The author and performer of her own country-pop songs, Taylor Swift, fully justifies her surname (swift - fast, nimble). At the age of 28, the singer holds the record for the number of music awards, awards and recorded singles, and the paparazzi barely have time to follow her change of partner on the personal front.
Biography
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, which was not too different in size from Reading. Her father Scott Kingsley Swift worked as a financial consultant, and Andrei's mother (nee Gardner) was a housewife. Taylor has a younger brother, Austin, who is also successful in his acting career.
From an early age, the girl was drawn to music, and her parents were only pleased with their daughter's penchant for creativity, and therefore they sent her to vocal lessons early enough, where it turned out that Taylor definitely inherited her musical data from her grandmother, the opera singer Margery Finley. It is also worth noting that the girl was named after one of her parents' favorite musical performers - James Taylor.
Thus, at the age of 10, Taylor learned to play the guitar, and at about the same age, compositions of her own composition appeared in her repertoire. The singer considered the Canadian and American country singers Shania Twain and Lee Ann Rimes to be idols of that time. 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 act as an opening act for country singer Charlie-Daniels, and then an invitation from New York to sing the anthem at the US Open Tennis Championships.
Taylor now and then sends demo tapes to various music companies and finally, in 2004, he receives an offer from a well-known studio RCA Records. But the studio did not want to release Taylor's discs until 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 a suburb of Nashville, the capital of Tennessee. Taylor was performing at a cafe in Nashville when she was spotted by Scott Borkette, 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 album-namesake. It was here that her real glory began.
Album "Taylor Swift" sold over 5.5 million copies and charted the Billboard 200 chart of the best-selling albums in the United States for a total of 5 years, breaking a decade record. All songs included in the album are entirely Taylor's own compositions. The audience appreciated the lyrics of Taylor's songs, which at first glance reflected 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 goes.
Her debut album begins a record of her countless awards and prizes. Taylor first receives the Nashville International Writers Association Award for Best Emerging Vocalist. She also becomes the youngest owner of this award.
The Christmas album "Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection" and the mini-disc "Beautiful Eyes" earned 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 Billboard 200 and became the best-selling album of the year in its first week. Fearless brought the singer Album of the Year, Best Country Album and awards including the Young Hollywood Awards (Future Superstar), MTV Video Music Awards (Best Video), People Choice Awards (Singer of the Year”), as well as the American Music Awards as the best female performer of the year. The single "White Horse" in particular received a Grammy in two nominations: Best Female Country Vocal and Best Country Song.
"Speak Now" is the title of Taylor Swift's third album. Here, the singer has introduced a certain variety in her work, tk. along with songs in the country genre, the album contains singles in the style of alternative rock and bubblegum pop music. The new album received acclaim from music critics. They spoke of Taylor's songs as intelligent and powerful.
In support of the album, Taylor Swift gave a number of unusual concerts. The singer sang 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 the first place in the "Billboard 200". An innovation was brought by the first single of the album "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", which took the first line of the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, which Swift had not been able to do before. The song also sold over 7 million. Another successful single from the album "I Knew You Were Trouble" fell slightly short of this mark, which sold 6, 6 million copies. Album "Red" also earned Swift a special Pinnacle award from the Country Association. -music.
March 2013 kicks off a tour in support of "Red", which includes 86 concerts in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and Asia. During the tour, Taylor performs songs from the new album 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 for the film "Dreams Come True" and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award.
On October 27, 2014, Taylor Swift publishes her next album and names it in honor of her birth year "1989". The album clearly shows that Swift is moving away from the usual country genre towards pop music. It becomes the top-selling album in the United States in 2014.
Taylor Swift became the first singer in the history of American music, whose song ("Shake It Off") displaced another song of her own ("Blank Space") from the first place on the Billboard Hot 100. The number of views of video clips for each of the songs has reached 2.6 billion views today.
2015 for Taylor was rich in performances with such legendary musicians as Paul McCartney, Madonna and Kenny Chesney. Swift sang with McCartney the song "I Saw Her Standing There" from the repertoire of "The Beatles" and a song from her album "Shake It Off".
In 2015, Forbes included Taylor Swift in the 100 Most Powerful Women list, giving her 64th place. Swift also became the youngest woman on the list. In the same year, she took 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 won 4 awards, among which was the Video of the Year award. At the same ceremony, during 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 her outstanding 2015, she is nominated for a 2016 Grammy in 7 categories and wins 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 to receive the Album of the Year award twice.
In May 2016, Taylor receives 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 been awarded 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 boy band "One Direction" Zane 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" is released from the album "Reputation", which was released on November 10, 2017. The single reaches number one in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. The views of the video clip for the song reached 43.2 million in the first 24 hours after being released on YouTube, breaking the corresponding record for the speed of viewings for the entire existence of the video hosting.
Immediately after the release, the album "Reputation" for the first 4 days becomes the bestseller of the entire 2017.
In support of the album, Swift embarked on a 2018 tour called Taylor Swift's Reputation Stadium Tour.
"Reputation" becomes a point in Swift's twelve-year collaboration with Big Machine Records as 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 of Swift with her next boyfriend is fraught with a new amazing song and sometimes it seems that failures in love are good for her career. This is how show business is cruel.
Swift's first love relationship was noticed by the press with Joe Jonas, ex-lead singer of the Jonas Brothers boy band. The couple catches the eye of the paparazzi in 2008, but they are destined to survive for only three and a half months. Taylor is reliving her breakup with the Disney star through the creation of Better Than Revenge, which is said to have written about Jonas' ex-girlfriend Camilla Belle. This most likely tarnished the end of the relationship with Joe.
The following year, the talented blonde falls in love with the famous werewolf from Taylor Lautner's Twilight saga. Apparently, they meet on the set of the movie "Valentine's Day", where they can imagine playing a couple head over heels in love. The romance lasts for several months, and there are rumors that the song "Back to December" is about a hot wolf cub.
Parting with Lautner helps to survive not only the song about the ex-boyfriend, but also the broken out relationship with the grandson of John F. Kennedy, Connor Kennedy.
Next up is One Direction's Harry Styles, whose relationship inspires Taylor for the song "Out of the woods" and "Style". Harry, in turn, also did not stay after the novel "at the bottom of the trough." They say that the single "Perfect", beloved by the fans of the group, tells the story of Stiles' 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 rushes 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 nice paired with the talented DJ Calvin Harris. They were not only one of the most beautiful couples in show business, but also the most 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, since 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 PR stunt in order to promote his latest album "Reputation". Especially the observers were 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 Alvin. Fans tirelessly hope that Joe is the one who will calm down the restless and insanely talented girl. Let's wish him good luck.
