Taylor Alison Swift is an American country pop singer and actress born December 13, 1989 in Reading. The singer considers her date of birth happy, she often writes the number "13" on her hand before concerts. By the age of 27, she managed to receive more than 200 awards for her work. She was repeatedly elected the best country singer, for which Taylor received 10 Grammy statuettes.
She writes songs for herself, almost all of them become hits. The actress calls Lee Ann Rimes, Shania Twain and her own grandmother, opera singer Marjorie Finlay, her childhood idols. Now the girl lives in Nashville. She also has a home in Los Angeles. The general state of the singer has almost 60 million dollars. She bought her parents a mansion in Tennessee.
Hobbies in childhood
The girl was born in a small town in Pennsylvania. Her father, Scott Kingsley Swift, was a financial advisor. Mother, Andrea Gardner, worked in a marketing fund before the birth of her daughter. After going on maternity leave, she decided to stay at home, because her husband earned enough.
Taylor was the first child in the family. Her parents dreamed that she would make a career in the financial sector. Therefore, they chose a universal name for their daughter, which does not emphasize her gender. She was named after the singer James Taylor, whom Andrea adored. Later, the girl's brother Austin was born, now he performs in the theater.
The future star studied at Windcroft Private School. She was nine years old when her parents decided to move to Wyomissing. Swift graduated from the middle classes already in a new place. Because of parting with old friends, she was very bored. Gradually, the girl developed an interest in music. At the age of 10, she wrote her first song in an attempt to express her emotions.
Parents have always supported their daughter's hobbies. Thanks to them, the baby learned to play the guitar, attended vocal courses. Later, she began to go to castings and auditions, but never became a leader in them. Despite this, Taylor was successful among the inhabitants of her hometown. She regularly performed at fairs, competitions, and festivals in Wyomissing. As a child, the singer went to acting classes on Broadway, so she was not at all afraid of the stage and performances in front of a crowd of people.
When Swift was 12 years old, she sang the US anthem at the opening ceremony of the Philadelphia Games. But the real breakthrough for the girl was the performance at the local competition with the song Big Deal. Her sincere interest in country music was noticed by Charlie Daniels, he invited her to sing as an opening act before his concert.
In 2004, the singer signed a contract with RCA Records. But the label representatives wanted to wait for the girl to come of age and only then start releasing albums and promotion. She refused to wait that long, so she canceled the contract before the recording.
First albums
Taylor was only 14 years old when she moved to Nashville. Her parents sent her to the Christian school Aaron Academy, because there was an opportunity to study at home. In her free time, the girl took private lessons from songwriter Lil Rose. She also performed with a guitar near a local cafe, until she was lucky enough to meet Scott Borchette. The founder of the label Big Machine immediately appreciated the talent of the artist, he offered her a contract.
In 2006, Swift recorded her debut single, Tim McGraw, dedicated to her favorite country singer. Two months later, a full Taylor Swift album was released. It went platinum five times and also broke a ten-year record, staying on the chart for 234 weeks. Motives close to people, combined with uncomplicated lyrics, instantly brought popularity to the singer. She became the youngest ever recipient of a songwriting award.
In the same year, two mini-albums were released, which brought the girl a Grammy nomination. But she lost out to Amy Winehouse, another great performer. In 2008, Swift again amazed everyone with her hard work by recording another full-length disc. It was called Fearless and was certified platinum several times in the US and Australia. Thanks to this record, Taylor received several prestigious international awards.
In 2010 and 2012 two more successful albums of the performer were released - "Speak now" and "Red". After that, she went on a world tour that lasted more than 100 days. Swift has toured to many countries including Japan, New Zealand and Australia. She often gave non-standard concerts, for example, performances in the hall of the airport or on a double-decker bus.
Movie roles
Taylor made numerous film appearances, although she rarely landed the lead roles. For the first time, she played in the TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and then in the feature film about Hannah Montana with the participation of Miley Cyrus. During filming, the girls became friends.
Fans most of all remember the brilliant performance of the actress in the romantic comedy "Valentine's Day". Later, she starred in the film "Todd vs. High School" and one of the episodes of the American TV series "New Girl". The girl also wrote soundtracks for some popular films. Among them are Dreams Come True and The Hunger Games.
Swift has never been afraid to experiment. She herself writes music and words for her songs, but often invites new producers and arrangers. In different albums of the singer, you can find elements of alternative rock and dubstep. Despite this, she remains true to her beloved country style, although in the last records she “moved” towards dance pop. The girl always takes pictures and communicates with fans, for this she allocates one hour before each concert.
In 2014, the album "1989" was released, which critics called one of the best in show business. In 2017, Taylor released the video "Look what you made me do", which broke all the records of views on Youtube. In October of the same year, she invited hundreds of fans to her home for a private presentation of the Reputation record. The official release should take place on November 10th.
Personal life and friends
The paparazzi relentlessly followed Taylor's personal life, especially after several men's magazines recognized her as the sexiest girl. But the singer tries not to give unnecessary reasons for gossip. She often communicates with men, and this does not always end in a relationship. Swift novels usually last no more than 3-4 months. Even before her popularity, she had relationships with Brandon Borello, Jordan Alford and Sam Armstrong. The performer dedicated songs to each of her ex-boyfriends.
It is known that the artist met with Joe Jonas, the vocalist of the Jonas Brothers and DNCE. In 2010, she met Taylor Lautner on the set of Valentine's Day, and they began an affair. A few months later they broke up, the girl expressed her emotions in the song "Back to December".
Swift also had an affair with Jake Gyllenhaal, but they parted ways due to the big age difference. The last straw was that the chosen one forgot about the girl's birthday. Among her famous boyfriends were also the president's grandson Connor Kennedy, One Direction band member Harry Styles, and Glee actors Chord Overstreet and Cory Monteith.
In 2015, Taylor began dating DJ Calvin Harris. They were called the highest paid couple, the relationship lasted a year and a half, and everyone was talking about the wedding. But in May 2016, the lovers broke up at the initiative of the man. The singer spent several months in a depressed mood and apathy, but soon she began an affair with Tom Hiddleston.
Relations with the star of the film "Thor" developed very quickly. Swift introduced her lover to her parents, then went to Britain to meet his mother. Despite this, they soon broke up with Tom. The reason for the breakup was the desire of the actor to make the relationship public and his too busy schedule.
In June 2017, it became known about Taylor's new romance, this time with actor Joe Alvin. The acquaintance with the parents has already taken place, the singer does not provide other information to journalists. This time, she wants to keep her personal life to herself, rather than share it with the whole world.
In the life of a performer there is not only music and men. She spends a lot of time with her friends - Selena Gomez and Emma Stone. Taylor considers the girls her sisters who will always support and come to the rescue.
Taylor Swift is an American country pop singer and songwriter. Taylor Swift has received over 200 music awards for her work. The singer is the owner of ten Grammy statuettes as the best country singer. Also, Miss Swift sometimes acts in films, although these are not the main roles, but the girl receives positive reviews.
Taylor Swift was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. Taylor was the first child of her parents, Scott Kingsley Swift and his wife Andrea, nee Gardner. Both parents were involved in banking. His father worked as a financial consultant, and his mother, although she was a housewife, was engaged in the affairs of the marketing fund as a special executor before marriage.
Parents assumed that the child would also make a career in business and finance in the future, therefore, they chose a name for the girl that does not emphasize Taylor's attitude towards the female sex. Actually, the name was chosen in honor of one of the couple's favorite performers - James Taylor. The family also has a younger son, Austin, who today graduated from the University of Notre Dame and acts as a dramatic actor.
Young Taylor attended Windcroft Primary Private School, but when the girl was nine years old, the family moved to another town in Pennsylvania - Wyomissing. Therefore, in the middle classes, Taylor studied there. Almost immediately after the move, the future singer showed interest in music. Taylor regularly participated in castings and auditions, but to no avail.
At the age of ten, the girl picked up a guitar and almost immediately began to write her first songs, as she realized that with the help of them it was easiest to express her own emotions and feelings. But Taylor came to country music later, tired of endless audition rejections. Little Swift performs the song "Big Deal" at a local competition and immediately receives an offer to open for country singer Charlie Daniels.
The girl records demos and relentlessly sends them to various music companies. But he does not conclude a long-awaited contract until in 2004 he signs an agreement with a fairly well-known studio RCA Records. But this circumstance did not change much in the life of the girl. RCA Records wanted to wait for Taylor Swift to come of age before releasing the girl's CDs, so the young performer terminates the contract.
At the same time, the family moves to Nashville. The girl is transferred to study at the private Christian school Aaron Academy, because this institution allowed students to study at home. Thus, Taylor was able to combine lessons and regular participation in castings and concerts. It was in Nashville, speaking at the cafe window with her compositions, that the girl attracted the attention of Scott Borchetta, who was just opening his own record company Big Machine Records. The contract was concluded, and in 2006 the debut disc of the young country singer was released under this label.
Music
First, in August, a single for the song "Tim McGraw" was released, and already in October, the debut album "Taylor Swift" was released, which was considered successful by critics, and enthusiastic listeners warmly accepted the new performer. Taylor was even awarded the local Nashville Award for Best Newcomer Vocalist. This was followed by the Christmas album "Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection" and the mini-disc "Beautiful Eyes", which strengthened the singer's popularity and brought her first Grammy nomination.
The second album "Fearless" was released at the end of 2008, immediately topped the famous Billboard 200 hit parade and became the best-selling album of the year during the first week. Awards rained down one after another - Young Hollywood Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, People Choice Awards and the most valuable of them - American Music Awards as the best singer of the year.
In 2009, there was a scandal at the MTV Video Music Awards. Taylor Swift won the award for Best Female Video. When the singer gave her acceptance speech, a rapper appeared on stage, took the microphone from the singer and said that the award belongs to the video "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)". Taylor Swift didn't finish her speech when she got the microphone back. Singer Beyoncé, who received an award in another nomination for "Best Video of the Year", called Taylor on stage, allowing her to finish her speech. Kanye West has twice apologized to Swift in a blog post and publicly apologized on The Jay Leno Show.
On January 31, 2010, Taylor Swift won four Grammy awards. The single "White Horse" brought the singer the awards "Best Country Artist" and "Best Country Song", and the album "Fearless" received the awards "Album of the Year" and "Best Country Album".
The third album was released in 2010 under the name "Speak Now". Taylor Swift wrote the text and music for all twelve compositions herself. The album again topped the Billboard 200 and was considered her most commercially successful work at the time. The disc showed the genre diversity of Taylor's work, along with country music, the album featured compositions in the style of alternative rock and bubblegum pop music. Critics responded favorably to the new album, calling Taylor's songs intellectual and strong, and the disc - allowing to appreciate the depth of the performer's talent.
In support of the album, Taylor Swift gave a number of unusual concerts. The singer performed songs on an open double-decker bus on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles and in the Departure Hall at New York International Airport. Taylor Swift has become a frequent participant in music and conversational talk shows.
The next studio album "Red" in 2012 reinforced the success of the young singer. Taylor is not afraid to experiment, invites new arrangers and producers, each time she shines with a new facet of talent. The lyrics for 9 of the 16 songs were written by Taylor Swift. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.
The lead single of the new album "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" topped the US Billboard Hot 100 and became Taylor Swift's first song to top the chart. The songs of the performer "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and "I Knew You Were Trouble" took high positions in the world music charts.
In March 2013, Taylor Swift began a tour with a team of musicians in support of the new album. The tour included 86 concerts that the singer gave in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and Asia. Taylor performed songs from the new album along with Carly Simon, Tim McGraw and The Rolling Stones.
On October 21, the singer presented the single "Sweeter Than Fiction". The song appeared on the screens as a soundtrack to the film Dreams Come True and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
The album "Red" earned Swift a special Pinnacle Award from the Country Music Association.
Taylor Swift released her fifth studio album 1989 in 2014. Taylor positioned the new disc as the first official pop album. In the songs of this album, the performer moved away from the usual country music.
By February 2015, the album had sold 8.9 million copies. The singer became the owner of three albums, which debuted with millions of types.
2015 was remembered by Taylor's fans for the singer's joint performances with other popular musicians. Swift has accompanied and performed with Kenny Chesney, and sang along with The Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There" and the new song "Shake It Off" - a duet with the Beatle added a special touch to the perky call "shake it" .
In 2015, the singer was included in the list of the most influential women of the Forbes magazine. In the "100 Most Powerful Women" ranking, Taylor is ranked 64th. The singer became the youngest woman on this list. In the same year, Taylor Swift took first place in the list according to the men's magazine MAXIM.
On August 30, 2015, Taylor Swift won four MTV VMAs, including Video of the Year. At the ceremony, Taylor performed in a duet with.
During the pre-show ceremony, Taylor Swift presented a new music video for the song "Wildest Dreams".
Personal life
At the Met Gala Costume Institute's annual ball, the singer met a British actor. In June, the stars vacationed together in Rhode Island, and in September, the media reported that Swift and Hiddleston had broken up.
Taylor Swift's personal life consists of more than just romantic relationships. The singer has a good friend. Taylor often posts joint pictures with the pop singer. The girls have pajama parties, watch funny videos and eat cupcakes. Selena Gomez and Taylor calls his sisters. Girls share secrets and support each other in case of setbacks and painful breakups.
Taylor's fans do not believe in Selena's sincerity, accusing her of commercialism, confident that the young performer wants to get promoted using the fame of the more popular Taylor Swift.
Taylor is also the godmother of Leo Thames Newman, the youngest son of the famous director Kyle Newman and his wife, an actress.
Taylor Swift now
The 58th Annual Grammy Awards took place on February 15, 2016. The singer was nominated in seven categories for the songs "Blank Space" and "Bad Blood" and won three of them. Taylor Swift won Album of the Year and became the first woman to win the award twice.
In May 2016, the singer was awarded a special "Taylor Swift Award" at the BMI Pop Awards. This was the second time in the history of the BMI Pop Awards that a musician has received such an award. The first was .
On December 9, 2016, Taylor's single "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" was released. The song was co-written by Sam Dew and Jack Antonoff and performed as a duet with . The single was for the American melodrama Fifty Shades Darker.
In 2016, a music video for Taylor Swift's "New Romantics" was released. In 2017, the singer presented a music video for the song "I Don't Wanna Live Forever". In total, the creative biography of the performer has more than three dozen music videos.
Discography
- 2006 - Taylor Swift
- 2008 - Fearless
- 2010 - Speak Now
- 2012 - Red
- 2014 - 1989
Filmography
- 2009 - C.S.I.: Crime Scene
- 2009 - Hannah Montana: The Movie
- 2010 - Valentine's Day
- 2012 - The Lorax
- 2013 - New
- 2014 - Dedicated
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The appearance of a forest elf, the fragility and airiness of the appearance of this singer does not fit in with her strong character and determination (thanks to them, by the age of 25, the girl had won more than a hundred awards, including 10 Grammys). She managed to win the hearts of Hollywood star Jake Gyllenhaal and her namesake, who became famous for his role as Jacob in the Twilight saga, Lautner. And in 2011, she entered the list of the sexiest women in the world.
Biography of Taylor Swift
Opera singer's granddaughter
Taylor, born December 13, 1989, has known luxury since childhood. Her father Scott was a successful employee of the stock exchange, and her mother Andrea had nothing to work for, she looked after two kids - her daughter and son Austin. The future singer was born in Wyomissing (Pennsylvania).
The girl most likely inherited her abilities from her grandmother, who was an opera singer. She was an idol for Taylor - along with Shania Twain and LeAnn Rimes.
When the girl was 10 years old, she began to write songs and won a poetry competition. In her small town, Taylor was already considered a celebrity, because her singing delighted fellow countrymen at festivals, local holidays and competitions. The fragile girl managed to master the guitar, and since then she has practically never parted with her favorite instrument. Already at 11, this musical prodigy went to Nashville - Swift wanted to record her own disc. She sang the US anthem at the opening of the Philadelphia Games, and the girl's singing moved the audience.
The meteoric rise of the "country wunderkind"
In order for Taylor to pursue her dreams, the family moved to suburban Nashville. The 14-year-old singer earned money by performing her own songs on one of the busy streets of the city. There she was noticed by veteran music business Steve Borchett, he began to help the aspiring performer.
In the summer of 2006, Taylor's first single was released, and an album was released in October. The debut was not very successful.
But the second disc, released in 2008, "Fearless", turned out to be a real breakthrough. He became the US sales leader in 2009 and won 4 Grammys at once. Taylor Swift managed to break all records - before her, such young performers were not honored with this prestigious award for the best album of the year.
New records
The third album sold out instantly - a million copies "vanished" in the first week of sales. This disc, Speak Now, was at the top of the Billboard 200. Well, the single "Mean" was awarded two Grammys. Swift presented the album at impressive concerts on a thirteen-month world tour that attracted more than 1.6 million fans of the young star. During her performances, she earned more than $123 million.
The glory of the young singer was gaining momentum. She and Carrie Underwood (the only ones performing country songs) were included in the top "Queens of Pop" according to Rolling Stone.
The album "Red", which was released at the end of October 2012, set another sales record (1.2 million copies per week). In the spring of 2013, Swift went on another tour.
At the end of 2014, the disc "1989" was released, in the world it became eight times platinum. Taylor Swift earned $170 million in 2016, making her the highest paid celebrity.
Taylor Swift's personal life
Boyfriends - a whole list!
Taylor writes compositions for films, she starred in television shows. Concert activities and interviews take a lot of energy. There is very little time left for personal life in the busy schedule of the star. But still, Taylor Swift has an impressive list of boyfriends.
At 18, Taylor began an affair with John Jonas, a musician from the Jonas Brothers. They dated until October 2008.
The end of 2009 was marked for the singer by a relationship with Taylor Lautner. Together with him, the girl starred in the romantic film "Valentine's Day". But soon the couple broke up.
They say that another relationship broke up due to the age difference. Although some 8 years that separate Taylor and Jake Gyllenhaal are mere trifles, the stars were probably prevented by a heavy workload.
There was a brief affair with the handsome Connor, the grandson of Robert Kennedy. The guy was 4 years younger than the singer, and they met exactly 4 months.
In October 2012, it became known about the new hobby of the performer. But Harry Styles (the young man is also younger than Taylor - almost 5 years) was the girl's boyfriend for only some 3 months. Taylor has been dating DJ Calvin Harrison since 2015. Rumors about the couple's engagement have surfaced more than once in the media, but there has been no official confirmation. And then they broke up. In 2016, Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston started a summer romance, which ended in September of the same year. What kind of wind is this?
An American star known today in every corner of the world, Taylor Swift was born on December 13, 1989 in the small town of Reading, Pennsylvania. But already at the age of 9 she moved with her family to Wyomissing, not too different in size from Reading. Her father, Scott Kingsley Swift, worked as a financial consultant, and her mother, Andrei (Gardner - nee) - a housewife. Taylor has a younger brother, Austin, who is also successful in his acting career.
From a very early age, the girl was drawn to music, and her parents were only pleased with her daughter's penchant for creativity, and therefore they sent her to vocal lessons early enough, where it turned out that Taylor definitely inherited musical data from her grandmother, opera singer Margery Finlay. It is also worth noting that the girl was named after one of her parents' favorite musical performers - James Taylor.
Thus, Taylor already learned to play the guitar at the age of 10, and at about the same age, compositions of her own composition appeared in her repertoire. The idols of that time, the singer considered the Canadian and American country singers Shania Twain and Lee Ann Rimes. According to Taylor, her grandmother was also an incredible inspiration to her. 
Career
The girl often performed at various events in her native Wyomissing and was already considered a local star. And after performing the song “Big Deal” at one of the competitions, young Taylor receives an offer to play as the opening act for country singer Charlie Daniels, and then an invitation from New York to sing the anthem at the US Open tennis championship.
Taylor now and then sends out demos to various music companies and finally, in 2004, receives an offer from the well-known studio RCA Records. But the studio did not want to release Taylor's discs before she came of age, which was the reason for the termination of the contract.
The daughter's success prompted her parents to decide to move from the province to the suburbs of Nashville, the capital of Tennessee. Taylor was performing at a Nashville cafe when she was spotted by Scott Borchette, founder of the independent record label Big Machine Records. Having signed a contract with the studio, in August 2006 Taylor released his debut single "Tim McGraw", dedicated to the American country singer Tim McGraw, and in October of the same year, his first namesake album. This is where her real glory began.
Taylor Swift sold over 5.5 million copies and spent a total of 5 years on the Billboard 200 best-selling albums chart in the US, breaking a decade record. All songs included on the album are entirely Taylor's own compositions. The audience appreciated the lyrics of Taylor's songs, which at first glance reflect the banal problems of adolescence, but at the same time encouraging to look from the other side at the segment of life through which everyone passes.
Her record of countless awards and prizes begins with her debut album. Taylor first received the Nashville International Writers Association Award for Best Newcomer Vocalist. She also becomes the youngest recipient of this award.
The Christmas album Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection and the EP Beautiful Eyes earn Taylor her first Grammy nomination.
This is followed by the album "Fearless" ("Fearless"), released on November 11, 2008 and sold over 8.6 million copies. It also topped the Billboard 200 and became the best-selling album of the year in the first week. "Fearless" brought the singer the awards "Album of the Year", "Best Country Album" and awards, including Young Hollywood Awards (Future Superstar category), MTV Video Music Awards ("Best Video"), People Choice Awards (" Singer of the Year"), as well as the American Music Awards as the best performer of the year. The single "White Horse" in particular received two Grammy nominations: Best Female Country Vocal and Best Country Song.
Speak Now is the title of Taylor Swift's third album. Here the singer made some variety in her work, because. along with compositions in the country genre, the album contains singles in the style of alternative rock and bubblegum pop music. The new album received critical acclaim from music critics. They commented on Taylor's songs as intellectual and strong.
In support of the album, Taylor Swift gave a number of unusual concerts. The singer performed songs on an open double-decker bus on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles and in the Departure Hall at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
The next album, called "Red", is released 2 years after the previous one and traditionally starts from first place on the Billboard 200. The first single of the album "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" brought innovation, which took the first line of the US Billboard Hot 100 singles hit parade, which Swift had not succeeded before. The song also sold over 7 million copies. Another successful single from the album, "I Knew You Were Trouble", which reached 6.6 million copies sold, slightly fell short of this mark. The album "Red" also earned Swift a special Pinnacle award from the Country Music Association -music. 
In March 2013, the tour in support of "Red" will start, including 86 concerts in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and Asia. During the tour, Taylor performs songs from the new album along with Jennifer Lopez, Sam Smith, Carly Simon, Tim McGraw and The Rolling Stones.
On October 21, the singer presented the single "Sweeter Than Fiction", which became the soundtrack to the film "Dreams Come True" and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award.
October 27, 2014 Taylor Swift publishes her next album and names it in honor of her year of birth "1989". The album clearly shows that Swift is moving away from the usual country genre towards pop music. It becomes the best selling album in the US in 2014.
Taylor Swift became the first female singer in the history of American music, whose song "Shake It Off" displaced her other song ("Blank Space") from the first place of the Billboard Hot 100. The number of views of video clips for each of the songs reaches 2.6 billion views today.
2015 for Taylor was rich in performances with such legendary musicians as Paul McCartney, Madonna and Kenny Chesney. Swift performed with McCartney on the song "I Saw Her Standing There" from the Beatles repertoire, and a song from her album "Shake It Off". 
In 2015, Forbes included Taylor Swift in the list of the most powerful women "100 Most Powerful Women" highlighting her 64th place. Swift also became the youngest woman on the list. In the same year, she takes 1st place in the ranking of the sexiest women according to the men's magazine "MAXIM".
And on August 30, 2015, at the 32nd MTV VMA ceremony, Taylor takes 4 awards, among which was the Video of the Year award. At the same ceremony, in the pre-show, the singer will present a new music video for the song "Wildest Dreams", and also performs in a duet with Nicki Minaj.
At the end of an outstanding 2015 for her, she was nominated for the 2016 Grammy Award in 7 categories and won in 3 of them: Album of the Year (“1989”), Best Music Video (“Bad Blood”) and “Best Pop Vocal Album” ( "1989"). Taylor by the way becomes the first representative of the fair sex, twice received an award in the nomination "Album of the Year". 
In May 2016, Taylor received a special Taylor Swift Award at the BMI Pop Awards. Swift is the second time in the history of this award that an artist has received such an award. The first was Michael Jackson in 1900.
On December 9, 2016, the single "I Don" t Wanna Live Forever" is released, recorded with the ex-soloist of the popular One Direction boy band Zayn Malik. The single is released as a soundtrack to the film Fifty Shades Darker.
On August 24, 2017, her sensational single "Look What You Made Me Do" from the album "Reputation", which was released on November 10, 2017, is released. The single is #1 in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK and the US. Views of the video clip for the song reached 43.2 million in the first day after its release on YouTube, breaking the corresponding record for the speed of gaining views over the entire existence of the video hosting.
Immediately after the release, the album "Reputation" in the first 4 days becomes the best-seller of the entire 2017.
In support of the album, Swift went on tour in 2018 called "Taylor Swift's Reputation Stadium Tour".
"Reputation" marks the end of Swift's 12-year collaboration with Big Machine Records. her contract ends in November 2018.
Personal life
Like many famous artists, Taylor's personal life influences her work. Her fans already know that every breakup between Swift and her next young man is fraught with a new amazing song and sometimes it seems that failures in love are good for her career. This is cruel show business. 
Swift's first love relationship was noticed by the press with Joe Jonas, the ex-soloist of the boy band Jonas Brothers. The couple caught the eye of the paparazzi in 2008, but she was destined to last only three and a half months. Taylor navigates her breakup with the Disney star with the creation of "Better Than Revenge," which she is said to have written about Jonas' ex-girlfriend Camille Belle. This, most likely, blackened the end of the relationship with Joe. 
The following year, the talented blonde falls in love with Taylor Lautner's famous werewolf from the Twilight saga. Apparently, they meet on the set of the movie "Valentine's Day", where they imagine playing a couple head over heels in love. The novel lasts several months, and there are rumors that the song "Back to December" is dedicated to a hot wolf cub. 
Breaking up with Lautner helps to survive not only a song about an ex-boyfriend, but also a broken relationship with John F. Kennedy's grandson, Connor Kennedy. 
Next comes Harry Styles of One Direction, with whom Taylor inspires the song "Out of the woods" and "Style". Harry, in turn, also did not stay after the novel “with a broken trough”. They say that the single “Perfect”, beloved by the fans of the group, tells the story of Styles' ex-girlfriend. 
And the culprit behind Taylor's hits "All Too Well" and "Red" was sexy actor Jake Gyllenhaal. The relationship was extremely serious compared to the rest of Swift's run from one handsome man to another. It even went to the wedding, but, alas and ah, Jake never turned out to be the one. 
Taylor also looked quite pretty paired with talented DJ Calvin Harris. They were not only one of the most beautiful couples in show business, but also the highest paid in 2015 according to Forbes magazine. Unfortunately, their breakup was as loud and memorable as the couple themselves. 
Apparently, Taylor did not attach much importance to this fact, because. two weeks later, she was seen in the company of Marvel's Loki Tom Hiddleston. But many do not believe in this relationship and call it Taylor's cheap publicity stunt to promote her latest album, Reputation. Watchers were especially outraged by Tom's T-shirt with the inscription “I love TS”.
Now the press is talking about a serious relationship between Taylor Swift and 27-year-old British actor Joe Alwyn. Fans tirelessly hope that Joe is just the one who will calm down the restless and insanely talented girl. Let's wish him good luck.
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Taylor Alison Swift Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Taylor grew up in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania and moved to Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 14 to pursue her musical career. Taylor signed to independent label Big Machine Records and became the youngest songwriter ever hired by Sony/ATV Music publishing house. The release of her debut album in 2006 established her as a country music star. She received a Best New Artist nomination at the 50th Grammy Awards.
Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008 and was a crossover and huge commercial success. The record won four Grammy awards, Taylor became the youngest ever winner of Album of the Year. Fearless also won Album of the Year and plaudits at the American Music Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards, and Country Music Association Awards, making it the most awarded album in country music history. Taylor Swift released her third album in 2010, selling over a million copies in its first week. With over 1.6 million fans on the latest figures, the Speak Now World Tour has become one of the highest-grossing tours of all time. The singer's fourth album, Red, was released in autumn 2012. Over 1.2 million copies of the album were sold in the United States in its first weeks of release, the highest sales figure in the last ten years. Her singles "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and "I Knew You Were Trouble" became hits all over the world. A tour in support of the Red album is planned for early March 2013.
Taylor Swift has earned numerous awards in her short career, including six Grammy Awards, ten AMCs, seven CMASs, six and 13 ACMS BMI Awards. She has sold over 20 million albums and 41.8 million digital tracks worldwide, making her one of the best-selling musicians of all time. Taylor has deal approval with Target, CoverGirl, Sony, Elizabeth Arden, Walmart, and American Greetings. According to Forbes magazine, she is one of the richest music artists working today. In addition to her music career, Taylor Swift has appeared as an actress in the crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(2009), romantic comedy St. Valentine's Day(2010) and animated film Lorax (2012).
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Early years of life:
Taylor Swift was born on December 13, 1989 in Reading, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Scott Kingsley Swift, a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch Bank, and Andrea (née Gardner), a housewife who previously worked as a mutual fund marketing executive. Taylor was named after singer James Taylor, her mother believes a gender-neutral name will help her forge a successful business career. She has a younger brother, Austin, who attends Vanderbilt University. Taylor spent the early years of her life on a farm near Pottstown, Pennsylvania and was educated at the Wyndcroft Fee School. When Tay was nine years old, her family moved to Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, where she attended junior/high school. Taylor spent summers at her parents' vacation home in Stone Harbor, New Jersey and described it as a place "where most of my childhood memories were formed".
At the age of nine, Taylor developed an interest in musical theater and performed at the Berks Youth Theater Academy, in productions of Grease, Annie, Bye Bye Birdie and The Sound of Music. Taylor regularly traveled to Broadway, New York for vocal and acting lessons. However, after several years of auditioning in New York, she didn't get anything, after which she turned her attention to country music. Tey was inspired by LeAnn Rimes's Blue and her maternal grandmother, Marjorie Finlay, an opera singer. When Taylor was in fourth grade, she won a national poetry competition with a three-page poem, Monster in the Closet. At the age of eleven, after many tries, Tey entered a local singing talent competition where she sang LeAnn Rimes' "Big Deal" and was given the opportunity to open for Charlie Daniels at the Strausstown Amphitheater. She spent her weekends performing at local festivals, fairs, cafes, karaoke contests, garden clubs, and Boy Scout meetings. Taylor Swift demoed and traveled with her mother to Nashville, Tennessee for spring break, leaving copies of the demos on Music Row. She received a number of rejections and realized that "I need to know how to do more than just sing a song".
Taylor Swift began performing "The Star Spangled Banner" at many sporting events, hoping to be offered a recording contract. At the age of 12, a computer repairman showed Taylor Swift how to play three chords on the guitar, inspiring her to write her first song, Lucky You. Taylor then recorded a second demo of original songs. In 2003, Sona and her parents started working with music manager Dan Dymtrow after he saw her sing at the US Open. Taylor Swift's second demo caught the attention of RCA Records, who offered her a deal. In 2004, Taylor modeled for Abercrombie and Fitch's "Rising Stars" campaign and had original songs included on the Maybelline Cosmetics CD compilation.
When Taylor Swift was 14 years old, her father was transferred to the Merrill Lynch office, Nashville and the family moved to a lakeside home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. In Tennessee, she attended high school. Later, to accommodate Taylor's touring schedule, her parents transferred her to Aaron Academy, a private Christian school that provides homeschooling services, and she received her high school diploma in 2008.
Musical career:
2004-2008: Taylor Swift's early career
Taylor moved to Nashville at the age of 14 and signed with RCA Records. Swift's musical influences include Shania Twain, Sheryl Crow, Dixie Chicks, LeAnn Rimes, Faith Hill, Reba McEntire, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Garth Brooks, and Tammy Wynette. Taylor Swift studied with composers such as the Troy Verges, Brett Beavers, and Warren Brothers, but eventually formed a strong working relationship with Liz Rose. Taylor met Rose at RCA after they started writing together. They began dating for a two-hour writing class every Tuesday afternoon after school. Liz Rose said the lessons were "some of the easiest I've ever done. Basically, I was just her editor. She wrote about what happened at school that day. She had such a clear vision of what she was trying to say. And she came with the most incredible hooks." Swift also began recording demos with producer Nathan Chapman. After performing at BMI Songwriter's Circle and Bitter End, New York, Taylor Swift became the youngest composer ever hired by Sony/ATV Tree.
Swift left RCA Records when she was 15, the company wanted to record the work of others and waited until she was 18 to release an album, but Taylor felt she was ready to start her career with her own material. She also broke up with manager Dan Dymtrow, who later took legal action against Taylor and her parents. At The Bluebird Café in Nashville in 2005, Swift caught the attention of Scott Borchetta, then at Dreamworks Records, who was preparing to form his own independent record label, Big Machine Records. Tei was one of the first artists signed to the new label. She also joined the talent agency CAA.
Taylor began work on her debut album shortly after signing a recording contract with Big Machine Records. After experimenting with veteran producers in Nashville, Swift convinced Big Machine Records to hire Nathan Chapman as her demo producer. It was her first recording of a studio album, but Swift felt she was entitled to experimentation, "chemistry". After all, Chapman produced all but one of Taylor Swift's tracks. She described the album as a "diary" of her early teens and most of the songs were written during her freshman year of high school. As a result, the songs describe puberty, insecurities, first loves, and teenage angst. She said that while "it sounds like I've had 500 boyfriends," "I was able to write relationship songs when I was thirteen, but I wasn't in one at the time." Taylor Swift wrote only three songs from the album, including two of the singles, as well as the other 8 tracks she co-wrote with songwriters Liz Rose and Robert Ellis Orrall. Musically, the album has been described as "a mixture of instrumental trad country and lively rock guitars".
The Taylor Swift album was released in October 2006. Big Machine Records was still in its infancy, and Taylor and her mother helped "stuff CD singles into radio envelopes." Borchetta said his decision to sign the 16-year-old singer was taken with raised eyebrows among record industry peers. However, Swift has tapped into a previously unknown market of teenage girls who listen to country music. She was featured in "GAC Short Cuts", a part documentary, part music and video series designed to introduce her fans to country music. She has also performed on the television shows Good Morning America, The Megan Mullally Show, America's Got Talent, and TRL. Taylor spent most of 2006 promoting a radio tour and then stated, “The radio tour for most artists is six weeks long. Mine lasted six months." Swift, a self-described "baby on the internet," uses MySpace to build fans.
Taylor Swfit released her debut single "Tim McGraw" in mid-2006, which reached No.6 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs magazine. The second single from Taylor Swift's album, "Teardrops on My Guitar", was released on February 24, 2007. In mid-2007, the song reached No.2 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs and No.33 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was re-released as a pop remix, which brought "Teardrops on My Guitar" to No.13 on the Hot 100 and No.11 on the Pop 100. Her third song from her debut album, "Our Song" spent six weeks at No. 1 on the Country Music music charts, reaching No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, and climbed to No. 24 on the Billboard Pop 100. Taylor's successful single, "Picture to Burn", became the fourth single from her debut album. The song debuted and soon reached No.3 on the Billboard Country chart in the spring of 2008. "Should've Said No" was the second song to reach No.1. Debuting on the high Billboard 200, the album sold 39,000 copies in its first week. It reached No.1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and No.5 on the Billboard 200. Taylor Swift's debut album for eight consecutive weeks at the top of the Top Country Albums chart and remained at the top for 24 of 91 weeks.
Tei toured in support of the album. She appeared as an opening act for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, George Strait, Brad Paisley and Rascal Flatts. In October 2008, Swift sang a duet with top-selling rock band Def Leppard in Nashville. The event was televised in Taylor Swift CMT and Def Leppard. She held meetings and congratulated her after the concert.
Tylor Swift received the Composer/Performer of the Year award from The Nashville Songwriters Association International in 2007. She is the youngest person ever to be awarded the title. Tei was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award for Best New Artist but lost to Amy Winehouse. She won the Country Music Association's Horizon Award for Best New Artist. In 2008, she won the Best New Female Vocal at the Country Music Awards. Taylor also won Favorite Female Country Artist at the 2008 AMAs. She has won seven awards at the BMI Awards.
Swift recorded a holiday album, Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection, which was released exclusively on Target in late 2007. In the summer of 2008, Swift released Beautiful Eyes, an EP sold exclusively at Wal-Mart. In its first week of release, the album sold 45,000 copies, debuting at No.1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums and peaking at No.9 on the Billboard 200.
2008-2010: Album release "Fearless" and incident at the 2009 MTV VMAs
Taylor Swift's second studio album, Fearless, was released in November 2008. She wrote seven of the album's songs alone, including two of the singles, and co-wrote the remaining six with songwriters Liz Rose, John Rich, Colbie Caillat and Hillary Lindsey. While Swift wrote many songs while on tour, she made a conscious effort not to include "road songs": "As a 16-year-old girl, I can never get involved with those songs about playing in a different city every night. I want to write about my feelings and love and lack of love." She said that the title of the album means "you're afraid of a lot of things, but you go ahead anyway". She co-produced the album with Nathan Chapman. Musically, the record is characterized by "loud, guitar-driven and rousing choirs", sometimes with "a little violin and banjo tucked in together".
Fearless received positive reviews from music critics. The New York Times described Taylor as "one of the best pop songwriters, above all she is a country pragmatist due to her richer inner world than most adults." The Village Voice felt that she was distinguished by "uncanny wisdom and openness", "skillfully avoiding the pitfalls of the typical diary of trite vulgarity and pseudo-profound nonsense". Entertainment Weekly noted that the album would appeal mainly to young girls - "she sounds like a real teenager..." Music critic Robert Christgau described Taylor as "an unusually and incredibly strong and gifted teenage girl."
Taylor Swift performed her first tour from April 2009 to June 2010. As part of the 105-day Fearless Tour, Swift played 90 days in North America, six days in Europe, eight days in Australia and one day in Asia. The show included several costume changes, dancers and a fabulous set of castles. Taylor invited John Mayer, Faith Hill and Katy Perry to perform one-off duets with her on various dates on the North American tour. The tour attracted over 1.1 million fans and grossed over $63 million. The Fearless Tour, a concert film, was shown on television and later released on DVD and Blu-ray.
In September 2009, Swift became the first country music artist to win at the MTV Video Music Awards when the music video for "You Belong with Me" was named Best Female Video. Her speech was interrupted by rapper Kanye West, who was involved in a number of other incidents at the awards show. West announced Beyoncé's video for "Single Ladies", nominated in the same category, as "one of the best videos of all time". Many onlookers booed West, prompting him to flip with the crowd. He then handed the microphone over to Swift's speech. Backstage, Taylor was seen "crying hysterically". According to Rolling Stone, West issued "a partial apology in which he added that he still thought the Beyoncé video was excellent." West was suspended from the event. When Beyoncé later won the Video of the Year award, she invited Taylor Swift to take the stage to finish her speech.
West's behavior has been criticized by celebrities including Eminem, Snoop Dogg and Lady Gaga. After a big outcry in the media and beyond, West called Taylor Swift and apologized for his behavior.
Swift released a cover of Tom Petty's "American Girl", exclusively through Rhapsody in June 2009, and has continued to contribute to Petty's recording of the song. Taylor Swift provided background vocals on the song "Half Of My Heart" by John Mayer, featured on his fourth album in November 2009. The song received many positive reviews from music critics. Taylor and Mayer performed the song live at Madison Square Garden, New York in December 2009. It was released as the album's third single in June 2010 and peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100. Swift collaborated with a number of other artists in 2008 and 2009. She co-wrote and recorded the song "Best Days of Your Life" with Kelly Pickler. Taylor Swift also co-wrote two songs with Martin Johnson and Robert Ellis Orrall for the Hannah Montana: The Movie Soundtrack, "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" and "Crazier". Taylor also provided vocals for Boys Like Girls's "Two Is Better Than One", written by Martin Johnson. In January 2010, Taylor Swift contributed to two songs - including "Today Was a Fairytale" - on the Valentine's Day soundtrack and covered Better Than Ezra's "Breathless" on the Hope for Haiti Now album. .
In November 2009, Swift became the youngest female artist, and one of only six women, to be nominated as the Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association. Fearless also won the Association's Album of the Year award. The album received numerous other awards and became the most awarded album in the history of country music. Taylor Swift became the youngest artist to win Album of the Year from the Academy of Country Music's. At the American Music Awards, Taylor Swift was honored with Artist of the Year and Favorite Country Album. She was awarded the Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame and was named Composer/Performer of the Year by the Nashville Songwriters Association. Taylor has won four BMI Awards. Billboard named her 2009 Artist of the Year. Taylor Swift was included in Time's annual list of the 100 Most Influential People of 2010.
In January 2010, Swift received four Grammy Awards for Album of the Year, Best Country Album, Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song, out of a total of eight nominations. She became the youngest female artist to win Album of the Year. During the ceremony, Taylor Swift sang "Rhiannon" and "You Belong with Me" with Steve Nicks. Her vocal performance received negative reviews and generated much discussion in the media. Her vocals have been variously described as "bad and off-key", "strikingly bad", and "incredibly pathetic". While The New York Times wrote "it's nice to see someone so gifted make the occasional slip" and described Taylor Swift as "the most important new pop star in the last few years", music critic Bob Lefsetz predicted her career would be over" in one night" ("overnight"). In April 2010, Stevie Nicks wrote an article in Time defending the singer: "Taylor reminds me of myself in her definition and her childlike nature. This innocence that is so special and so rare. This girl writes songs that are sung all over the world, like Neil Diamond and Elton John ... The female rock and roll country pop composer is back, and her name is Taylor Swift. And it's women like her who are going to keep the music business going."
2010-2012: Album release "Speak Now" and 13 month world tour
Taylor Swift released her third studio album, Speak Now, in October 2010. She wrote all twelve songs alone: "I got my best ideas at 3am in Arkansas and had no collaborators around." Recording for the album took place in California, Tennessee and Kentucky over a two-year period. Taylor, who co-produced this album with longtime collaborator Nathan Chapman, described the album as "a collection of confessions I wanted to say at that moment." Taylor Swift originally wanted to call the album Enchanted, but Scott Borchetta, CEO of her record company, felt the title didn't reflect the album's other themes: "She played me a bunch of new songs. I looked at her and I said, “Taylor, this record is not about fairy tales and high school. It's not where you were." Musically, it was said that the album "expands beyond country pop and will border on alternative rock and dirty bubblegum pop".
"Speak Now" received positive reviews from music critics. Rolling Stone described Swift as one of the best composers ("pop, rock or country"). The Los Angeles Times praised her abilities as a composer as "a kick to the overall experience that will make you feel unique."
Swift ran an extensive promotional campaign prior to the release of Speak Now. She has appeared on various talk shows and morning shows, and has given free mini-concerts in unusual locations, including an open double-decker bus on Hollywood Boulevard and the departure lounge at JFK Airport. She took part in a "guitar pull" alongside Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill and Lionel Ritchie at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, where the musicians shared the stage and took turns playing acoustic versions of their songs to raise money for the Country Music Hall of Fame. and Museum. The album's lead single, "Mine", was released in August 2010 and five more singles were released in 2010 and 2011: "Back to December", "Mean", "The Story of Us", "Sparks Fly", and "Ours ". Speak Now is one of the major commercially successful albums and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in the US. Its sales of 1,047,000 copies made it the sixteenth album in United States history to sell a million copies in a single week. As of February 2012, "Speak Now" has sold over 4,000,000 copies in the US and over 5,700,000 copies worldwide. In her career, as of May 2012, Taylor Swift has sold over 22 million albums and 50 million digital tracks worldwide.
Taylor Swift toured throughout 2011 and early 2012 in support of Speak Now. In a thirteen-month, 111-date world tour, Taylor played seven shows in Asia, twelve shows in Europe, 80 shows in North America and twelve shows in Australia. Three US tour dates were rescheduled after she contracted bronchitis. The stage show was inspired by the Broadway Theater of the Musical, with choreographed routines, intricate staging of parts, pyrotechnics, and many costume changes. Swift invited many musicians to join her for one-off duets on a North American tour. Performances were organized with James Taylor, Jason Mraz, Shawn Colvin, Johnny Rzeznik, Andy Grammer, Tal Bachman, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Nicki Minaj, Nelly, B.o.B., Usher, Flo Rida, T.I., Jon Foreman, Jim Adkins, Hayley Williams , Hot Chelle Rae, Ronnie Dunn, Darius Rucker, Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney. The tour attracted over 1.6 million fans and grossed over $123 million, becoming one of the highest-grossing tours of all time. Swift's first live album, Speak Now World Tour: Live, performances of all seventeen shows from the North American leg of the tour, was released in November 2011.
On the North American and Australian tour, Taylor Swift wrote different lyrics on her left hand for each performance. She also performed numerous acoustic cover songs during the North American tour. Taylor said the cover songs allowed her to be "spontaneous" in otherwise well-rehearsed shows: "I'm going to have a lot of people who come to more than one show and I want them to have a different experience every time." Cover versions of songs performed by Taylor Swift on the Speak Now World Tour include Justin Timberlake, Tori Amos, TLC, Pink, Fall Out Boy, Dave Matthews Band, Michelle Branch, Jordin Sparks, Maroon 5, Train, John Mellencamp, Kim Carnes , Avril Lavigne, The Jackson 5, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Gwen Stefani, All American Rejects, Britney Spears and Eminem.
At the 54th Grammy Awards in February 2012, Swift's "Mean" won Best Country Song and Best Solo Performance. She also performed "Mean" during the ceremony. The song is considered a rebuttal by Bob Lefsetz, who was one of the most vocal critics of her 2010 Grammy performance. Lefsetz had previously been a supporter of the singing career, and Taylor and Lefsetz corresponded occasionally by mail and telephone. USA Today noted that the 2010 criticism seemed to "make her Best Composer and Live Performer".
Taylor Swift was named Composer/Performer of the Year by the Nashville Songwriters Association in 2010 and 2011. During the ceremony in 2011, she performed an acoustic version of "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" in honor of Alan Jackson at the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, who later thanked Swift in his speech for "the most beautiful version I've ever ever heard." Taylor has won various awards for "Speak Now". She was named Entertainer of the Year by the Academy of Country Music in 2011 and 2012 and was named Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association in 2011. Taylor Swift won Artist of the Year at the 2011 American Music Awards and Speak Now was named Favorite Country Album. She was also the recipient of two BMI awards. Billboard named Swift their 2011 Woman of the Year. The same year, Billboard placed her on the Top 20 Hot 100 Songwriters 2000–2011 at number 15; she was in second place in the ranking of women. Taylor Swift ranked second on Rolling Stone's Top 16 "Queen Of Pops" of the decade...
Taylor Swift recorded two original soundtracks for The Hunger Games in March 2012. "Safe & Sound" was co-written and recorded with The Civil Wars and T-Bone Burnett. John Paul White stated while working with Taylor "She had some great ideas. We had complete freedom. It really was a collaboration. We brought melancholy and a dark corner. Taylor contributed the melody and chords." Rolling Stone described the song as "a beautiful ballad by Swift". Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars debuted a live version of this song at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville in January 2012. The song was released as the lead single on the album, and in April 2012 it had already sold 970,000 copies in the United States. Taylor's second song, "Eyes Open" from the album, was written exclusively by the singer and produced by Nathan Chapman. In May 2012, Taylor Swift provided vocals for B.o.B's song "Both of Us" from the Strange Clouds album.
2012: Album release Red
Taylor Swift's fourth studio album, Red, is scheduled for release on October 22, 2012. She wrote ten of the album's sixteen songs herself. The remaining six were co-written by Laurie McKenna, Butch Walker, Ed Sheeran and Dan Wilson, among others. Nathan Chapman served as the album's lead producer, but others, including Butch Walker, Jeff Bhaskar and Shelbeck, produced individual tracks. Taylor said that the process of making the album made her feel like a "student" and allowed her to "paint in different colors". The first single from the new album, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", was released in August 2012. The song reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in one week of sales. Taylor Swift is doing a promotional tour before the release of Red. She has performed at the MTV VMAs as well as the iHeartRadio Festival, and will also perform at the BBC Radio 1's Teen Awards, Good Morning America, and VH1 Storytellers. The singer signed a number of contracts; she released her second fragrance with Elizabeth Arden, collaborated with Sony on two photography projects, and will release a Deluxe edition of Red through Target.
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