The author and performer of his own country pop songs, Taylor Swift, fully and fully justifies his surname (swift - fast, nimble). At the age of 28, the singer is a champion in the number of music awards, prizes and recorded singles, and the paparazzi barely manage to follow the change of her 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 her mother, Andrei (Gardner, as a girl), was a housewife. Taylor has a sibling younger brother Austin, who is also successful in his acting career.
From a very young age, the girl was attracted to music, and her parents were only pleased with her daughter's penchant for creativity, and therefore they gave her away early for vocal lessons, where it turned out that Taylor definitely inherited musical data from her grandmother - opera singer Margery Finley. It is also worth noting that the girl was named after one of her parents' favorite music 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 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 for her.
Career
The girl often performed at various events in her native Wyomissing and was already considered a local star. And after the song “Big Deal” is performed at one of the contests, young Taylor receives an offer to play on the opening act of country singer Charlie Daniels, and then an invitation from New York follows to sing the anthem at the US Open.
Taylor continually sends demos to various music companies, and finally, in 2004, he received an offer from the well-known RCA Records studio. But the studio did not want to release Taylor CDs until she came of age, which was the reason for the termination of the contract.
Success daughter pushed parents to decide to move from the province to a suburb of Nashville - the capital of Tennessee. Taylor performed at one of Nashville's cafes when she was spotted by Scott Borkett, founder of the independent Big Machine Records label. 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. Here her true glory began.
Taylor Swift sold over 5.5 million copies and spent a total of 5 years on the Billboard 200 best-selling albums in the United States, breaking the record of the decade. All the songs included in the album are Taylor’s own compositions. The audience appreciated the lyrics of Taylor's songs, which at first glance reflected the banal problems of the teenage period, but at the same time encouraging to look from the other side at that stretch of life through which everyone passes.
With her debut album, her countless awards and prizes begin. First, Taylor receives an award from the International Association of Nashville Authors as the best aspiring vocalist. She becomes the youngest owner of this award.
Christmas album "Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection" and the mini-album "Beautiful Eyes" bring Taylor the first Grammy nomination.
This is followed by the album "Fearless" ("Fearless"), released on November 11, 2008 and sold over 8.6 million copies. He also led the "Billboard 200" and became the best-selling album of the year in the first week. "Fearless" brought the singer the "Album of the Year", "Best Country Album" awards and awards, including the Young Hollywood Awards (category "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 performer of the year. The single "White Horse" in particular received a Grammy in two categories: Best Female Country Vocals and Best Country Song.
"Speak Now" is the name of Taylor Swift's third album. Here, the singer made a certain variety in her work, because Along with country songs, the album contains singles in the style of alternative rock and bubblegum pop music. The new album received approval from music critics. They spoke of Taylor's songs as being intelligent and powerful.
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, entitled "Red", is released 2 years after the previous one and traditionally starts from the first place on "Billboard 200". The first single of the album "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" brought in the first place. It took the first line of the US singles charts "US Billboard Hot 100", which Swift had previously failed to do. The song also sold over 7 million copies. Another successful single from the I Knew You Were Trouble album, sold copies of which reached 6.6 million, did not reach this mark a little. The Red album also brought Swift a special Pinnacle award from the Country Association. music.
In March 2013, the Red tour kicks off with 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.
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.
October 27, 2014 Taylor Swift publishes its next album and names it after his birth year "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 singer in the history of American music, whose song ("Shake It Off") displaced her other song ("Blank Space") from the first place on the Billboard Hot 100. The number of views of video clips for each song reaches 2.6 billion views today.
The year 2015 for Taylor was rich in performances with such legendary musicians as Paul McCartney, Madonna and Kenny Chesney. Swift sang along with McCartney the song "I Saw Her Standing There" from the repertoire of "The Beatles", and the song from her album "Shake It Off".
In 2015, Forbes included Taylor Swift in the list of the most influential women, “100 Most Powerful Women, ” giving it 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 takes 4 awards, including the Video of the Year award. At the same ceremony, in the pre-show, the singer presents a new music video for the song "Wildest Dreams", and also performs in a duet with Nicki Minaj.
At the end of the year 2015 that was outstanding 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 Vocal Pop Album" ("1989"). Taylor, by the way, becomes the first representative of the fair sex, twice received the 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, when the artist was awarded a similar award. The first was Michael Jackson in 1900.
On December 9, 2016, the single "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" was released, recorded with the ex-lead singer of the popular boy band "One Direction" Zane Malik. The single is being released as the soundtrack for the movie "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 ranks first in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK and the USA. Views of the video clip for the song reached 43.2 million in the first day after the release on YouTube, breaking the corresponding record for the speed of collection of views for the entire existence of the video hosting.
Immediately after the release of the album, "Reputation" for the first 4 days becomes the best seller of the whole of 2017.
In support of the album, Swift went on a tour under the title "Taylor Swift's Reputation Stadium Tour" in 2018.
"Reputation" becomes a point in Swift's twelve-year collaboration with Big Machine Records; her contract ends in November 2018.
