|url-status=live|access-date=February 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130205206/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/04/taylor-swift-cover-story|archive-date=January 30, 2017}} Her "diaristic" technique began with identifying an emotion, followed by a corresponding melody.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-diaristic-songwriting-style-unsustainable-future-folklore-evermore-2837843|title=Taylor Swift says her diaristic songwriting style was 'unsustainable' for her future|magazine=NME|first=Rhian|last=Daly|date=December 13, 2020|access-date=February 17, 2021|archive-date=December 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221211231/https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-diaristic-songwriting-style-unsustainable-future-folklore-evermore-2837843|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614085411/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474541/taylor-swifts-red-the-billboard-cover-story|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474541/taylor-swifts-red-the-billboard-cover-story|title=Taylor Swift's Red: The Billboard Cover Story|first=Phil|last=Gallo|date=October 22, 2012|archive-date=June 14, 2013|magazine=Billboard}} On her first three studio albums, love, heartbreak, and insecurities, from an adolescent perspective, were dominant themes.{{cite news|last=Kelly|first=James|url=http://www.accessatlanta.com/news/entertainment/music/taylor-swift-writing-her-own-songs-and-rules/nQy5n/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908123045/http://www.accessatlanta.com/news/entertainment/music/taylor-swift-writing-her-own-songs-and-rules/nQy5n/|archive-date=September 8, 2014|title=Taylor Swift writing her own songs and rules|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=August 26, 2009|access-date=July 30, 2012}} She delved into the tumult of toxic relationships on Red,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8030142/taylor-swift-red-best-album/|title=Why Taylor Swift's Red Is Her Best Album|date=November 8, 2017|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 27, 2020|first=Sam|last=Lansky|archive-date=November 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126142545/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8030142/taylor-swift-red-best-album|url-status=live}} and embraced nostalgia and post-romance positivity on 1989. Reputation was inspired by the downsides of Swift's fame,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-moments-that-couldnt-fit-in-our-cover-story-890700/|title=9 Taylor Swift Moments That Didn't Fit in Our Cover Story|last=Hiatt|first=Brian|date=September 30, 2019|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=December 9, 2019|archive-date=October 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001144210/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-moments-that-couldnt-fit-in-our-cover-story-890700/|url-status=live |url-access=limited}} and Lover detailed her realization of the "full spectrum of love".{{cite web|url=https://onairwithryan.iheart.com/featured/ryan-seacrest/content/2019-08-27-taylor-swift-talks-newfound-freedom-lover-tour-plans-and-so-much-more/|title=Taylor Swift Talks Newfound 'Freedom,' 'Lover' Tour Plans and So Much More|website=On Air with Ryan Seacrest|date=August 27, 2019|access-date=March 22, 2020|archive-date=April 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408215457/https://onairwithryan.iheart.com/featured/ryan-seacrest/content/2019-08-27-taylor-swift-talks-newfound-freedom-lover-tour-plans-and-so-much-more/|url-status=live}} Other themes in Swift's music include family dynamics, friendship,{{cite news|url=http://lasvegasweekly.com/ae/music/2009/dec/30/microwaving-tragedy-marriage-romance-and-romantici/|title=Microwaving a tragedy: The marriage of romance and romanticism in '00s pop|newspaper=Las Vegas Weekly|date=December 30, 2009|last=Yuan|first=Jada|access-date=August 17, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221052022/http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/ae/music/2009/dec/30/microwaving-tragedy-marriage-romance-and-romantici/|archive-date=December 21, 2013}}{{cite news|last=Rotman|first=Natalie|url=http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=154886|title=Colbie Caillat has 'Breakthrough' with sophomore CD|work=Reading Eagle|date=January 9, 2009|access-date=August 17, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221001640/http://www2.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=154886|archive-date=December 21, 2013}} alienation, self-awareness, and tackling vitriol, especially sexism.{{cite web|url=http://music.aol.com/sessions/taylor-swift-change-sessions/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009010116/http://music.aol.com/sessions/taylor-swift-change-sessions/|archive-date=October 9, 2012|title=Taylor Swift Sessions Interview|first=Melinda|last=Newman|date=December 19, 2008|agency=AOL|access-date=March 25, 2011}}{{cite news|title=Taylor Swift's songwriting: how the star's music has changed, for better or worse|publisher=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/music/taylor-swift-s-songwriting-how-the-star-s-music-has-changed-for-better-or-worse-1.5246984|access-date=February 2, 2021|archive-date=December 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221212223/https://www.cbc.ca/music/taylor-swift-s-songwriting-how-the-star-s-music-has-changed-for-better-or-worse-1.5246984|url-status=live}} She often references or draws inspiration from historical events and figures.{{Cite news |last=Vlossak |first=Elizabeth |date=June 3, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift is ready for her history to be rewritten |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/taylor-swift-ready-her-history-195915277.html |access-date=June 5, 2024 |publisher=Yahoo! News |archive-date=June 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605163137/https://ca.news.yahoo.com/taylor-swift-ready-her-history-195915277.html |url-status=live }} Neil McCormick, the chief music critic of The Daily Telegraph, opined that Swift is a "significant vehicle for expressing the inner lives and day-to-day concerns of women of her generation [and younger]".{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/concerts/taylor-swift-bruce-springsteen/ |title=Why Taylor Swift is the heir to Springsteen |last=McCormick |first=Neil |author-link=Neil McCormick |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=December 28, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241229030009/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/concerts/taylor-swift-bruce-springsteen/ |archive-date=December 29, 2024 |url-status=live}}

Swift's confessional lyrics received positive reviews from critics,{{cite news |last=Knibbs |first=Kate |date=August 21, 2019 |title=Ten Years of Taylor Swift: How the Pop Star Went From Sweetheart to Snake (and Back Again?) |url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/8/21/20826837/ten-years-of-taylor-swift |access-date=December 13, 2021 |website=The Ringer |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525051120/https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/8/21/20826837/ten-years-of-taylor-swift |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/features/taylor-swift-power-fame-and-the-future-the-full-nme-cover-interview-549|title=Taylor Swift: Power, Fame And The Future – The Full NME Cover Interview|first=Dan|last=Stubbs|magazine=NME|date=October 9, 2015|access-date=February 17, 2021|archive-date=December 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221222630/https://www.nme.com/features/taylor-swift-power-fame-and-the-future-the-full-nme-cover-interview-549|url-status=live}} who highlighted their vivid details and emotional engagement, which they found uncommon in pop music,{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/music/the-iceberg-songs-of-taylor-swift-6429071|title=The Iceberg Songs of Taylor Swift|last=Weber|first=Theon|date=November 3, 2010|work=The Village Voice|access-date=July 30, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104105408/http://www.villagevoice.com/music/the-iceberg-songs-of-taylor-swift-6429071|archive-date=November 4, 2015}}{{Cite magazine|last=Beck|first=Julia|date=October 27, 2014|title=Taylor Swift Is So Much More Fun Now That She's Jaded|magazine=The Atlantic|url=http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/10/1989-reviewed-taylor-swift-grows-up-goes-pop/381948/|access-date=October 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927113413/http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/10/1989-reviewed-taylor-swift-grows-up-goes-pop/381948/|archive-date=September 27, 2016}}{{cite magazine|url=http://nymag.com/arts/popmusic/features/68796/|title=Princess Crossover|magazine=New York|date=October 10, 2010|access-date=July 1, 2012|last=Willman|first=Chris|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727141326/http://nymag.com/arts/popmusic/features/68796/|archive-date=July 27, 2013}} although some perceived her as a fragile, juvenile artist, a label she has consistently challenged. Critics also praised her melodic compositions; Rolling Stone described Swift as "a songwriting savant with an intuitive gift for verse-chorus-bridge architecture".{{cite magazine|last=Rosen|first=Jody|author-link=Jody Rosen|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/fearless-20081113|title=Fearless|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=November 13, 2008|access-date=July 1, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815082027/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/fearless-20081113|archive-date=August 15, 2012|url-access=limited}} NPR dubbed Swift "a master of the vernacular in her lyrics", remarking that her songs offer emotional engagement because "the wit and clarity of her arrangements turn them from standard fare to heartfelt disclosures". Despite the positive reception, The New Yorker stated she was generally portrayed "more as a skilled technician than as a Dylanesque visionary". Tabloid media often speculated and linked the subjects of her songs with her ex-lovers, a practice reviewers and Swift herself criticized as sexist.{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2012/11/stop-asking-taylor-swift-to-apologize.html|title=Stop Asking Taylor Swift to Apologize for Writing Songs About Ex-Boyfriends – The Cut|date=November 16, 2012|work=New York|first=Kat|last=Stoeffel|access-date=February 25, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127200757/http://nymag.com/thecut/2012/11/stop-asking-taylor-swift-to-apologize.html|archive-date=November 27, 2012}}{{cite web|last=Raven |first=Robin |date=March 16, 2022 |title=10 Artists Who Have Stood Up For Women In Music: Taylor Swift, Lizzo & More |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/artists-standing-up-for-women-taylor-swift-lizzo-harry-styles-brandi-carlile-pink-madonna-alicia-keys-ariana-grande-list |publisher=The Recording Academy}}{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/03/taylor-swift-fights-back-tina-fey-amy-poehler|title=Cover Preview: Taylor Swift Fights Back About Her Love Life, the Hyannis Port House—and Has Words for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=March 5, 2013|access-date=August 3, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808192844/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/03/taylor-swift-fights-back-tina-fey-amy-poehler|archive-date=August 8, 2016}} Aside from clues in album liner notes, Swift avoided talking about the subjects of her songs.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/magazine/the-many-insecurities-of-taylor-swift.html|title=The Many Insecurities of Taylor Swift|last=Dominus|first=Susan|date=November 16, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617050939/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/magazine/the-many-insecurities-of-taylor-swift.html|archive-date=June 17, 2016}}

On her 2020 albums Folklore and Evermore, Swift was inspired by escapism and romanticism to explore fictional narratives. She imposed emotions onto imagined characters and story arcs, which liberated her from tabloid attention and suggested new paths for her artistry. Swift explained that she welcomed the new songwriting direction after she stopped worrying about commercial success.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/paul-mccartney-taylor-swift-musicians-on-musicians-1089058/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130060712/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/paul-mccartney-taylor-swift-musicians-on-musicians-1089058/ |archive-date=November 30, 2020 |title=Musicians on Musicians: Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift |magazine=Rolling Stone |url-access=limited |first=Patrick |last=Doyle |date=November 13, 2020 |access-date=February 7, 2021}} According to Spin, she explored complex emotions with "precision and devastation" on Evermore.{{cite magazine|last=Olivier|first=Bobby|date=December 11, 2020|title=Taylor Swift's 'Evermore' Is an Undeniable Folk-Pop Masterpiece|url=https://www.spin.com/2020/12/taylor-swift-evermore-album-review/|access-date=February 1, 2021|magazine=Spin}} Consequence stated her 2020 albums convinced skeptics of her songwriting prowess, noting her transformation from "teenage wunderkind to a confident and careful adult".{{cite news |last=Siroky |first=Mary |date=November 9, 2021 |title=Every Taylor Swift Album Ranked from Worst to Best |url=https://consequence.net/2021/11/taylor-swift-albums-ranked-list/ |access-date=November 10, 2021 |website=Consequence}}

Swift divides her writing into three types: "quill lyrics", songs rooted in antiquated poeticism; "fountain pen lyrics", based on modern and vivid storylines; and "glitter gel pen lyrics", which are lively and frivolous.{{Cite magazine |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=October 9, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift organises her lyrics into three 'dorky' pen-themed categories |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-organises-her-lyrics-into-three-dorky-pen-themed-categories-3325355 |access-date=October 18, 2022 |magazine=NME}} Fans noticed that the fifth track of every Swift album was the most emotionally vulnerable of the album.{{cite news|last=Browne |first=Erin |date=October 21, 2022 |title=All of Taylor Swift's Famously Devastating Track 5's, Ranked |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/taylor-swift-track-5-songs-ranked.html |access-date=October 27, 2022 |website=Vulture}} Awarding her with the Songwriter Icon Award in 2021, the National Music Publishers' Association remarked that "no one is more influential when it comes to writing music today".{{cite web|date=May 24, 2021|title=NMPA to Honor Taylor Swift with Songwriter Icon Award Among Other 2021 Annual Meeting Honorees|url=https://www.nmpa.org/nmpa-to-honor-taylor-swift-with-songwriter-icon-award-among-other-2021-annual-meeting-honorees/|access-date=May 24, 2021|publisher=National Music Publishers' Association}} The Week deemed her the foremost female songwriter of modern times,{{cite news|last=Linker|first=Damon|date=November 26, 2021|title=Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers, and Rihanna: How women took over songwriting|url=https://theweek.com/feature/1007434/how-women-took-over-the-top-ranks-of-the-songwriting-pantheon|access-date=November 28, 2021|website=The Week}} and the Nashville Songwriters Association International named her Songwriter-Artist of the Decade in 2022. Swift has also published two original poems: "Why She Disappeared" and "If You're Anything Like Me".{{cite magazine|last=Greco|first=Patti|date=November 13, 2017|title=A Harvard Professor Critiques Taylor Swift's New Poems|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a13528212/taylor-swift-poetry-harvard-professor-review/|access-date=December 21, 2021|magazine=Cosmopolitan}}

Critics have analyzed the distinctive qualities and thematic depth in Swift's songwriting. Critic Kitty Empire opined in 2024 that Swift is "a profoundly old-fashioned artist", whose songs "tell a story, in succinct, emotive ways that often scan meticulously" unlike most pop music of the time; Empire attributed it to Swift's country beginnings.{{Cite news |last=Empire |first=Kitty |date=June 2, 2024 |title='She dominates our age': how Taylor Swift became the greatest show on Earth |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/jun/02/taylor-swift-impact-records-eras-tour |access-date=June 2, 2024 |newspaper=The Observer |issn=0029-7712}} Swift's bridges are often noted as one of the best aspects of her songs,{{cite web |last=Murphy |first=Sam |date=November 10, 2021 |title=How 'Red' Became The Most Pivotal Record In Taylor Swift's Career |url=https://junkee.com/taylor-swift-red-importance/314415 |access-date=November 10, 2021 |publisher=Junkee}} earning her the title "Queen of Bridges" from Time.{{Cite magazine |last=Bruner |first=Raisa |date=May 24, 2021 |title=How Olivia Rodrigo Become America's Biggest New Pop Star |url=https://time.com/6050587/olivia-rodrigo-sour/ |access-date=November 10, 2021 |magazine=Time}} Mojo dubbed her "a sharp narrator with a gift for the extended metaphor".{{cite news |last=Mulvey |first=John |date=September 16, 2023 |title=Arctic Monkeys, Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, Lana Del Rey And The 30 Artists Who Will Shape The Next 30 Years |url=https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/stories/30-artists-who-will-shape-the-next-30-years/ |access-date=September 19, 2023 |website=Mojo}} Academics have variably described her as a poet laureate,{{Cite news |last=Garfinkle-Crowell |first=Suzanne |date=June 17, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Has Rocked My Psychiatric Practice |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/17/opinion/taylor-swift-mental-health.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619181023/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/17/opinion/taylor-swift-mental-health.html |archive-date=June 19, 2023 |access-date=June 17, 2023 |newspaper=The New York Times}} philosopher,{{Cite magazine |last=Bartsch |first=Kayla |date=September 24, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift: Empress of the Zeitgeist |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/09/taylor-swift-empress-of-the-zeitgeist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927233053/https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/09/taylor-swift-empress-of-the-zeitgeist/ |archive-date=September 27, 2023 |access-date=September 24, 2023 |magazine=National Review}} and bard.

= Performances =

File:Taylor Swift - Reputation Tour Seattle - Long Live-New Years Day (cropped).jpg in May 2018|alt=Swift singing while playing a piano]]

Swift commands large audiences on stage,{{cite news|last=Kornhaber |first=Spencer |date=March 18, 2023|title=What Made Taylor Swift's Concert Unbelievable |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2023/03/taylor-swift-eras-tour-review/673438/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |website=The Atlantic}}{{Cite magazine |last=Foggatt |first=Tyler |date=June 3, 2023 |title=Look What Taylor Made Us Do |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/look-what-taylor-made-us-do |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=June 30, 2023}}{{cite news|last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=March 18, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, review: a roaring spectacle of a comeback |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/concerts/taylor-swift-eras-tour-review-roaring-spectacle-comeback/ |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318130108/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/concerts/taylor-swift-eras-tour-review-roaring-spectacle-comeback/ |archive-date=March 18, 2023}} captivating them through emotional storytelling and vocal delivery rather than relying on elaborate dance choreography.{{cite news|last=Seibert |first=Brian |date=August 9, 2023 |title=How to Command a Stage Without Great Dance Moves (Taylor's Version) |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/arts/dance/taylor-swift-eras-tour-dancing.html |access-date=August 11, 2023}} According to V magazine's Greg Krelenstein, she possesses "a rare gift of turning a stadium spectacle into an intimate setting", irrespective of whether she is "plucking a guitar or leading an army of dancers".{{cite magazine |last=Krelenstein |first=Greg |date=May 21, 2018 |title=TAYLOR SWIFT'S REPUTATION TOUR IS A POP TRIUMPH |magazine=V |url=https://vmagazine.com/article/taylor-swifts-reputation-tour-is-a-pop-triumph/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522111614/https://vmagazine.com/article/taylor-swifts-reputation-tour-is-a-pop-triumph/ |archive-date=May 22, 2018}} In a 2008 review of Swift's early performances, Sasha Frere-Jones of The New Yorker called Swift a "preternaturally skilled" entertainer with a vibrant stage presence, adding "she returned the crowd's energy with the professionalism she has shown since the age of fourteen." In 2023, Adrian Horton of The Guardian noted her "seemingly endless stamina" on the Eras Tour,{{cite news|last=Horton |first=Adrian |date=March 18, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift review – pop's hardest-working star gives Eras tour her all |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/18/taylor-swift-eras-tour-review-arizona |url-status=live |access-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318140036/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/18/taylor-swift-eras-tour-review-arizona |archive-date=March 18, 2023}} and i critic Ilana Kaplan called her showmanship "unparalleled".{{cite news|last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=March 18, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Eras' tour is a thrilling spectacle from a pop mastermind |newspaper=i |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour-glendale-arizona-review-a-thrilling-spectacle-from-a-pop-mastermind-2217091 |url-status=live |access-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318215357/https://inews.co.uk/culture/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour-glendale-arizona-review-a-thrilling-spectacle-from-a-pop-mastermind-2217091 |archive-date=March 18, 2023}}

Swift's concert productions have been characterized by elaborate Broadway theatricality and high technology,{{cite news|last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=June 8, 2018 |title=Taylor Swift 'reputation' stadium tour review: Dazzling pop spectacle from the star who doesn't stand still |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-review-manchester-a8390456.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=December 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-review-manchester-a8390456.html |archive-date=June 30, 2023}}{{cite news|last=Savage |first=Mark |date=March 18, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift launches Eras tour with three-hour, 44-song set |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64999388 |url-status=live |access-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318212358/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64999388 |archive-date=March 18, 2023}} {{cite news|last=Sisario |first=Ben |date=November 5, 2023 |title=How Taylor Swift's Eras Tour Conquered the World |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/arts/music/taylor-swift-eras-tour.html |access-date=August 12, 2023}} {{cite news|last=DeVille |first=Chris |date=July 12, 2018 |title=Big Reputation: A Trip To Taylor Swift's Hyper-Maximalist Stadium Tour |website=Stereogum |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2005090/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-review-columbus/franchises/the-week-in-pop/ |access-date=June 30, 2023}} and her performances frequently incorporate a live band, with whom she has played and toured since 2007.{{cite news|last1=Procell |first1=Carlie |last2=Padilla |first2=Ramon |date=April 28, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift tour has many 'eras.' We tracked her movements to give you the look and feel. |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2023/04/27/taylor-swift-movements-eras-tour/11696828002/ |access-date=June 30, 2023 |newspaper=USA Today}} Swift also often accompanies herself with musical instruments such as electric guitar;{{Cite magazine |date=January 5, 2016 |title=Taylor Swift Shares Stunning 'Wildest Dreams' Performance from Grammy Museum |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-wildest-dreams-grammy-museum-6828983/ |access-date=October 29, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}} acoustic guitar; piano;{{cite news|last=Burgham |first=Lydia |date=November 10, 2018 |title=Taylor Swift in Auckland, reviewed: Despite the snakes, her Reputation shines on |magazine=The Spinoff |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/music/10-11-2018/taylor-swift-reviewed-despite-the-snakes-her-reputation-shines-on/ |access-date=December 10, 2019}} and sometimes twelve-string guitar,{{Cite magazine |last=Dodd |first=Sophie |date=November 15, 2023 |title=All About Taylor Swift's Parents, Scott and Andrea Swift |url=https://people.com/music/all-about-taylor-swift-parents-scott-andrea-swift/ |access-date=December 3, 2023 |magazine=People}}{{cite web|last=Swift |first=Taylor |date=March 15, 2013 |title="Sparks Fly" (acoustic) Live on the RED Tour! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx-5bHeC6xo |via=YouTube}} six-string banjo,{{cite news|last=Lewis |first=Randy |date=April 3, 2011 |title=Academy of Country Music Awards: Las Vegas welcomes Miranda Lambert, Taylor Swift with open arms |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/awards-tracker/story/2011-04-03/academy-of-country-music-awards-las-vegas-welcomes-miranda-lambert-taylor-swift-with-open-arms |access-date=August 20, 2023}} or ukulele.{{cite news|last=Ritchie |first=Mike |date=March 8, 2020|title=Why Taylor Swift is making the ukulele cool again |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18289800.taylor-swift-making-ukulele-cool/ |access-date=July 1, 2023|newspaper=The Herald}} Interacting frequently with the audience, her solo acoustic performances are considered intimate and emotionally resonant, complementing her story-based lyrics and fan connection.{{Cite magazine |last=Gensler |first=Andy |date=August 17, 2023 |title=The Showgoer: The Greatest Show On Earth — Taylor Swift's 'Eras Tour' — Is All That And Far More |url=https://news.pollstar.com/2023/08/17/the-showgoer-the-greatest-show-on-earth-taylor-swifts-eras-tour-is-all-that-and-far-more/ |access-date=August 19, 2023 |magazine=Pollstar}} Lydia Burgham of The Spinoff opined that this intimacy remains "integral to her singer-songwriter origins".{{cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |date=May 9, 2018 |title=Why Taylor Swift's 'Reputation' Tour Is Her Finest Yet |magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/why-taylor-swifts-reputation-tour-is-her-finest-yet-628294/ |access-date=June 30, 2023|url-access=limited}} Chris Willman of Variety called Swift "pop's most approachable superstar",{{cite magazine |last1=Willman |first1=Chris |date=May 16, 2018 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Reputation' Tour Has Bad Blood, Good Will, Sex Appeal and Serpents |url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/taylor-swift-reputation-stadium-tour-review-1202812123/ |access-date=December 22, 2019 |magazine=Variety}} and the 21st century's most popular performer.{{Cite magazine |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=March 18, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Eras' Show Is a Three-Hour, 44-Song Epic That Leaves 'Em Wanting More: Concert Review |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/concert-reviews/taylor-swift-eras-tour-concert-review-glendale-phoenix-1235558467/ |url-status=live |magazine=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318185342/https://variety.com/2023/music/concert-reviews/taylor-swift-eras-tour-concert-review-glendale-phoenix-1235558467/ |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |access-date=June 30, 2018}}

= Video and film =

Swift emphasizes visuals as a key creative component of her music-making process.{{cite news|last=Ordoña |first=Michael |date=September 9, 2022|title=Taylor Swift wants an Oscar. So she took 'All Too Well' to TIFF |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-09-09/taylor-swift-tiff-oscar-all-too-well-toronto-2022 |access-date=September 10, 2022|newspaper=Los Angeles Times }} She has collaborated with different directors to produce her music videos, and over time, she has become more involved with writing and directing. She developed the concept and treatment for "Mean" in 2011{{cite web|date=May 4, 2011 |title=Taylor Swift's "Mean" Video Debuts Friday |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1663245/taylor-swifts-mean-video-debuts-friday/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619161133/http://www.cmt.com/news/1663245/taylor-swifts-mean-video-debuts-friday/ |archive-date=June 19, 2019 |access-date=June 19, 2019 |publisher=CMT}} and co-directed the music video for "Mine" with Roman White the year before.{{cite web|last=Anitai |first=Tamar |date=August 27, 2010 |title=Video Premiere: Taylor Swift, 'Mine' |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2296264/video-taylor-swift-mine-2/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429190835/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3A71z8LAzW7OkJ%3Awww.mtv.com%2Fnews%2F2296264%2Fvideo-taylor-swift-mine-2%2F+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari |archive-date=April 29, 2019 |access-date=June 19, 2019 |publisher=MTV News}} In an interview, White said that Swift "was keenly involved in writing the treatment, casting and wardrobe. And she stayed for both the 15-hour shooting days, even when she wasn't in the scenes."{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1663418/offstage-taylor-swift-isnt-mean-at-all-director-says/|title=OFFSTAGE: Taylor Swift Isn't 'Mean' at All, Director Says|last=Bonaguro|first=Alison|date=May 6, 2011|publisher=CMT News|access-date=June 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619161135/http://www.cmt.com/news/1663418/offstage-taylor-swift-isnt-mean-at-all-director-says/|archive-date=June 19, 2019|url-status=live}}

From 2014 to 2018, Swift collaborated with director Joseph Kahn on eight music videos—four each from her albums 1989 and Reputation. Kahn has praised Swift's involvement.{{cite news|url=https://www.etonline.com/exclusive-taylor-swifts-director-joseph-kahn-how-her-image-invokes-double-standard-shes-genius|title=Exclusive: Taylor Swift's Director Joseph Kahn on How Her Image Invokes a Double Standard: 'She's a Genius'|last=Tailor|first=Leena|date=September 1, 2017|work=Entertainment Tonight|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619163600/https://www.etonline.com/exclusive-taylor-swifts-director-joseph-kahn-how-her-image-invokes-double-standard-shes-genius|archive-date=June 19, 2019|url-status=live}} She worked with American Express for the "Blank Space" music video (which Kahn directed) and served as an executive producer for the interactive app AMEX Unstaged: Taylor Swift Experience, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Interactive Program in 2015.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/taylor-swift-wins-emmy-interactive-821735|title=Taylor Swift and Jimmy Fallon Among Early Emmy Winners|last=O'Connell|first=Michael|date=October 9, 2015|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619164926/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/taylor-swift-wins-emmy-interactive-821735|archive-date=June 19, 2019|url-status=live}} Swift produced the music video for "Bad Blood" and won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video in 2016.{{cite news|url=https://www.thefashionspot.com/buzz-news/latest-news/590025-taylor-swifts-bad-blood-music-video/|title=Peep Taylor Swift's Star-Studded Cast for Her 'Bad Blood' Music Video|last=Forbes|first=Jihan|website=The Fashion Spot|date=May 14, 2015|access-date=May 13, 2020}}

Her production company, Taylor Swift Productions, is credited with producing all of her visual media, starting with the 2018 concert documentary Reputation Stadium Tour.{{cite news|last=Cohen|first=Jess|date=December 31, 2018|title=9 Things You Might Have Missed in Taylor Swift's Netflix Concert Film |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1000340/9-things-you-might-have-missed-in-taylor-swift-s-netflix-concert-film |access-date=September 10, 2022|work=E! News}} She continued to co-direct music videos for the Lover singles "Me!" with Dave Meyers, and "You Need to Calm Down" (also serving as a co-executive producer) and "Lover" with Drew Kirsch,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-brendon-urie-me-826952/ |title=Watch Taylor Swift, Brendon Urie's Colorful 'ME!' Video |magazine=Rolling Stone |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=April 25, 2019 |access-date=April 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426043044/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-brendon-urie-me-826952/ |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-lover-colourful-video-2541024|title=Watch Taylor Swift's colorful new video for 'Lover'|last=Moore|first=Sam|magazine=NME|date=August 23, 2019|access-date=August 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827182604/https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-lover-colourful-video-2541024|archive-date=August 27, 2019|url-status=live}}
{{cite magazine |last=Zemler |first=Emily |date=June 17, 2019 |title=Watch Taylor Swift Reunite With Katy Perry in 'You Need to Calm Down' Video |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-taylor-swift-katy-perry-you-need-to-calm-down-video-848857/ |url-status=live |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617123913/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-taylor-swift-katy-perry-you-need-to-calm-down-video-848857/ |archive-date=June 17, 2019 |access-date=June 17, 2019 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} but first ventured into sole direction with the video for "The Man" (which won her the MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction).{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/every-incredible-easter-egg-in-taylor-swifts-the-man-video-2615495|title=Every incredible Easter Egg in Taylor Swift's 'The Man' video|last=Mylrea|first=Hannah|magazine=NME|date=February 28, 2020|access-date=March 9, 2020}}
{{cite magazine|title=Taylor Swift Blends Fantastical With Personal in 'Cardigan' Video|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-cardigan-video-folklore-1032977/|last1=Spanos|first1=Brittany|last2=Legaspi|first2=Althea|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 24, 2020|access-date=July 27, 2020|url-access=limited}}
{{Cite magazine|title=Justin Bieber & Megan Thee Stallion Lead 2021 MTV VMA Nominations|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9613274/2021-mtv-vma-nominations-list|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 17, 2021}} After Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions, Swift debuted as a filmmaker with All Too Well: The Short Film, which made her the first artist to win the Grammy Award for Best Music Video as a sole director.{{cite web|last=Weatherby |first=Taylor |date=February 5, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Makes GRAMMY History (Again) With Best Music Video Win For "All Too Well: The Short Film" |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/taylor-swift-all-too-well-the-short-film-best-music-video-winner-2023-grammys |access-date=February 6, 2023 |publisher=Grammy Awards}} Swift has cited Chloé Zhao, Greta Gerwig, Nora Ephron, Guillermo del Toro, John Cassavetes, and Noah Baumbach as filmmaking influences.

Achievements

{{Further|List of awards and nominations received by Taylor Swift}}

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Swift's discography is a "critically hailed songbook", as per Time{{'s}} Sam Lansky.{{Cite magazine |last=Lansky |first=Sam |date=December 6, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Is TIME's 2023 Person of the Year |url=https://time.com/6342806/person-of-the-year-2023-taylor-swift/ |access-date=December 6, 2023 |magazine=Time}} She has won 14 Grammy Awards (including four for Album of the Year—the most won by an artist),{{cite web|title=Taylor Swift |date=January 17, 2013 |url=http://www.grammy.com/artist/taylor-swift|publisher=The Recording Academy |access-date=August 3, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812230845/http://www.grammy.com/artist/taylor-swift |archive-date=August 12, 2016}} an Emmy Award,{{Cite magazine|last1=Friedlander |first1=Whitney|date=September 10, 2015|title=Taylor Swift, Jimmy Fallon Among Juried Emmy Award Winners |magazine=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/taylor-swift-jimmy-fallon-chris-hardwick-emmy-winners-1201589918/|access-date=August 3, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915095938/http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/taylor-swift-jimmy-fallon-chris-hardwick-emmy-winners-1201589918/|archive-date=September 15, 2015}} 40 American Music Awards (the most won by an artist),{{cite web|date=November 21, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift dominates AMAs with 6 wins, extending lead as show's most-decorated artist |url=https://abc13.com/american-music-awards-2022-taylor-swift-ama-lionel-richie/12476949/ |access-date=November 21, 2022 |publisher=KTRK-TV}} 49 Billboard Music Awards (the most won by an artist),{{Cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=December 13, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Stands Alone as Billboard Music Awards' All-Time Top Winner After 10 New Wins |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/taylor-swift-billboard-music-awards-record-1235853360/ |access-date=December 14, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} 118 Guinness World Records,See Guinness World Records by Taylor Swift 30 MTV Video Music Awards (including five Video of the Year wins—the most by an act),{{Cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=September 12, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Ties Beyoncé as All-Time Top VMAs Winner |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/taylor-swift-vmas-2024-passes-beyonce-top-winner-1235773005/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926121613/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/taylor-swift-vmas-2024-passes-beyonce-top-winner-1235773005/ |archive-date=September 26, 2024 |access-date=September 30, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} 12 Country Music Association Awards (including the Pinnacle Award),{{cite news|title=Taylor Swift to receive rare Pinnacle Award at CMA Awards Nov. 6|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2013-nov-04-la-et-ms-taylor-swift-cma-award-pinnacle-20131104-story.html|last=Lewis|first=Randy|date=November 4, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=May 13, 2020}} eight Academy of Country Music Awards,{{cite web|title=Taylor Swift Nashville Tickets|url=http://www.excite.com/events/concert-tickets/Taylor-Swift/Taylor-Swift-Nashville-TN/index.php|publisher=Excite|access-date=February 2, 2015|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203042220/http://www.excite.com/events/concert-tickets/Taylor-Swift/Taylor-Swift-Nashville-TN/index.php|archive-date=February 3, 2015}} and two Brit Awards. As a songwriter, she has been honored by the Nashville Songwriters Association,{{cite web|title=Taylor Swift Youngest Winner of Songwriter/Artist Award |date=October 16, 2007 |url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,,GAC_26063_5723533,00.html |publisher=Great American Country|access-date=February 2, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111061226/http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,,GAC_26063_5723533,00.html|archive-date=January 11, 2015}}{{cite web|date=October 18, 2010 |last=Shelburne|first=Craig |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1650268/taylor-swift-named-nsais-songwriter-artist-of-the-year.jhtml|title=Taylor Swift Named NSAI's Songwriter-Artist of the Year|publisher=CMT|access-date=February 2, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314015434/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1650268/taylor-swift-named-nsais-songwriter-artist-of-the-year.jhtml |archive-date=March 14, 2014}} the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the National Music Publishers' Association and was the youngest person on Rolling Stone{{'s}} list of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/ceremony/entry/C6029/207943|title=Songwriters Hall of Fame|publisher=Songwriters Hall of Fame |access-date=February 2, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129025255/http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/ceremony/entry/C6029/207943|archive-date=November 29, 2014}}{{cite magazine |title=The 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-songwriters#bob-dylan |access-date=August 28, 2017 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902114756/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-songwriters#bob-dylan |archive-date=September 2, 2017 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} At the 64th BMI Awards in 2016, Swift was the first woman to be honored with an award named after its recipient.{{cite magazine|last=Polanco|first=Luis|date=April 5, 2016|title=Taylor Swift to Receive First-Ever Taylor Swift Award From BMI |magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7325271/bmi-pop-awards-taylor-swift-award-barry-mann-cynthia-weil|access-date=October 21, 2020}}

From available data, Swift has amassed over 50 million album sales and 150 million single sales as of 2019,{{cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/why-taylor-swift-is-to-blame-for-latest-twist-in-music-rights-drama/news-story/b148e1dd5ff24315556f2c9102af9f1f|title=Why Taylor Swift is to blame for latest twist in music rights drama|first=Nathan|last=Jolly|agency=News.com.au|date=November 17, 2019|access-date=November 17, 2019}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/taylor-swift-quotes-357202-2016-12-13|title=10 Life mantras by Taylor Swift to live by|magazine=India Today|date=December 13, 2016|access-date=July 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209134016/https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/taylor-swift-quotes-357202-2016-12-13|archive-date=February 9, 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8545822/taylor-swift-cover-story-interview-billboard-women-in-music-2019|title=Billboard Woman of the Decade Taylor Swift: 'I Do Want My Music to Live On'|first=Jason|last=Lipshutz|magazine=Billboard|date=December 11, 2019|access-date=December 11, 2019}} and 114 million units globally, including 78 billion streams as of 2021.{{cite web|date=May 9, 2021|title=Taylor Swift to receive BRITs Global Icon award|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/taylor-swift-to-receive-global-icon-award-at-the-2021-brit-awards__33098/|access-date=May 10, 2021|publisher=Official Charts Company}}{{cite web|date=May 9, 2021|title=Taylor Swift to receive Global Icon Award!|url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/taylor-swift-to-receive-global-icon-award|access-date=May 10, 2021|publisher=Brit Awards|archive-date=May 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510014336/https://www.brits.co.uk/news/taylor-swift-to-receive-global-icon-award|url-status=dead}} The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry ranked her as the Global Recording Artist of the Year for a record five times (2014, 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024).{{Cite web |date=February 18, 2025 |title=Taylor Swift makes music history as IFPI's Biggest-Selling Global Recording Artist of the Year for the fifth time |url=https://www.ifpi.org/taylor-swift-makes-music-history-as-ifpis-biggest-selling-global-recording-artist-of-the-year-for-the-fifth-time/ |access-date=February 18, 2025 |publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry}} Swift has the most number-one albums in the UK and Ireland for a female artist this century,{{Cite news |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |date=April 26, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift equals Madonna's record of 12 UK No 1 albums |url=https://theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/26/taylor-swift-equals-madonnas-record-of-12-uk-no-1-albums |access-date=April 30, 2024 |newspaper=The Guardian}}{{Cite magazine |last=Fitzgerald |first=Toni |date=April 29, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Breaks Records With 'The Tortured Poets Department' |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonifitzgerald/2024/04/29/tortured-poets-department-sales-every-single-record-taylor-swift-broke/ |access-date=April 30, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} earned the highest income for an artist on Chinese digital music platforms ({{Currency|159,000,000|RMB}} as of 2021),{{cite news|last=Wang|first=Dennis|date=April 16, 2021|title=Taylor Swift's Fearless hits the right note in China, again|url=http://en.people.cn/n3/2021/0416/c90000-9840061.html|access-date=June 26, 2021|newspaper=People's Daily}} and is the first artist to occupy the entire top five{{NoteTag|Swift has occupied the top five of the ARIA Albums Chart twice. She achieved this feat first on the issue published on July 7, 2023,{{Cite magazine |last=Brandle |first=Lars |date=July 7, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Sets Chart Record In Australia With Top-Five Sweep |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-chart-record-australia-1235368023/ |access-date=February 13, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} followed by a second time on the issue published on February 9, 2024.{{Cite magazine |last=Brandle |first=Lars |date=February 9, 2024 |title=Ahead of 'The Eras Tour' of Australia, Taylor Swift Sweeps Top 5 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-sweep-top-5-aria-australia-1235603567/ |access-date=February 13, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}}} of the Australian albums chart{{cite web|date=July 14, 2023 |title=Taylor beats Swift |url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/taylor-beats-swift |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714100628/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/taylor-beats-swift |archive-date=July 14, 2023 |access-date=July 19, 2023 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association}}{{cite web|date=July 7, 2023 |title=Taylor sweeps the record |url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/taylor-sweeps-the-record |access-date=July 7, 2023|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association}} and the top ten of the country's singles chart.{{Cite magazine |last=Brandle |first=Lars |date=April 26, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Creates History on Australia's Charts |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-history-australia-aria-charts-1235667154/ |access-date=April 30, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} Swift remains the world's highest-grossing touring act ever, with cumulative ticket sales at $3.12 billion as of December 2024, per Pollstar.Cumulative touring gross:

{{Cite magazine|date=June 10, 2022 |title=Top Touring Artist of the Pollstar Era |url=https://data.pollstar.com/Chart/2022/07/072522_top.touring.artists_1020.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805190603/https://data.pollstar.com/Chart/2022/07/072522_top.touring.artists_1020.pdf |archive-date=August 5, 2022 |access-date=August 4, 2022 |magazine=Pollstar}}
{{cite web|url=https://news.pollstar.com/2024/12/09/taylor-swifts-eras-tour-sets-all-time-touring-record-breaking-2b/|title=Taylor Swift's 'Eras Tour' Smashes All-Time Touring Record, Surpasses $2 Billion|author=Pollstar staff|date=December 9, 2024|access-date=December 10, 2024|magazine=Pollstar}} The Eras Tour is the highest-grossing tour of all time and the first to surpass $1 billion in revenue.{{cite magazine |last1=Voytko-Best |first1=Lisette |title=The Top-Earning Summer Concert Tours Of 2024 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2024/10/04/the-top-earning-summer-concert-tours-of-2024/ |magazine=Forbes |date=October 4, 2024 |access-date=October 20, 2024}} Beginning with Fearless, each of her studio albums have opened with over one million global units.{{Cite magazine |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=December 21, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Evermore' Sells a Million Worldwide in First Week |magazine=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/taylor-swift-evermore-sells-million-first-week-1234867490/ |access-date=December 21, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111160011/https://variety.com/2020/music/news/taylor-swift-evermore-sells-million-first-week-1234867490/ |archive-date=January 11, 2021}}{{cite magazine|last=Paine |first=Andre |date=December 22, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift Achieves More Than 6 Million Global Units for Midnights and 37 Billion Total Streams in 2022 |url=https://www.musicweek.com/labels/read/taylor-swift-achieves-more-than-6-million-global-units-for-midnights-and-37-billion-total-streams-in-2022/087168 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222132856/https://www.musicweek.com/labels/read/taylor-swift-achieves-more-than-6-million-global-units-for-midnights-and-37-billion-total-streams-in-2022/087168 |archive-date=December 22, 2022 |access-date=July 19, 2023 |magazine=Music Week}} Swift is the most-streamed act on Spotify,{{Cite magazine |last=Pétala |first=Isabela |date=February 23, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift ultrapassa Drake e se torna a cantora mais tocada na história do Spotify |trans-title=Taylor Swift surpasses Drake and becomes the most-streamed singer in Spotify's history |url=https://billboard.com.br/taylor-swift-ultrapassa-drake-e-se-torna-a-cantora-mais-tocada-na-historia-do-spotify/ |access-date=February 23, 2024 |magazine=Billboard Brasil |language=pt-BR}} and the most-streamed female artist on Apple Music.{{Cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=November 8, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Is Apple Music's 2023 Artist of the Year |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/taylor-swift-apple-music-2023-artist-of-the-year-1235465921/ |access-date=November 8, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}} On Spotify, she is the only female act to amass 100 billion streams,{{Cite news |date=February 26, 2025 |title=Taylor Swift becomes first female artist to garner 100 billion streams on Spotify |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/cruel-summer-singer-becomes-the-first-female-artist-in-history-to-earn-a-milestone-of-100-billion-streams-on-spotify/cid/2085755/ |access-date=March 3, 2025 |work=The Telegraph}} the only artist to have received more than 250 million and 350 million streams in one day (260 million on October 27, 2023, and 380 million on April 19, 2024),{{Cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=April 23, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department Broke Several Streaming Records And Is Already The #1 Album Of The Year |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2260708/taylor-swifts-the-tortured-poets-department-broke-several-streaming-records-and-is-already-the-1-album-of-the-year/news/ |access-date=April 25, 2024 |website=Stereogum}} and was the first female act to reach 100 million monthly listeners.{{Cite magazine |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=October 28, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Beats Her Own Spotify Record for Most Single-Day Streams for an Artist With {{'}}1989 (Taylor's Version){{'}} Release |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/taylor-swift-spotify-record-most-streams-single-artist-1989-taylors-version-1235771881/ |url-status=live |magazine=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029001300/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/taylor-swift-spotify-record-most-streams-single-artist-1989-taylors-version-1235771881/ |archive-date=October 29, 2023 |access-date=October 29, 2023}} The most entries and the most simultaneous entries (175 and 34 songs), and most number-ones (5) for a soloist on the Billboard Global 200, are among her feats.{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=April 29, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift & Post Malone's 'Fortnight' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Global Charts |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-post-malone-fortnight-number-one-debut-global-charts-1235669042/ |access-date=April 30, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}{{Cite magazine |title=Taylor Swift Chart History (Billboard Global 200) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/taylor-swift/chart-history/glo/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 17, 2023}} Swift is the first and only artist to occupy the top nine spots on the Global 200. She has the most entries (154), top-ten songs (20), and number-ones (3){{NoteTag|In a tie with Ariana Grande, Bad Bunny, and Jungkook.}} among solo acts on the Global 200 Excl. US.

In the US, Swift has sold over 37.3 million albums as of 2019, when Billboard placed her eighth on its Greatest of All Time Artists Chart.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-of-all-time-artists|title=Greatest of All Time Artists|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114170915/https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-of-all-time-artists|archive-date=November 14, 2019|url-status=live}} Twelve of her songs have topped the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite magazine |last1=Trust |first1=Gary |date=April 29, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Claims Record Top 14 Spots on Billboard Hot 100, Led by 'Fortnight' With Post Malone |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-hot-100-top-14-fortnight-post-malone-record/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429170523/https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-hot-100-top-14-fortnight-post-malone-record/ |archive-date=April 29, 2024 |access-date=April 29, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} She is the longest-reigning and the first act to spend at least 100 weeks atop the Billboard Artist 100 (124 weeks);{{Cite magazine |last=Zellner |first=Xander |date=February 26, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Becomes First Act to Spend 100 Weeks at No. 1 on Billboard Artist 100 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-first-act-spend-100-weeks-artist-100-chart-1235615517/ |access-date=February 27, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}{{Cite magazine |date= |title=Taylor Swift (Chart History): Billboard Artist 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/artist-100/2024-08-24/ |access-date=March 3, 2025 |magazine=Billboard}} the soloist with the most cumulative weeks atop and in the top ten of the Billboard 200 (84 and 425);{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-15th-week-number-one-billboard-200-1235755555/|title=Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department Hits 15th Week Atop Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=August 18, 2024|access-date=August 18, 2024}}{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=February 26, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Passes The Beatles for Most Weeks in Billboard 200's Top 10 in Last 60 Years |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-passes-the-beatles-most-weeks-billboard-200-top-10-60-years-1235615209/ |access-date=February 27, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} the woman with the most Billboard 200 number-ones (14),{{cite magazine |last1=Caulfield |first1=Keith |date=April 28, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Makes Historic Debut at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With The Tortured Poets Department |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-debut-number-one-billboard-200-chart/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428203842/https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-debut-number-one-billboard-200-chart/ |archive-date=April 28, 2024 |access-date=April 28, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} Hot 100 entries (total and single-week: 264 and 32),{{Cite magazine |last=Zellner |first=Xander |date=April 29, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Charts 32 Songs on Hot 100, Including Every Track From 'The Tortured Poets Department' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-32-songs-hot-100-one-week-tortured-poets-department-1235669025/ |access-date=April 30, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} number-one debuts (7),{{NoteTag|Swift co-holds this record with American singer Ariana Grande.{{cite magazine|url= https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/ariana-grande-yes-and-hot-100-number-one-debut-2-1235586226/|title= Ariana Grande's 'Yes, And?' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=January 22, 2024|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 22, 2024}}|group=}} top-ten songs (59), top-five songs (36), Streaming Songs chart-toppers (9), and weeks atop the Top Country Albums chart (101);{{Cite magazine |title=Taylor Swift Chart History (Top Country Albums) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/taylor-swift/chart-history/clp/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 17, 2023}} and the act with the most number-one songs on Pop Airplay (13){{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=March 8, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Scores Her 13th No. 1 on Pop Airplay Chart With 'Is It Over Now?' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-is-it-over-now-number-one-pop-airplay-chart-1235627287/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 8, 2024}} and Digital Songs (29). Swift is the first woman to simultaneously chart five albums in the top 10 and eleven albums on the entire Billboard 200;{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=December 3, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Makes History With Five of the Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-makes-history-five-top-10-albums-billboard-200-1235531141/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 3, 2024}}{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=July 17, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Has 11 Albums on the Billboard 200 Chart for the First Time |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-11-albums-on-billboard-200-chart-first-time-1235372964/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 19, 2023}} and the first act to occupy the top four spots and chart seven albums{{NoteTag|Swift has charted seven titles in the top 10 of the Top Album Sales chart twice—on the issues dated January 6, 2024, and January 20, 2024.{{Cite magazine |date=January 22, 2024 |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |title=Taylor Swift Made Billboard History–Now Only She Can Match Her Own Feat |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2024/01/22/taylor-swift-made-billboard-historynow-only-she-can-match-her-own-feat/ |access-date=January 22, 2024 |magazine=Forbes}}}} in the top 10 on the Top Album Sales chart.{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=December 29, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Has the Top Four on the Album Sales Chart for the First Time |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-top-four-album-sales-chart-first-time-1235573476/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 3, 2024}}{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=January 3, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Has 7 of the Top 10 on Billboard{{'}}s Album Sales Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-7-of-top-10-billboard-album-sales-chart-1235574870/ |access-date=January 23, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} She is the third highest-certified female digital singles artist (and seventh overall) in the US, with 137.5 million total units certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),{{cite web|title=RIAA – Top Artists (Digital Singles) |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=top_tallies&ttt=TAS#search_section |access-date=July 17, 2023}} and the first woman to have both an album (Fearless) and a song ("Shake It Off") certified Diamond.{{cite web|last=Ahlgrim |first=Callie |date=July 12, 2023 |title=There are 116 songs in history that have been certified diamond — here they all are |url=https://www.insider.com/every-diamond-certified-song-ever-riaa |access-date=July 17, 2023 |publisher=Insider Inc.}} Swift is the only artist in Luminate history to have seven albums sell over a million copies in a week.{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=October 30, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift's Midnights Blasts in at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart With Biggest Week for an Album in 7 Years |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-midnights-debut-number-one-billboard-200-albums-chart-1235163377/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=October 30, 2022}}

Swift has appeared in various power listings. Time included her on its annual list of the 100 most influential people in 2010, 2015, and 2019.{{Cite magazine |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685_1984940_1985536,00.html |title=The 2010 Time 100: Taylor Swift|last=Nicks|first=Stevie|date=April 29, 2010|magazine=Time|access-date=April 22, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129092644/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0%2C28804%2C1984685_1984940_1985536%2C00.html|archive-date=November 29, 2013}}
{{Cite magazine|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|date=April 16, 2015|title=Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian Make Time's 100 Most Influential People List|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6538486/taylor-swift-kanye-west-kim-kardashian-time-100-most-influential-people-list|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925071439/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6538486/taylor-swift-kanye-west-kim-kardashian-time-100-most-influential-people-list|archive-date=September 25, 2016|access-date=September 1, 2016|url-status=live}}
{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/04/17/taylor-swift-dwayne-johnson-cover-times-most-influential-people-issue/3484216002/|title=Dwayne Johnson, Taylor Swift, Gayle King, more cover Time's 100 most influential people issue|last=Jensen|first=Erin|date=April 17, 2019|newspaper=USA Today|access-date=April 17, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417120913/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/04/17/taylor-swift-dwayne-johnson-cover-times-most-influential-people-issue/3484216002/|archive-date=April 17, 2019}} She was one of the "Silence Breakers" that the magazine spotlighted as Person of the Year in 2017 for speaking up about sexual assault,{{Cite magazine|author=Dockterman, Eliana|date=December 6, 2017|title='I Was Angry.' Taylor Swift on What Powered Her Sexual Assault Testimony|url=https://time.com/5049659/taylor-swift-interview-person-of-the-year-2017/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206234910/http://time.com/5049659/taylor-swift-interview-person-of-the-year-2017/|archive-date=December 6, 2017|access-date=December 7, 2017|magazine=Time|url-status=live}} and she received the honor again in 2023 for her cultural domination that year. Rolling Stone ranked Swift at 102 on their list of 200 Best Singers of All Time in 2023.{{Cite magazine |date=January 1, 2023 |title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/leonard-cohen-9-1234642929/ |access-date=March 4, 2025 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} Time described Swift as the first Person of the Year to be recognized for "achievement in the arts", as well as the first woman to be recognized and appear on a Person of the Year cover more than once.{{cite magazine |last1=Shah |first1=Simmone |title=Taylor Swift Makes History as Person of the Year |url=https://time.com/6343069/taylor-swift-history-person-of-the-year/ |magazine=Time |access-date=December 6, 2023 |date=December 6, 2023}} She received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from New York University and served as its commencement speaker on May 18, 2022.

Cultural status

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Swift has been credited with making a profound impact on the music industry, popular culture, and the economy.{{Cite magazine |last=Schneider |first=Marc |date=July 24, 2023 |title=8 Ways Taylor Swift Has Changed the Music Business |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/how-taylor-swift-changed-music-business/ |access-date=July 24, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}} She dominates cultural conversations,{{cite news|last=Pattison |first=Kate |date=September 19, 2023 |title=How did Taylor Swift get so popular? She never goes out of style |url=http://theconversation.com/how-did-taylor-swift-get-so-popular-she-never-goes-out-of-style-213871 |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=The Conversation}}{{cite web|last=Grady |first=Constance |date=October 12, 2023 |title=The Eras concert movie is Taylor Swift leveling up |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/23905279/taylor-swift-eras-concert-film-image-analysis |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Vox}} leading some publications to describe her as a cultural "vitality" or zeitgeist.{{cite news|last=Jericho |first=Greg |date=October 28, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift's incredible success in graphs – who can blame me for being a Swiftie as a 50-year-old man? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/29/taylor-swifts-incredible-success-in-graphs-who-can-blame-me-for-being-a-swiftie-as-a-50yo-man |access-date=October 29, 2022 |newspaper=The Guardian}}{{cite news|last=Weatherhead |first=Shaina |date=April 20, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Miss Americana' Is Required Viewing Right Now |website=Collider |url=https://collider.com/taylor-swift-miss-americana-watch-now/ |access-date=April 24, 2023}} Her music, life, and public image are points of attention in global celebrity culture.{{sfn|Franssen|2022|p=90}} Initially a teen idol,{{cite news|date=November 2, 2012 |title=Taylor Swift: 'My Confidence Is Easy To Shake' |publisher=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2012/11/03/164186569/taylor-swift-my-confidence-is-easy-to-shake |access-date=May 20, 2021}}
{{cite news|last=Thanki |first=Juli |date=September 24, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift: Teen idol to 'biggest pop artist in the world' |newspaper=The Tennessean |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/09/24/taylor-swift-teen-idol-biggest-pop-artist-world/72744548/ |access-date=May 13, 2021}}
{{cite news|last=Yahr |first=Emily |date=June 16, 2016 |title=Taylor Swift's first song came out 10 years ago. Here's what she was like as a teen songwriter. |newspaper=The Washington Post |department=Arts and Entertainment |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/06/16/taylor-swifts-first-song-came-out-10-years-ago-heres-what-she-was-like-as-a-teen-songwriter/ |access-date=May 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513182351/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/06/16/taylor-swifts-first-song-came-out-10-years-ago-heres-what-she-was-like-as-a-teen-songwriter/ |archive-date=May 13, 2021}} she has been referred to as a pop icon;{{cite news|last=El Mosselli |first=Sabrina |date=December 24, 2022 |title=How Taylor Swift rose from 'Miss Americana' to global megastar |newspaper=Le Monde |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2022/11/24/how-taylor-swift-rose-from-miss-americana-to-global-pop-star_6005477_30.html |access-date=December 28, 2022}} publications describe her enormous popularity and longevity as unwitnessed since the 20th century.{{Cite magazine |last=Cragg |first=Michael |title=Is Taylor Swift our last remaining real popstar? |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/qjkakb/how-did-taylor-swift-get-successful |magazine=i-D |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506085436/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/qjkakb/how-did-taylor-swift-get-successful |archive-date=May 6, 2023 |access-date=December 3, 2022}}{{cite news|last=Seisdedos |first=Iker |date=December 27, 2022 |title=Pop music in the era of Taylor Swift: Behind the success of today's biggest star |newspaper=El País |url=https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-12-27/pop-music-in-the-era-of-taylor-swift-behind-the-success-of-todays-biggest-star.html |access-date=December 28, 2022}} In 2013, New York magazine's Jody Rosen dubbed Swift the "world's biggest pop star" and opined that the trajectory of her stardom has defied established patterns. Rosen added that Swift "falls between genres, eras, demographics, paradigms, trends", leaving her contemporaries "vying for second place". Critics regard Swift as a rare yet successful combination of the pop star and singer-songwriter archetypes.{{cite news|last=Sanders |first=Sam |date=October 20, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift Is the Greatest Self-Portraitist of Our Time |website=Vulture |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/taylor-swift-midnights-into-it.html |access-date=October 21, 2022}}

Swift's fans are known as Swifties. Billboard noted that only a few artists have achieved her level of chart success, critical acclaim, and fan support.{{Cite magazine |date=March 23, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift's 40 Biggest Hot 100 Hits |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/top-taylor-swift-songs-top-100-hits/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=April 12, 2022}} Swift's million-selling albums are considered an anomaly in the streaming-dominated industry following the end of the album era in the 2010s.{{cite news|last=Leonard |first=Devin |date=November 12, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift Is the Music Industry |agency=Bloomberg News |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-11-12/taylor-swift-and-big-machine-are-the-music-industry |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=August 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313072511/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-11-12/taylor-swift-and-big-machine-are-the-music-industry |archive-date=March 13, 2016}}{{cite magazine |last=Zoladz |first=Lindsay |date=December 30, 2019 |title=What Were the 2010s? |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/12/taylor-swift-in-the-2010s.html |url-access=limited |access-date=November 22, 2020 |magazine=New York}} Economist Alan Krueger described Swift as an "economic genius".{{cite news|last=Savaira |first=Augusta |date=November 23, 2022 |title=Welcome to 'Swiftonomics': What Taylor Swift reveals about the U.S. economy |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-11-23/what-taylor-swift-reveals-about-us-economy |url-access=subscription |access-date=November 23, 2022}}

Although labeled by the media in her early career as "America's Sweetheart" for her girl next door persona,{{cite news|last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=November 3, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift: the rise, fall and re-invention of America's sweetheart |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/taylor-swift-rise-fall-re-invention-americas-sweetheart/ |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/taylor-swift-rise-fall-re-invention-americas-sweetheart/ |archive-date=January 10, 2022}}{{cbignore}}{{sfn|Fischer|Seidman|2016|p=529}} Swift has been called by detractors "calculated" and manipulative of her image, a narrative bolstered by her 2016 dispute with West.{{cite web |last1=Grady |first1=Constance |date=August 26, 2019 |title=How the Taylor Swift-Kanye West VMAs scandal became a perfect American morality tale |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/26/20828559/taylor-swift-kanye-west-2009-mtv-vmas-explained |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221202230610/https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/26/20828559/taylor-swift-kanye-west-2009-mtv-vmas-explained |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |access-date=October 12, 2023 |website=Vox}}{{cite web |last1=Grady |first1=Constance |date=March 21, 2020 |title=Newly Leaked Footage Shows Taylor Swift and Kanye West Talking 'Famous' |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/3/21/21189239/taylor-swift-kanye-west-famous-leaked-phone-call-kanye-west-is-over-party |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324063207/https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/3/21/21189239/taylor-swift-kanye-west-famous-leaked-phone-call-kanye-west-is-over-party |archive-date=March 24, 2022 |access-date=October 12, 2023 |website=Vox}} Critics have also noted that her personal life and career have been subject to intense misogyny and "slut-shaming",{{Cite magazine |last=Wahi |first=Sukriti |date=March 3, 2021 |title=Every Time Taylor Swift Perfectly Shut Down A Sexist Interview Question |url=https://www.elle.com.au/celebrity/taylor-swift-sexist-questions-20572 |magazine=Elle |access-date=November 4, 2021}}{{cite news|last=Davis |first=Allison P. |date=June 28, 2018 |title=The Taylor Swift Slut-Shaming Continues |website=The Cut |url=https://www.thecut.com/2013/06/taylor-swift-slut-shaming-continues.html |access-date=November 4, 2021}} as well as rampant media scrutiny and tabloid speculation.{{cite magazine |last=Meddings |first=Jacqui |date=October 31, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift is our new cover goddess |url=http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/entertainment/interviews/a30873/taylor-swift-cover-interview-talks-feminism-and-lena-dunham/ |url-status=dead |magazine=Cosmopolitan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714043054/http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/entertainment/interviews/a30873/taylor-swift-cover-interview-talks-feminism-and-lena-dunham/ |archive-date=July 14, 2016 |access-date=August 2, 2016}} Swift has also been a victim of numerous house break-ins and stalkers, some of whom were armed.{{Cite magazine |last=Benitez-Eves |first=Tina |date=July 2, 2022 |title=Man Arrested for Harassing Taylor Swift, Attempting to Break Into Her New York City Apartment |url=https://americansongwriter.com/man-arrested-for-harassing-taylor-swift-attempting-to-break-into-her-new-york-city-apartment/ |access-date=June 10, 2023 |magazine=American Songwriter}}{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=July 2, 2022 |title=Brooklyn Man Arrested on Charges of Stalking Taylor Swift |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/brooklyn-man-arrest-stalking-taylor-swift-1377700/ |access-date=June 10, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone|url-access=limited}}

Swift's private jet use has drawn scrutiny for its carbon emissions.{{Cite news |last=Chiu |first=Allyson |date=August 3, 2022 |title=Celebrities use private jets excessively. It's a climate nightmare. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/02/taylor-swift-kylie-jenner-private-jet-emissions/ |access-date=February 14, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite web |last=Mendez |first=Lola |date=February 14, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift claims she offsets her travel carbon footprint – how does that work? |url=https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240213-taylor-swift-private-jet-flight-travel-carbon-footprint |access-date=February 14, 2024 |publisher=BBC}} In 2023, a spokesperson for Swift stated that she had purchased more than double the required carbon credits to offset all tour travel and personal flights.{{cite news |last1=O'Malley |first1=Isabella |title=Why Taylor Swift's globe-trotting in private jets is getting scrutinized |url=https://apnews.com/article/taylor-swift-climate-jet-carbon-emissions-kelce-chiefs-02ac425d24281bd26d73bfdf4590bc82 |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=February 6, 2024 |date=February 2, 2024}}{{cite news |title=Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce romance is bad for the planet. Couple burns a whopping $70,779 jet fuel in the last three months |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelce-romance-is-bad-for-the-planet-couple-burns-a-whopping-70779-jet-fuel-in-the-last-three-months/articleshow/106184435.cms |access-date=February 6, 2024 |newspaper=The Economic Times |date=December 21, 2023}} In December 2023, Swift's lawyers sent a cease and desist letter to American programmer Jack Sweeney over tracking her private jet, alleging stalking and safety risks; media outlets have reported that the information posted by Sweeney is a synthesis of publicly available data.{{cite magazine |last1=Blistein |first1=Jon |title=Taylor Swift's Lawyers Threaten Private Jet Flight Tracker Over 'Stalking and Harassing Behavior' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swifts-lawyers-threaten-student-private-jet-tracker-1234962228/ |access-date=February 6, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=February 6, 2024|url-access=limited}}{{Cite news |first=Max |last=Matza |date=February 7, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift threatens to sue student who tracks her private jet |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68223602 |access-date=February 7, 2024 |publisher=BBC News}} In February 2024, it was reported that Swift had sold one of her two private jets.{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-gets-rid-of-one-private-jet-2024-2|title=Taylor Swift quietly downsizes to one private jet|last1=Kay|first1=Grace|last2=Rains|first2=Taylor|newspaper=Business Insider|date=February 7, 2024|access-date=March 3, 2024}}

= Legacy =

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| author = – Jason Lipshutz, Billboard executive director, 2023{{cite news|last1=Della Cava |first1=Marco |last2=Ryan |first2=Patrick |date=August 31, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift is 'in a class of her own right now,' as Eras tour gives way to Eras movie |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/08/31/taylor-swift-eras-tour-movie-amc/70728053007/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901023718/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/08/31/taylor-swift-eras-tour-movie-amc/70728053007/ |archive-date=September 1, 2023 |access-date=September 1, 2023 |newspaper=USA Today}}

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}}Swift helped shape the modern country music scene,{{cite news|last=Crummy |first=Colin |date=March 13, 2014 |title=Detwanging country music: how Nashville took the UK |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/mar/13/country-music-taylor-swift-nashville-radio-2 |access-date=September 23, 2021 |newspaper=The Guardian}} having extended her success beyond the Anglosphere, pioneered the use of the internet (Myspace) as a marketing tool, and introduced the genre to a younger generation.{{cite magazine |last=Roland |first=Tom |date=July 7, 2016 |title=Love Story: The Impact of Taylor Swift's First Decade in Music |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/7430895/taylor-swift-music-career-ten-years-impact-country |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714142858/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/7430895/taylor-swift-music-career-ten-years-impact-country |archive-date=July 14, 2016 |access-date=July 7, 2016}} Country labels have since become interested in signing young singers who write their own music;{{cite news|last=Tannembaum |first=Rob |date=September 12, 2014 |title=4 Ways Billboard Woman of the Year Taylor Swift Changed Country Music |magazine=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6386008/how-billboard-woman-of-the-year-taylor-swift-changed-country-music |access-date=December 31, 2019}} her guitar performances contributed to the "Taylor Swift factor": a phenomenon to which an upsurge in guitar sales to women, a previously ignored demographic, is attributed.{{cite news|last1=O'Connor |first1=Roisin |date=October 18, 2018 |title=Half of all new guitar players are women, finds study |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/new-guitar-players-women-men-gender-split-fender-taylor-swift-a8589786.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=October 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/new-guitar-players-women-men-gender-split-fender-taylor-swift-a8589786.html |archive-date=May 26, 2022}}{{cite magazine |last1=Wang |first1=Amy X. |date=May 22, 2018 |title=Guitars Are Getting More Popular. So Why Do We Think They're Dying? |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/guitars-are-getting-more-popular-so-why-do-we-think-theyre-dying-630446/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=October 20, 2020|url-access=limited}}

According to Pitchfork, Swift changed the music landscape with her genre transitions, a discography that accommodates cultural shifts,{{cite magazine |date=October 4, 2021 |title=The 200 Most Important Artists of Pitchfork's First 25 Years |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/most-important-artists/ |access-date=October 4, 2021 |website=Pitchfork}} and Billboard notes her ability to popularize any sound in mainstream music.{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=December 16, 2021 |title=Billboard's Greatest Pop Stars of 2021: No. 1 — Taylor Swift |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-greatest-pop-star-2021-1235011392/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=December 16, 2021}} Lyrically, in being personal and vulnerable in her songs, music journalist Nick Catucci opined Swift helped make space for later singers like Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, and Halsey to do the same. Scholars have highlighted the literary sensibility and poptimist implications of Swift.{{cite news|last=Gormely |first=Ian |date=December 3, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift leads poptimism's rebirth |newspaper=The Guardian |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/03/taylor-swift-poptimism |access-date=August 2, 2021}} She has been credited with legitimizing and popularizing the concept of album "eras".{{cite news|last=Gambles |first=Sarah |date=July 23, 2023 |title=The ubiquitous power of Taylor Swift |url=https://www.deseret.com/2023/7/22/23579559/taylor-swift-eras-tour-taking-over-america-summer |access-date=September 7, 2023 |newspaper=Deseret News}}{{cite news|last=Friedman |first=Vanessa |date=April 24, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift and the Sparkling Trap of Constant Reinvention |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/24/style/taylor-swift-eras-tour-looks.html |access-date=September 7, 2023}} Swift is a subject of academic study and scholarly media research.{{sfn|Franssen|2022|p=90}} Various educational institutions offer courses on Swift in literary, cultural, and sociopolitical contexts.{{Cite magazine |last=Rowley |first=Glenn |date=March 9, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift's 'All Too Well (10 Minute Version)' Is Now a Class at Stanford University |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-all-too-well-10-minute-version-stanford-university-class-1235282829/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 10, 2023}}{{sfn|Franssen|2022|p=90}}

Swift has influenced numerous music artists, and her albums have inspired a generation of singer-songwriters.{{cite news|last=Ahlgrim |first=Callie |date=March 18, 2022 |title=How Taylor Swift inspired a new generation of singer-songwriters, in their own words |url=https://www.insider.com/artists-inspired-by-taylor-swift-quotes-2022-3 |access-date=March 18, 2022 |website=Business Insider}} Journalists praise her ability to reform industry practices, noting how her actions changed streaming policies, prompted awareness of intellectual property in new musicians,{{cite magazine |last=Sutherland |first=Mark |date=December 13, 2019 |title='I come with opinions about how we can better our industry': Taylor Swift |url=https://www.musicweek.com/interviews/read/i-come-with-opinions-about-how-we-can-better-our-industry-taylor-swift-the-music-week-interview/077961 |magazine=Music Week |access-date=April 27, 2020}}
{{cite news|last=Sisario |first=Ben |date=November 6, 2014 |title=Sales of Taylor Swift's '1989' Intensify Streaming Debate |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/06/arts/music/sales-of-taylor-swifts-1989-intensify-streaming-debate.html |access-date=August 11, 2020}}
{{cite news|last=Rosseinsky |first=Katie |date=October 29, 2021 |title=How Taylor Swift is changing the music industry a re-record at a time |newspaper=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/taylor-swift-rerecording-albums-masters-fearless-b928211.html |url-status=live |access-date=April 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409085520/https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/taylor-swift-rerecording-albums-masters-fearless-b928211.html |archive-date=April 9, 2021}}{{cite news|last=Smith |first=Neil |date=June 22, 2015 |title=Five ways Taylor Swift is changing the world |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33222489 |access-date=December 31, 2019}} and reshaped ticketing models.{{Cite magazine |last=Brooks |first=Dave |date=November 3, 2022 |title=How Taylor Swift Changed the Course of the Concert Ticketing Businesses |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-tours-changed-concert-ticket-sales/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=November 4, 2022}} Various sources deem Swift's music a paradigm representing the millennial generation;Sources on Swift and millennial era
{{*}} {{cite web|last=McDuling |first=John |date=November 3, 2014 |title=Why Taylor Swift is the most important artist of the millennial era |url=https://qz.com/290714/why-taylor-swift-is-the-most-important-artist-of-the-millennial-era/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215053/https://qz.com/290714/why-taylor-swift-is-the-most-important-artist-of-the-millennial-era/ |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |access-date=April 2, 2021 |work=Quartz}}
{{*}} {{cite news|date=October 6, 2015 |title=What Taylor Swift tells us about millennials |work=National Post |url=https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/music/what-taylor-swift-tells-us-about-future-generations |access-date=October 30, 2021}}
{{*}} {{cite magazine |last=Kidd |first=Joel |date=March 2, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Is the Surprising Face of Millennial Anxiety |url=https://thewalrus.ca/taylor-swift-is-the-surprising-face-of-millennial-anxiety/ |access-date=October 30, 2021 |magazine=The Walrus}}
{{*}} {{cite news|last1=Winograd |first1=Morley |last2=D. Hais |first2=Michael |date=January 29, 2010 |title=Move over Kanye West, Taylor Swift and the Millennial generation are taking over music |newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/0129/Move-over-Kanye-West-Taylor-Swift-and-the-Millennial-generation-are-taking-over-music |access-date=October 30, 2021}}
{{*}} {{cite news|date=October 8, 2019 |title=The 17 Musicians Gen Z & Millennials Say Represent Their Generations |url=https://www.ypulse.com/article/2019/10/08/the-17-musicians-gen-z-millennials-say-represent-their-generations/ |access-date=October 30, 2021 |website=YPulse}}
{{*}} {{cite news|last=Nicolau |first=Elena |date=November 29, 2022 |title=How Taylor Swift is transforming millennial weddings |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/taylor-swift-wedding-theme-trend-rcna57270 |access-date=November 30, 2022 |website=Today}}
{{*}} {{cite news|date=October 21, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift is peak millennial vibes |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/19/1129868151/taylor-swift-is-peak-millennial-vibes |access-date=December 19, 2022 |publisher=NPR}} Vox and The Daily Telegraph likened her to Bruce Springsteen,{{cite news|last=VanDerWerff |first=Emily |date=July 31, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift is the millennial Bruce Springsteen |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/7/31/21340926/taylor-swift-folklore-millennial-bruce-springsteen |access-date=October 30, 2021 |website=Vox}} and The Times named her "the Bob Dylan of our age".{{cite news|last=Ditum |first=Sarah |date=October 8, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift: the Bob Dylan of our age |newspaper=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/taylor-swift-the-bob-dylan-of-our-age-pmlg5m7hl |url-access=subscription |access-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/XgC2q |archive-date=December 24, 2022}}{{cbignore}} Swift earned the title Woman of the Decade (2010s) from Billboard,{{cite magazine |date=November 18, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift Will Receive First-Ever Woman of the Decade Honor at Billboard's Women in Music |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8543996/taylor-swift-first-ever-woman-of-the-decade-award |magazine=Billboard |access-date=December 31, 2019}} Artist of the Decade (2010s) at the American Music Awards,{{cite news|last=Elizabeth |first=De |date=November 24, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift Is Named Artist of the Decade at AMAs 2019 |magazine=Teen Vogue |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/taylor-swift-artist-decade-amas-2019 |access-date=December 31, 2019}} and Global Icon at the Brit Awards for her impact. Senior artists such as Madonna,{{Cite magazine |last=Brandle |first=Lars |date=January 28, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift on Madonna Praise: 'Now I'm Dead' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-on-madonna-praise-now-im-dead-6451113/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 5, 2023}} Stevie Nicks,{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=May 23, 2023 |title=Stevie Nicks Thanks Taylor Swift for Writing 'You're on Your Own, Kid'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/stevie-nicks-taylor-swift-thanks-for-youre-on-your-own-kid-1234740361/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=March 10, 2024|url-access=limited}} Jon Bon Jovi,{{Cite magazine |last=Malkin |first=Marc |date=June 11, 2024 |title=Jon Bon Jovi on Possibly Never Touring Again, Taylor Swift Creating Her Own 'Industry' and Coming Close to Landing Val Kilmer's Role in 'Heat' |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/podcasts/bon-jovi-touring-future-taylor-swift-1236033365/ |access-date=June 12, 2024 |magazine=Variety}} Dolly Parton,{{Cite magazine |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |date=January 27, 2021 |title=Dolly Parton Says Taylor Swift Is 'Magnificent' Following Damon Albarn Feud: 'She Knows Who She Is' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/dolly-parton-praises-taylor-swift-1235024129/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}} and Elton John have praised her musicianship.{{Cite magazine |last=Cote |first=Jacqueline Burt |date=September 9, 2024 |title=Elton John Makes a Bold Comparison Between Taylor Swift and the Beatles |url=https://parade.com/news/elton-john-makes-bold-comparison-between-taylor-swift-beatles |access-date=September 11, 2024 |magazine=Parade}} Carole King regards Swift as her "professional granddaughter" and thanked Swift for "carrying the torch forward".{{Cite magazine |last=Graff |first=Gary |date=October 31, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift Helps Induct Carole King, Sings "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" at Rock Hall Ceremony |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/taylor-swift-helps-induct-carole-king-rock-hall-ceremony-1235039810/ |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=September 20, 2022}} Springsteen called her a "tremendous" writer,{{Cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=November 2, 2022 |title=Bruce Springsteen praises Taylor Swift's new album 'Midnights': "She's a tremendous writer" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/bruce-springsteen-praises-taylor-swifts-new-album-midnights-tremendous-writer-3340904 |magazine=NME |access-date=July 5, 2023}} while Elvis Costello compared Swift's songwriting to that of Bob Dylan,{{Cite magazine |last=Piner |first=Chris |date=November 26, 2024 |title=Elvis Costello Compares Taylor Swift to Bob Dylan—and He's Not Just Saying It "To Be Down With the Kids" |url=https://americansongwriter.com/elvis-costello-compares-taylor-swift-to-bob-dylan-and-hes-not-just-saying-it-to-be-down-with-the-kids/ |access-date=November 27, 2024 |magazine=American Songwriter}} and Billy Joel considered Swift the Beatles' successor.{{cite news|last=Ruggieri |first=Melissa |date=November 3, 2021 |title=Billy Joel says Taylor Swift is like the Beatles of her generation: 'She knows music' |newspaper=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/11/03/billy-joel-50-years-return-madison-square-garden-residency-taylor-swift-adele-olivia-rodrigo/6197569001/ |access-date=July 5, 2023}} Britney Spears labeled Swift "the most iconic pop woman of our generation".{{Cite magazine |last=Iasimone |first=Ashley |date=November 12, 2023 |title=Britney Spears Shares Throwback Photo With Taylor Swift From 20 Years Ago: 'Most Iconic Pop Woman of Our Generation' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/britney-spears-taylor-swift-photo-2003-1235469337/ |access-date=November 12, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}}

= Entrepreneurship =

Media outlets describe Swift as a savvy businesswoman;{{Cite magazine |last=Lutz |first=Ashley |date=October 8, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift's new album proves she is a business genius |url=https://fortune.com/2022/10/08/taylor-swift-midnights-release-business-strategy/ |access-date=October 8, 2022 |magazine=Fortune}}{{cite news|last=Steele |first=Anne |date=July 1, 2023 |title=How to Succeed in Business Like Taylor Swift |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-succeed-in-business-like-taylor-swift-8165be7c |access-date=July 2, 2023}} in 2024, she topped Billboard's annual Power 100 ranking of the top music industry executives.{{Cite magazine |last=Lynch |first=Joe |date=January 31, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Tops Billboard's Annual Power 100 List for the First Time |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-power-100-list-2024-number-one-1235593526/ |access-date=January 31, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} Swift is known for her traditional album rollouts, consisting of a variety of promotional activities that Rolling Stone termed as an inescapable "multimedia bonanza".{{cite news|last=Curto |first=Justin |date=December 22, 2020 |title=Did 2020 Kill the Long, Fancy Pop-Album Rollout for Good? |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/12/taylor-swift-evermore-folklore-surprise-explained.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223023032/https://www.vulture.com/2020/12/taylor-swift-evermore-folklore-surprise-explained.html |archive-date=December 23, 2020 |access-date=December 27, 2020 |website=Vulture}}{{Cite magazine |last=Leight |first=Elias |date=July 23, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Finally Abandoned the Traditional Album Rollout |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-folklore-surprise-album-1033102/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=September 15, 2022|url-access=limited}} Easter eggs and cryptic teasers became a common practice in contemporary pop music because of Swift.{{cite news|last=Kheraj |first=Alim |date=November 9, 2022 |title=The curate's Easter egg: how Taylor Swift turned pop into a multiplayer puzzle |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/09/how-taylor-swift-turned-pop-into-a-multiplayer-puzzle |access-date=November 9, 2022 |newspaper=The Guardian}} Publications describe her discography as a music "universe" subject to analysis by fans, critics, and journalists.{{Cite magazine |last=Tannenbaum |first=Emily |title=Taylor Swift Hid a Bunch of Easter Eggs in the All Too Well Short Film |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/taylor-swift-hid-a-bunch-of-easter-eggs-in-the-all-too-well-short-film |magazine=Glamour |access-date=May 13, 2022}}{{cite magazine |last=Suskind |first=Alex |date=May 9, 2019 |title=New Reputation: Taylor Swift shares intel on TS7, fan theories, and her next era |url=https://ew.com/music/2019/05/09/taylor-swift-cover-story/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812135902/https://ew.com/music/2019/05/09/taylor-swift-cover-story/ |archive-date=August 12, 2019 |access-date=May 13, 2022}}{{cite news|last=Yahr |first=Emily |date=December 26, 2022 |title=2022: The year in review (Taylor's version) |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/12/26/taylor-swift-2022-midnights-ticketmaster/ |access-date=December 26, 2022}} Swift maintains an active presence on social media and a close relationship with fans, to which many journalists attribute her success.{{cite news|last1=Stein |first1=Jeannine |date=November 18, 2011 |title=Taylor Swift weighs in on being a role model |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/health/la-xpm-2011-nov-18-la-heb-taylor-swift-role-model-20111118-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=April 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715024559/http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/18/news/la-heb-taylor-swift-role-model-20111118 |archive-date=July 15, 2012}}{{cite web|last=Khan |first=Fawzia |date=June 18, 2021 |title=The Might Of Taylor Swift |url=https://elle.in/article/the-might-of-taylor-swift/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628043313/https://elle.in/article/the-might-of-taylor-swift/ |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |access-date=October 20, 2021 |magazine=Elle}}{{cite web|last=Collins |first=Katie |date=June 8, 2018 |title=How Taylor Swift flipped online fandom on its head for the better |url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/internet/how-taylor-swift-flipped-online-fandom-on-its-head-for-the-better/ |access-date=March 19, 2023 |publisher=CNET}} Her in-house management team is called 13 Management.{{Cite magazine |last=King |first=Ashley |date=July 21, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift's 13 Management is Rarely Discussed, Changes Abound |url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/07/21/taylor-swift-13-management-undergoes-rare-staffing-change/ |access-date=September 23, 2023 |magazine=Digital Music News}}

Swift has endorsed many brands and businesses, having launched clothing lines with L.E.I. and Stella McCartney,{{cite magazine |last1=Yotka |first1=Steff |date=August 20, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift and Stella McCartney Reveal Their Lover Fashion Collaboration |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/taylor-swift-and-stella-mccartney-reveal-their-lover-fashion-collaboration |magazine=Vogue |access-date=October 20, 2020}}{{Cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Julee |date=January 29, 2009 |title=Taylor Swift Launches Sundress Line – Ready-to-Wear and Sportswear – Media |url=http://www.wwd.com/markets-news/ready-to-wear-sportswear/taylor-swift-does-dresses-1955844 |url-status=live |magazine=Women's Wear Daily |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729041933/http://www.wwd.com/markets-news/ready-to-wear-sportswear/taylor-swift-does-dresses-1955844 |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |access-date=August 7, 2012}} designed American Greetings cards and Jakks Pacific dolls,{{cite news|date=November 18, 2009 |title=Taylor Swift to have greeting card line |newspaper=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-11-18-swift-greeting-cards_N.htm |url-status=live |access-date=August 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214031541/http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-11-18-swift-greeting-cards_N.htm |archive-date=December 14, 2009}}{{cite web|last=Serpe |first=Gina |date=October 29, 2008 |title=Taylor Swift Gets All Dolled Up |url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b66141_taylor_swift_gets_all_dolled_up.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305182030/http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b66141_taylor_swift_gets_all_dolled_up.html |archive-date=March 5, 2011 |access-date=September 20, 2010 |type=Blog |work=E! News}} released a number of fragrances with Elizabeth Arden,{{cite magazine |last=Mychaskiw |first=Marianne |date=October 1, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift Is Launching Her Fourth Fragrance! |url=http://news.instyle.com/2014/10/01/taylor-swift-fragrance-incredible-things/ |url-status=dead |magazine=InStyle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107132326/http://news.instyle.com/2014/10/01/taylor-swift-fragrance-incredible-things/ |archive-date=January 7, 2015 |access-date=December 3, 2015}} and signed multi-year deals with AT&T and Capital One.{{Cite magazine |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |title=Taylor Swift Has Signed A Multi-Year Deal With AT&T |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2016/10/04/taylor-swift-has-signed-a-multi-year-deal-with-att/ |url-status=live |magazine=Forbes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911045449/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2016/10/04/taylor-swift-has-signed-a-multi-year-deal-with-att/ |archive-date=September 11, 2018 |access-date=September 11, 2018}}{{cite magazine |last1=Chiu |first1=Melody |date=July 26, 2019 |title=Watch Taylor Swift Hilariously Moonlight — and Fail — as a Bartender and Server in New Commercial |url=https://people.com/music/taylor-swift-capital-one-commercial-waitress-bartender/ |magazine=People |access-date=May 7, 2022}} She was a spokesperson for the National Hockey League's Nashville Predators and Sony Cyber-shot digital cameras,{{cite web|date=February 3, 2009 |title=Taylor Swift: NHL's New Spokesperson |url=http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2009/02/03/taylor-swift-is-the-newest-nhl-celebrity-spokesperson/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207070135/http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2009/02/03/taylor-swift-is-the-newest-nhl-celebrity-spokesperson |archive-date=February 7, 2009 |access-date=September 20, 2010 |publisher=AOL}}{{cite web|date=April 26, 2010 |title=Sony Electronics News and Information |url=https://news.sel.sony.com/en/press_room/consumer/digital_imaging/digital_cameras/cyber-shot/archive/57135.html?archive=1 |access-date=August 7, 2012 |publisher=Sony}} and became the global ambassador for New York City in 2014 and Record Store Day in 2022.{{Cite magazine |last=Lee |first=Ashley |date=October 27, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift Named New York City Welcome Ambassador |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-new-york-city-welcome-ambassador-6296765/ |access-date=September 26, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}}{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=January 20, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift Tapped as First Record Store Day Global Ambassador |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-2022-record-store-day-global-ambassador-1235020879/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 20, 2022}}

= Social activism =

Swift identifies as a pro-choice feminist,{{cite news|last=Snapes |first=Laura |date=August 24, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift: 'Pop music can feel like it's The Hunger Games, and like we're gladiators' |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/aug/24/taylor-swift-pop-music-hunger-games-gladiators? |url-status=live |access-date=August 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824114530/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/aug/24/taylor-swift-pop-music-hunger-games-gladiators |archive-date=August 24, 2019}} and is a founding signatory of the Time's Up movement against sexual harassment.{{cite news|date=October 21, 2019|title=The Original 300+ Time's Up Signatories|url=https://timesupnow.org/times-up-the-300-original-signatories/|access-date=May 20, 2020|publisher=Time's Up|archive-date=May 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503222948/https://timesupnow.org/times-up-the-300-original-signatories/|url-status=dead}} Specifically, she criticized the US Supreme Court's decision to end federal abortion rights in 2022.{{Cite magazine |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=June 24, 2022|title=Taylor Swift Says She's 'Absolutely Terrified' After Roe v. Wade Decision |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-terrified-roe-v-wade-1373876/ |access-date=June 24, 2022|magazine=Rolling Stone|url-access=limited}} Swift also advocates for LGBT rights,{{cite news|date=June 4, 2018|title=Taylor Swift sends 'love' and 'respect' to LGBT fans|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-44352519|url-status=live|access-date=December 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114063244/https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-44352519|archive-date=November 14, 2018}} and has called for the passing of the Equality Act, which prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity.{{Cite magazine|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=June 1, 2019|title=Taylor Swift Urges Senate to Pass Equality Act in Letter to Tennessee Senator|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-letter-lamar-alexander-equality-act-843155/|access-date=August 12, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|url-access=limited}}{{Cite magazine|last=Lynch|first=Joe|date=June 26, 2020|title=Taylor Swift Calls Out U.S. Census for Transgender Erasure|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/9409947/taylor-swift-trans-erasure-census|access-date=June 29, 2020|magazine=Billboard}} She performed during WorldPride NYC 2019 at the Stonewall Inn, a gay rights monument, and has donated to the LGBT organizations Tennessee Equality Project and GLAAD.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/taylor-swift-stonewall-inn-pride-surprise-performance-new-york-8516081/|title= Taylor Swift Wishes NYC's Stonewall Inn 'Happy Pride' at Surprise Set|first=Joe|last=Lynch|magazine=Billboard|date=June 14, 2019|accessdate=August 7, 2022}}{{cite magazine|last=Aniftos|first=Rania|date=April 8, 2019|title=Taylor Swift Donates $113,000 to Tennessee Equality Project to Fight Anti-LGBTQ Bills|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8506363/taylor-swift-donates-tennessee-equality-lgbtq|url-status=live|access-date=April 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409102558/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8506363/taylor-swift-donates-tennessee-equality-lgbtq|archive-date=April 9, 2019}}{{cite press release|url=https://www.glaad.org/releases/taylor-swift-makes-generous-donation-glaad-support-lgbtq-community|title=Taylor Swift Makes a Generous Donation to GLAAD in Support of the LGBTQ Community|agency=GLAAD|date=June 1, 2019|access-date=June 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601061137/https://www.glaad.org/releases/taylor-swift-makes-generous-donation-glaad-support-lgbtq-community|archive-date=June 1, 2019|url-status=live}}

A supporter of the March for Our Lives movement and gun control reform in the US,{{cite news|last=Lynch |first=John |date=March 23, 2018 |title=Taylor Swift Shares Support For Gun a Control Reform In Instagram Post |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-shares-support-for-gun-control-reform-in-instagram-post-2018-3 |access-date=May 20, 2020 |website=Business Insider}} Swift is a vocal critic of white supremacy, racism, and police brutality. Following the George Floyd protests, she donated to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the Black Lives Matter movement,{{cite magazine|last=Bailey|first=Alyssa|date=June 9, 2020|title=Taylor Swift Tweeted About the Black Lives Matter Movement and Urged People to Vote|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a32815585/taylor-swift-black-lives-matter-voting-tweets/|access-date=July 27, 2020|magazine=Elle}} called for the removal of Confederate monuments in Tennessee,{{Cite magazine|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=June 12, 2020|title=Taylor Swift Calls for Removal of Monuments That 'Celebrate Racist Historical Figures'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-tennessee-monuments-racist-historical-figures-removal-1014584/|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=August 12, 2020|url-access=limited}} and advocated for Juneteenth to become a national holiday.{{cite news|last=France|first=Lisa Respers|date=June 19, 2020|title=Taylor Swift got educated on Juneteenth and wants you to be, too|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/entertainment/taylor-swift-juneteenth/index.html|access-date=July 27, 2020|publisher=CNN}} She has openly criticized president Donald Trump.{{cite web |last=Schuster |first=Steve |date=May 19, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift comes out against Trump, again |url=https://wislawjournal.com/2023/05/19/taylor-swift-comes-out-against-trump-again/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |website=Wisconsin Law Journal}} In 2020, Swift urged her fans to check their voter registration ahead of elections, which resulted in 65,000 people registering to vote within one day of her post,{{cite news|last1=Haag|first1=Matthew|date=October 9, 2018|title=Voter Registrations Spike as Deadlines Loom. Taylor Swift Had Something to Do With It.|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/us/politics/taylor-swift-voter-registration.html|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009210812/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/us/politics/taylor-swift-voter-registration.html|archive-date=October 9, 2018}} and endorsed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the 2020 US presidential election.{{cite news|last=Stevens|first=Matt|date=October 7, 2020|title=Taylor Swift, leaning further into politics, endorses Joe Biden and Kamala Harris|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/us/politics/taylor-swift-joe-biden-kamala-harris.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007230024/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/us/politics/taylor-swift-joe-biden-kamala-harris.html |archive-date=October 7, 2020 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=October 8, 2020}} For the 2024 election, she endorsed Harris and Tim Walz.{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/taylor-swift-endorses-kamala-harris-rcna170547|title=Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris|publisher=NBC News|date=September 10, 2024|access-date=September 10, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.it/politica/odio-taylor-swift-trump-e-molto-arrabbiato-perche-la-cantautrice-sostiene-kamala-harris/941008/|title=«ODIO TAYLOR SWIFT»: Trump è molto arrabbiato perché la cantautrice sostiene Kamala Harris|date=September 16, 2024 |language=IT}}

Wealth and philanthropy

Swift became a billionaire in October 2023, becoming the world's first musician to achieve the status "solely based on her songs and performances".{{Cite magazine |last=Dellatto |first=Marisa |date=October 27, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift's New Era: The Pop Star Becomes a Billionaire |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2023/10/27/taylor-swifts-new-era-the-pop-star-becomes-a-billionaire/ |access-date=October 29, 2023 |magazine=Forbes}}{{cite news|last1=Pendleton |first1=Devon |last2=Ballentine |first2=Claire |last3=Patino |first3=Marie |last4=Whiteaker |first4=Chloe |last5=Li |first5=Diana |date=October 26, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Vaults Into Billionaire Ranks With Blockbuster Eras Tour |publisher=Bloomberg News |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-taylor-swift-net-worth-billionaire/ |access-date=October 26, 2023 |url-access=subscription}} As of October 2024, Forbes estimates her net worth at $1.6 billion,{{Cite magazine |date=May 29, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Forbes Profile |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/taylor-swift/ |access-date=May 29, 2024 |magazine=Forbes}} making her the richest female musician in the world,{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=October 7, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Passes Rihanna to Claim World's Richest Female Musician Crown With Est. $1.6B Net Worth |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-passes-rihanna-worlds-richest-female-musician-billion-net-worth-1235794321/ |access-date=October 7, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} and one of the wealthiest celebrities. Forbes had previously named her the annual top-earning female musician in 2016, 2019, 2021, and 2022.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2016/11/02/the-worlds-highest-paid-women-in-music-2016/ |title=The World's Highest-Paid Women in Music 2016|last=Greenburg |first=Zack O'Malley|date=November 2, 2016|access-date=July 13, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525020827/https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2016/11/02/the-worlds-highest-paid-women-in-music-2016/|archive-date=May 25, 2019|magazine=Forbes}}
{{cite magazine|last=Greenburg |first=Zack O'Malley|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2019/12/06/the-worlds-top-earning-musicians-of-2019 |title=The World's Top-Earning Musicians Of 2019 |magazine=Forbes|date=December 6, 2019|accessdate=July 29, 2022}}
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2022/02/09/the-highest-paid-entertainers-2022/ | title=The Highest-Paid Entertainers 2022|first=Lisette|last=Voytko|magazine=Forbes|date=February 9, 2022|accessdate=July 29, 2022}}
{{cite magazine | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2023/02/13/the-worlds-top-10-highest-paid-entertainers-of-2022/?sh=71d0f4d129a3| title=The World's 10 Highest-Paid Entertainers|magazine=Forbes|first=Lisette|last=Voytko|accessdate=July 29, 2022|date=February 13, 2023}} She was the highest-paid celebrity of 2016 with $170 million—a feat recognized by Guinness World Records as the highest annual earnings ever for a female musician,{{cite news|title=Highest annual earnings ever for a female pop star|work=Guinness World Records |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/76785-highest-annual-earnings-ever-for-a-female-pop-star|url-status=live|access-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112212722/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/76785-highest-annual-earnings-ever-for-a-female-pop-star|archive-date=November 12, 2017}} which she herself surpassed with $185 million in 2019.{{cite magazine|last=Mercuri|first=Monica|date=July 10, 2019|title=Taylor Swift Is The World's Highest-Paid Celebrity With $185 Million in 2019 |magazine=Forbes|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/monicamercuri/2019/07/10/taylor-swift-is-the-worlds-highest-paid-celebrity-with-185-million-in-2019/|url-status=live|access-date=July 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712223751/https://www.forbes.com/sites/monicamercuri/2019/07/10/taylor-swift-is-the-worlds-highest-paid-celebrity-with-185-million-in-2019/|archive-date=July 12, 2019}}
{{Cite magazine |last1=Greenburg|first1=Zack O'Malley|date=July 11, 2016|title=Taylor Swift Is the World's Top-Earning Celebrity with $170 Million in 2016|magazine=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2016/07/11/taylor-swift-is-the-worlds-top-earning-celebrity-with-170-million-in-2016/|url-status=live|access-date=August 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803125435/http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2016/07/11/taylor-swift-is-the-worlds-top-earning-celebrity-with-170-million-in-2016/|archive-date=August 3, 2016}} Overall, Swift was listed as the Forbes highest-paid female artist of the 2010s, earning $825 million.{{cite magazine|last=Greenburg|first=Zack O'Malley|date=December 23, 2019|title=From Taylor Swift to Dr. Dre: The 10 Top-Earning Musicians of the Decade |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2019/12/23/from-beyonc-to-paul-mccartney-the-10-top-earning-musicians-of-the-decade/|url-status=live|magazine=Forbes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230220635/https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2019/12/23/from-beyonc-to-paul-mccartney-the-10-top-earning-musicians-of-the-decade/ |archive-date=December 30, 2019|access-date=December 31, 2019}} She has also developed a real estate portfolio worth $150 million as of 2023, with residential properties in Nashville, New York City, Los Angeles (Samuel Goldwyn Estate), and Rhode Island (High Watch).{{cite magazine|last1=Silva |first1=Rachel |last2=Tonelli |first2=Lucia |date=October 3, 2023 |title=Inside Taylor Swift's 8 Incredible Homes |url=https://www.elledecor.com/celebrity-style/celebrity-homes/g21792583/taylor-swift-house-home/ |access-date=October 12, 2023 |magazine=Elle Decoration}}

Swift ranked first on DoSomething's 2015 "Gone Good" list,{{cite news|last=Couch |first=Robbie |date=March 2, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift Named Most Charitable Celeb For Supporting Feminist Causes, Education, More |work=HuffPost |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/30/taylor-swift-charitable-celebrity_n_6391984.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021170907/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/30/taylor-swift-charitable-celebrity_n_6391984.html |archive-date=October 21, 2016}} having received the Star of Compassion from the Tennessee Disaster Services and the Big Help Award from the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for her "dedication to helping others" and "inspiring others through action".{{cite web|last=Pacella |first=Megan |date=June 13, 2012 |title=Taylor Swift Receives Star of Compassion Award |url=http://tasteofcountry.com/taylor-swift-star-of-compassion-award/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713131701/http://tasteofcountry.com/taylor-swift-star-of-compassion-award/ |archive-date=July 13, 2015 |access-date=November 27, 2015 |work=Taste of Country}}{{cite web|last=Cooper |first=Brittany Joy |date=March 27, 2012 |title=Taylor Swift to Receive 'Big' Honor From Michelle Obama at Kids' Choice Awards |url=http://tasteofcountry.com/taylor-swift-kids-choice-awards-michelle-obama/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712004900/http://tasteofcountry.com/taylor-swift-kids-choice-awards-michelle-obama/ |archive-date=July 12, 2012 |access-date=August 30, 2012 |work=Taste of Country}} Especially early in her career, Swift donated to various relief funds following natural disasters. In 2009, she donated $100,000 to the Red Cross to help the victims of the Iowa flood of 2008.{{cite magazine |last=Lee |first=Ken |date=August 9, 2009 |title=Taylor Swift donates $100,000 to victims of Iowa Flood |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20218079,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607053519/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20218079%2C00.html |archive-date=June 7, 2009 |access-date=September 9, 2009 |magazine=People}} The same year, she performed at Sydney's Sound Relief concert, which raised money for those impacted by bushfires and flooding.{{cite news |last=Moran |first=Jonathon |date=March 8, 2009 |title=Kylie to play at Sound Relief with Coldplay, Midnight Oil |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/kylie-leads-mega-star-mercy-mission/story-e6freuy9-1111119064914 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161010115816/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/kylie-leads-mega-star-mercy-mission/story-e6freuy9-1111119064914 |archive-date=October 10, 2016 |access-date=December 30, 2009 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}} In 2011, Swift used a dress rehearsal of her Speak Now tour as a benefit concert for victims of recent tornadoes in the US, raising more than $750,000.{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Randy |date=May 23, 2011 |title=Taylor Swift benefit concert raises more than $750,000 for tornado victims |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/05/taylor-swift-benefit-tornado-nashville.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406133024/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/05/taylor-swift-benefit-tornado-nashville.html |archive-date=April 6, 2012 |access-date=April 18, 2012 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |type=Blog}} In response to the May 2010 Tennessee floods, she donated $500,000.{{cite news |date=May 7, 2010 |title=Taylor Swift donates $500,000 after Nashville floods |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/10101914 |access-date=May 7, 2022 |work=BBC News}} In 2009, Swift sang at BBC's Children in Need concert and raised £13,000 for the cause.{{Cite magazine |date=February 2, 2023 |title=How Taylor Swift helps people worldwide |url=https://www.borgenmagazine.com/how-taylor-swift-helps-people-worldwide/ |access-date=June 17, 2023 |magazine=Borgen}} In 2016, she donated $1 million to Louisiana flood relief efforts and $100,000 to the Dolly Parton Fire Fund.{{cite news |date=August 17, 2016 |title=Taylor Swift gives $1m to help Louisiana flood relief efforts |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/17/taylor-swift-gives-1m-to-help-louisiana-flood-relief-efforts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817094148/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/17/taylor-swift-gives-1m-to-help-louisiana-flood-relief-efforts |archive-date=August 17, 2016 |access-date=August 17, 2016 |newspaper=The Guardian}}{{cite news |last1=Muhammad |first1=Latifah |date=December 9, 2016 |title=Taylor Swift Donates $100,000 to Dolly Parton Fire Fund |url=http://www.etonline.com/news/204685_taylor_swift_donates_100_000_to_dolly_parton_fire_fund/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113101939/http://www.etonline.com/news/204685_taylor_swift_donates_100_000_to_dolly_parton_fire_fund/ |archive-date=January 13, 2017 |access-date=January 11, 2017 |work=Entertainment Tonight}} Swift donated to food banks after Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in 2017.{{cite magazine |last=Blair |first=Olivia |date=September 4, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift Makes 'Very Sizeable Donation' To A Food Bank in Houston After Hurricane Harvey |url=https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/news/a38288/taylor-swift-donation-houston-hurricane-harvey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702033644/https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/news/a38288/taylor-swift-donation-houston-hurricane-harvey/ |archive-date=July 2, 2019 |access-date=July 3, 2019 |magazine=Elle}} Swift donated $1 million for Tennessee tornado relief in 2020 and again in 2023,{{cite news |last=Paulson |first=Dave |date=March 5, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift donates $1 million for Tennessee tornado relief |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/03/05/taylor-swift-donates-1-million-tennessee-tornado-relief/4964415002/ |access-date=March 5, 2020 |newspaper=The Tennessean}}{{cite news |last=Ruggieri |first=Melissa |title=Taylor Swift donates $1 million to help communities ravaged by Tennessee tornadoes |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/12/11/tennessee-tornadoes-taylor-swift-donates-1-million-to-emergency-fund/71885257007/ |access-date=December 11, 2023 |newspaper=The Tennessean}} as well as $5 million toward the reliefs efforts after Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton in 2024.{{Cite news |last=Rosenbloom |first=Alli |date=October 9, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift donates $5 million toward relief efforts in wake of Hurricanes Milton and Helene |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/09/entertainment/taylor-swift-donation-hurricane-relief/index.html |access-date=October 10, 2024 |publisher=CNN}}

Swift has also donated to cancer research. As recipient of the Academy of Country Music's Entertainer of the Year in 2011, Swift donated $25,000 to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Tennessee.{{cite web |date=June 13, 2011 |title=Taylor Swift and ACM Lifting Lives present $50,000 donation to St. Jude |url=http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2011/06/13/taylor-swift-and-acm-lifting-lives-present-50000-to-st-jude/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150712053711/http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2011/06/13/taylor-swift-and-acm-lifting-lives-present-50000-to-st-jude/ |archive-date=July 12, 2015 |access-date=May 29, 2012 |work=The Tennessean}} In 2012, she participated in the Stand Up to Cancer telethon, performing the charity single "Ronan", which she wrote in memory of a four-year-old boy who died of neuroblastoma.{{cite magazine |date=September 8, 2012 |title=New and Hot Video: Taylor Swift Debuts 'Ronan' at Stand Up To Cancer Benefit |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/taylor-swift-debuts-ronan-at-stand-up-to-cancer-benefit-20120908 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913054843/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/taylor-swift-debuts-ronan-at-stand-up-to-cancer-benefit-20120908 |archive-date=September 13, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2012 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} She has also donated $100,000 to the V Foundation for Cancer Research{{cite web |last=Knight |first=Joey |date=May 17, 2014 |title=Dick Vitale holds annual fundraiser for pediatric cancer |url=https://www.tampabay.com/sports/basketball/college/dick-vitale-holds-annual-fundraiser-for-pediatric-cancer/2180291/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714222743/http://www.tampabay.com/sports/basketball/college/dick-vitale-holds-annual-fundraiser-for-pediatric-cancer/2180291 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |access-date=July 30, 2014 |work=Tampa Bay Times}} and $50,000 to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.{{cite news |last=George |first=John |title=Taylor Swift donates $50K to CHOP to help teens with cancer |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/blog/health-care/2014/06/taylor-swift-donates-50k-to-chop-to-help-teens.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712164028/http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/blog/health-care/2014/06/taylor-swift-donates-50k-to-chop-to-help-teens.html |archive-date=July 12, 2015 |access-date=June 5, 2014 |work=The Business Journals |type=Blog}} She has made donations to her fans several times for their medical or academic expenses.{{cite news |date=August 20, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift's cash gift helps student take up degree |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53857694 |access-date=November 9, 2020 |work=BBC News}} During the COVID-19 pandemic, Swift donated to the World Health Organization and Feeding America{{cite web |last=Peppin |first=Hayley |date=March 24, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift responded to the leaked 'Famous' phone call with Kanye West by urging fans to instead focus on coronavirus aid |url=https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-responds-leaked-call-kanye-west-urges-fans-coronavirus-donations-2020-3 |access-date=May 13, 2020 |publisher=Insider Inc.}} and supported independent record stores.{{Cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=April 1, 2020 |title=How Taylor Swift Is Helping a Small Nashville Record Store Survive |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-grimeys-coronavirus-976063/ |access-date=August 1, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |url-access=limited}}{{Cite magazine |last=Hissong |first=Samantha |date=August 20, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Starts Frenzy at Indie Record Stores With Surprise Signed Folklore CDs |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-folklore-signed-cds-indie-stores-1047417/ |access-date=August 1, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone|url-access=limited}} Swift performed "Soon You'll Get Better" on the One World: Together At Home television special, a benefit concert curated by Lady Gaga for Global Citizen to raise funds for the World Health Organization's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.{{Cite magazine |last=Havens |first=Lyndsey |date=April 18, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Sings Heart-Rending 'Soon You'll Get Better' During 'One World' Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9361327/one-taylor-swift-soon-youll-get-better-world-togher-at-home-concert |access-date=April 19, 2020 |magazine=Billboard}}

She is a supporter of the arts. A benefactor of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame,{{cite web|title=Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame |url=http://nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/Site/about-us |access-date=July 2, 2020 |publisher=Nashville Songwriters Foundation}} Swift has donated $75,000 to Nashville's Hendersonville High School to help refurbish the school auditorium,{{cite news|date=September 23, 2010 |title=Taylor Swift becomes namesake of Hendersonville High School auditorium |work=The Tennessean |url=http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2010/09/23/taylor-swift-becomes-namesake-of-hendersonville-high-school-auditorium/ |access-date=May 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150712025238/http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2010/09/23/taylor-swift-becomes-namesake-of-hendersonville-high-school-auditorium/ |archive-date=July 12, 2015}} $4 million to build a new education center at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville,{{cite news|last=McKinley |first=James C. |date=May 17, 2012 |title=Taylor Swift to Donate $4 Million to the Country Hall of Fame |newspaper=The New York Times |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/taylor-swift-donating-4-million-to-country-music-hall-of-fame-and-museum/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605201908/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/taylor-swift-donating-4-million-to-country-music-hall-of-fame-and-museum/ |archive-date=June 5, 2012}} and $100,000 to the Nashville Symphony.{{cite web|date=December 16, 2013 |title=$100,000 Gift from Taylor Swift Provides Vital Support to Nashville Symphony |url=https://www.nashvillesymphony.org/media/press-room/press-releases/100-000-gift-from-taylor-swift-provides-vital-support-to-nashville-symphony/ |access-date=April 7, 2020 |publisher=Nashville Symphony}} In 2012, Swift partnered with Chegg for Good to donate $10,000 to the music departments of six US colleges.{{cite web |last=Golden |first=Zara |date=October 1, 2012 |title=And The Taylor Swift VH1 Storytellers Contest Winner Is ... Harvey Mudd College! |url=http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2012-10-01/taylor-swift-vh1-storytellers-harvey-mudd-college/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712144643/http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2012-10-01/taylor-swift-vh1-storytellers-harvey-mudd-college/ |archive-date=July 12, 2015 |access-date=April 21, 2014 |publisher=VH1}}

She has also provided one-off donations. In 2007, she partnered with the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police to launch a campaign to protect children from online predators.{{cite magazine |date=September 18, 2007 |title=Taylor Swift Helps With 'Delete Online Predators' Campaign |url=http://www.countryweekly.com/news/taylor-swift-helps-%E2%80%9Cdelete-online-predators%E2%80%9D-campaign |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116064915/http://www.countryweekly.com/news/taylor-swift-helps-%E2%80%9Cdelete-online-predators%E2%80%9D-campaign |archive-date=January 16, 2016 |access-date=November 29, 2015 |magazine=Country Weekly}} She has donated items to several charities for auction, including the UNICEF Tap Project and MusiCares.{{cite web |date=March 17, 2011 |title=Taylor Swift Teams Up With UNICEF Tap Project Initiative |url=http://tasteofcountry.com/taylor-swift-unicef-tap-project-initiative/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501011612/http://tasteofcountry.com/taylor-swift-unicef-tap-project-initiative/ |archive-date=May 1, 2013 |access-date=August 7, 2012 |work=Taste of Country}}
{{cite web |date=July 28, 2011 |title=Taylor Swift Among Participants in MusiCares Back To School Charity Auction |url=http://www.rttnews.com/1677082/taylor-swift-among-participants-in-musicares-back-to-school-charity-auction.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517211324/http://www.rttnews.com/1677082/taylor-swift-among-participants-in-musicares-back-to-school-charity-auction.aspx |archive-date=May 17, 2013 |access-date=August 7, 2012 |agency=RTTNews}} Swift has also encouraged young people to volunteer in their local communities as part of Global Youth Service Day.{{cite web |last=Hardiman |first=Tim |date=April 20, 2007 |title=Taylor Swift Encourages Teen Volunteers |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1557662/taylor-swift-encourages-teen-volunteers.jhtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113174730/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1557662/taylor-swift-encourages-teen-volunteers.jhtml |archive-date=November 13, 2012 |access-date=July 1, 2012 |publisher=CMT}} Also a promoter of children's literacy, she has donated money and books to schools around the country.{{cite magazine |last=Sanz |first=Cynthia |date=December 14, 2009 |title=Taylor Swift Gives Big as She Turns 20 – Good Deeds, Taylor Swift |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20326948,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617035852/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20326948%2C00.html |archive-date=June 17, 2012 |access-date=May 29, 2012 |magazine=People}}
{{cite web |last=Urban |first=Mike |date=October 14, 2011 |title=Taylor Swift donates 6,000 books to Reading Library |url=http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=339089 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512192515/http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=339089 |archive-date=May 12, 2012 |access-date=May 29, 2012 |newspaper=Reading Eagle}}
{{Cite magazine |last=Zhu |first=Danielle |date=November 17, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift partners with Scholastic to donate 25,000 books |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/17/taylor-swift-scholastic-donate-25000-books |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814082755/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/17/taylor-swift-scholastic-donate-25000-books |archive-date=August 14, 2016 |access-date=August 3, 2016 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}{{cite web |last=Cooper |first=Brittany Joy |date=February 2, 2012 |title=Taylor Swift Donates 14,000 Books to Nashville Public Library |url=http://tasteofcountry.com/taylor-swifts-donates-14000-books-nashville-public-library/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617153215/http://tasteofcountry.com/taylor-swifts-donates-14000-books-nashville-public-library/ |archive-date=June 17, 2012 |access-date=May 29, 2012 |work=Taste of Country}} In 2018 and 2021, Swift donated to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.{{cite magazine |first1=Hannah |last1=Dailey |first2=Rania |last2=Aniftos |date=December 21, 2023 |title=A Timeline of Taylor Swift's Generosity |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swifts-charity-donations-gifts-timeline/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=December 24, 2023}} Swift donated to fellow singer-songwriter Kesha to help with her legal battles against Dr. Luke and to actress Mariska Hargitay's Joyful Heart Foundation.{{cite news |last=Vagianos |first=Alanna |date=August 17, 2017 |title=This Is How Taylor Swift's Donations Will Impact Sexual Assault Survivors |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/this-is-how-taylor-swifts-donations-will-impact-sexual-assault-survivors_n_5994a65ce4b0d0d2cc83e478 |access-date=April 7, 2020 |website=HuffPost}}

During the Eras Tour, Swift donated to food banks in Florida, Arizona, and Las Vegas;{{Cite magazine |last=Rowley |first=Glenn |date=April 13, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Donated Enough to Feed 'Over 125,000' at Tampa Food Bank Ahead of The Eras Tour Stop |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-donate-florida-food-bank-the-eras-tour-1235302525/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421225847/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-donate-florida-food-bank-the-eras-tour-1235302525/ |archive-date=April 21, 2023 |access-date=May 11, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}} she also directly employed local businesses throughout the tour and gave $197 million in bonus payments to her entire crew.{{cite news |last=Dementri |first=Nikki |date=May 16, 2023 |title='It's a blessing': South Philly pizza, cheesesteak shop thankful for T. Swift's business |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/taylor-swift-eras-tour-concerts-philadelphia-avenue-of-steaks-and-pizza/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517020313/https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/taylor-swift-eras-tour-concerts-philadelphia-avenue-of-steaks-and-pizza/ |archive-date=May 17, 2023 |access-date=May 17, 2023 |publisher=CBS News}}{{cite web |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=August 3, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Is Helping Truck Drivers Buy First Homes With $100,000 Bonuses |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-bonuses-life-changing-truck-driver-1234799876/ |access-date=August 3, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone|url-access=limited}}{{Cite magazine |title=Taylor Swift Gave a Whopping $197 Million in Bonuses to Eras Tour Performers, Crew on Top of Their Salaries (Exclusive) |first1=Melody |last1=Chiu |first2=Jeff |last2=Nelson |url=https://people.com/taylor-swift-gave-eras-tour-crew-usd197-million-in-bonuses-exclusive-8758216 |access-date=December 9, 2024 |magazine=People}} In February 2024, she donated $100,000 to the family of a woman who died in a shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl parade.{{cite web |date=February 16, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift gives $100K to family of woman killed at Chiefs' parade |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39539475/taylor-swift-gives-100k-family-woman-killed-chiefs-parade |access-date=February 16, 2024 |publisher=ESPN}}{{cite magazine |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=February 16, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Donates $100K to GoFundMe for Family of Woman Killed at Chiefs Victory Parade |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/taylor-swift-donation-gofundme-victim-killed-chiefs-parade-1235913423/ |access-date=February 16, 2024 |magazine=Variety}} In December 2024, a week before Christmas, Swift donated $250,000 to Operation Breakthrough. The funds were directed to workforce development, childcare, and early learning programs.{{cite news|last=West |first=Bryan |title=Taylor Swift donates $250,000 to organization Travis Kelce has supported for last decade |date=December 21, 2024 |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/12/22/taylor-swift-kansas-city-operation-breakthrough-donation/77134418007/ |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=December 22, 2024}}

Discography

{{Main|Taylor Swift albums discography|Taylor Swift singles discography|List of songs by Taylor Swift}}

Studio albums

Taylor Swift (2006)
Fearless (2008)
Speak Now (2010)
Red (2012)
1989 (2014)
Reputation (2017)
Lover (2019)
Folklore (2020)
Evermore (2020)
Midnights (2022)
The Tortured Poets Department (2024)

Re-recorded albums

Filmography

{{hatnote|This section lists select works only. Refer to the main article for further information.}}

Films

Valentine's Day (2010)
The Lorax (2012)
The Giver (2014)
Cats (2019)
All Too Well: The Short Film (2021)
Amsterdam (2022)

Documentaries

Miss Americana (2020)
Taylor Swift: City of Lover (2020)
Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions (2020)
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023)

Tours

Fearless Tour (2009–2010)
Speak Now World Tour (2011–2012)
The Red Tour (2013–2014)
The 1989 World Tour (2015)
Reputation Stadium Tour (2018)
The Eras Tour (2023–2024)

Footnotes

References

= Cited literature =

{{Cite journal |last=Cullen |first=Shaun |year=2016 |title=The Innocent and the Runaway: Kanye West, Taylor Swift, and the Cultural Politics of Racial Melodrama |journal=Journal of Popular Music Studies |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=33–50 |doi=10.1111/jpms.12160 | issn = 1524-2226 }}
{{Cite book|last1=Fischer|first1=Nancy|last2=Seidman|first2=Steven|title=Introducing the New Sexuality Studies|year=2016|isbn=978-1-317-44918-8|edition=3rd|oclc=953030187|publisher=Routledge}}
{{Cite journal |last1=Fogarty |first1=Mary |last2=Arnold |first2=Gina |author-link2=Gina Arnold |year=2021 |title=Are You Ready for It? Re-Evaluating Taylor Swift |journal=Contemporary Music Review |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=1–10 |doi=10.1080/07494467.2021.1976586 |doi-access=free}}
{{Cite journal |last=Franssen |first=Gaston |date=January 2, 2022 |title=Policing the Celebrity of Taylor Swift: Introduction |journal=Celebrity Studies |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=90–92 |doi=10.1080/19392397.2022.2026148 |s2cid=246997248 |doi-access=free}}
{{Cite book|last=Fulford |first= Phyllis|title=An Idiots Guide: Singing Second Edition |year= 2014|publisher=Penguin Publishing|isbn= 978-1-61564-622-7}}
{{Cite book |last=Gasser |first=Nolan |title=Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste |publisher=Flatiron Books |year=2019 |isbn=978-1-250-05719-8 |chapter=The Pop Genotype |pages=306–328 |author-link=Nolan Gasser}}
{{cite book|last=Hughes|first=Charles|chapter=Country Music and the Recording Industry|editor-last=Stimeling|editor-first=Travis D.|year=2017|pages=205–228|title=The Oxford Handbook of Country Music|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-024817-8}}
{{Cite book|last=Jepson|first=Louisa|title=Taylor Swift|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=2013|isbn=978-1-4711-3087-8}}
{{cite journal|last=McNutt|first=Myles|title=From 'Mine' to 'Ours': Gendered Hierarchies of Authorship and the Limits of Taylor Swift's Paratextual Feminism|year=2020|journal=Communication, Culture and Critique|volume=13|issue=1|pages=72–91|doi=10.1093/ccc/tcz042}}
{{Cite journal |last=McGrath |first=John |year=2023 |title=The Return to Craft: Taylor Swift, Nostalgia, and Covid-19 |journal=Popular Music and Society |volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=70–84 |doi=10.1080/03007766.2022.2156761 |doi-access=free}}
{{cite book|last=Perone|first=James E.|title=The Words and Music of Taylor Swift|publisher=ABC-Clio|series=The Praeger Singer-Songwriter Collection|isbn=978-1-4408-5294-7|year=2017}}
{{cite book|last=Provenzano|first=Catherine|editor-last=Fink|editor-first=Robert|editor-last2=Latour|editor-first2=Melinda|editor-last3=Wallmark|editor-first3=Zachary|chapter=Auto-Tune, Labor, and the Pop-Music Voice|title=The Relentless Pursuit of Tone: Timbre in Popular Music|year=2018|pages=159–182|isbn= 978-0-19-998522-7|publisher=Oxford University Press}}
{{cite journal|first=Nate|last=Sloan|year=2021|title=Taylor Swift and the Work of Songwriting|journal=Contemporary Music Review|publisher=Routledge|volume=40|issue=1|pages=11–26|doi=10.1080/07494467.2021.1945226|s2cid=237695045 }}
{{cite book|last=Spencer|first=Liv|title=Taylor Swift: Every Day Is a Fairytale – The Unofficial Story|publisher=ECW Press|year=2010|isbn=978-1-55022-931-8}}
{{cite book|last=Stone|first=Alison|author-link=Alison Stone|year=2023|chapter=Feminism, Gender and Popular Music|title=The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Popular Music|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|isbn=9781350286979|pages=57–68|editor-first1=Christopher|editor-last1=Partridge|editor-first2=Marcus|editor-last2=Moberg}}

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