Taylor SwiftSwift in 2023BornTaylor Alison Swift (1989-12-13) December 13, 1989 (age 35)West Reading, Pennsylvania, USOccupations Singer-songwriter record producer actress director Years active2003–presentOrganizationTaylor Swift ProductionsWorks Albums singles songs videos performances Partner(s)Tris Kelce (2023–present; engaged)Relatives Austin Swift (brother) Marjorie Finlay (grandmother) AwardsFull listMusical careerOriginNashville, Tennessee, USGenres Pop country folk rock Instruments Vocals guitar piano banjo ukulele Labels Republic Big Machine Musical artistWebsitetaylorswift.com Signature
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Known for her autobiographical songwriting, artistic reinventions, and cultural impact, Swift is the highest-grossing live music artist, the wealthiest female musician, and one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
Swift signed with Big Machine Records in 2005 and debuted 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. Speak Now (2010) expanded her country pop sound with rock influences, and Red (2012) featured a pop-friendly production. She recalibrated her artistic identity from country to pop with the synth-pop album 1989 (2014); ensuing media scrutiny inspired the hip-hop-imbued Reputation (2017). Through the 2010s, she accumulated the US 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".
After Swift signed with Republic Records in 2018, she released the eclectic pop album Lover (2019), the indie folk albums Folklore and Evermore (both 2020), the electropop record Midnights (2022), and the double album The Tortured Poets Department (2024). In the 2020s, she re-recorded four of her Big Machine albums due to a dispute with the label and garnered the US number-one singles "Cardigan", "Willow", "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)", "Anti-Hero", "Cruel Summer", "Is It Over Now?", and "Fortnight". Her 2023–2024 concert tour, the Eras Tour, is the first to gross $1 billion in revenue. Its accompanying concert film, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023), became the highest-grossing in history.
Swift is the only artist to he been named the IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year five times. A record seven of her albums he each sold over a million copies first-week in the US. Publications such as Rolling Stone and Billboard he ranked her among the greatest artists of all time. She is the first individual from the arts to be named Time Person of the Year (2023). Her accolades include 14 Grammy Awards—including a record four Album of the Year wins—and a Primetime Emmy Award. She is the most-awarded artist of the American Music Awards, the Billboard Music Awards, and the MTV Video Music Awards. A subject of extensive media coverage, Swift has a global fanbase known as Swifties.
Life and career Early lifeTaylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in West Reading, Pennsylvania.[1] She is named after the singer-songwriter James Taylor;[2] her parents chose a unisex name, hoping it would help her succeed in business.[3] Her father, Scott Kingsley Swift, was a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch, and her mother, Andrea Gardner Swift (née Finlay), worked as a mutual fund marketing executive.[4] Swift's younger brother, Austin, is an actor.[5] The siblings are of Scottish, English, and German descent, with distant Italian and Irish ancestry.[6][7][8] Their maternal grandmother, Marjorie Finlay (née Moehlenkamp), was an opera singer whose singing in church became one of Swift's earliest memories of music.[9]
During childhood, Swift spent her holiday seasons on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania,[10] and summers at her family's vacation home in Stone Harbor, New Jersey, where she occasionally performed acoustic songs at a local coffee shop.[11] Raised Christian,[12] she attended preschool and kindergarten at a Montessori school run by the Bernardine Sisters of St. Francis before transferring to the Wyndcroft School in Pottstown.[13][14] When her family moved to Wyomissing, she attended Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School.[15][16] At age nine, she aspired to a career in musical theater, performing at local festivals and in Berks Youth Theatre Academy productions,[17][18] and treling regularly to New York City for vocal and acting lessons.[19][20] After watching a documentary about Faith Hill, she changed her goal and became determined to pursue a country music career in Nashville, Tennessee.[21]
At 11, Swift treled to Nashville with her mother to visit record labels and submit demo tapes of Dolly Parton and Dixie Chicks karaoke covers.[22] She was rejected by all the labels, which led her to focus on songwriting.[23] She started learning the guitar at 12 with the help of a computer repairman and local musician who assisted Swift with writing an original song.[24] In 2003, she and her parents started working with the talent manager Dan Dymtrow. With his help, Swift modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch, had an original song included on a Maybelline compilation CD, and was given an artist development deal from RCA Records at 13.[25][26] 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.[27][28] Swift attended Hendersonville High School for two years before transferring to Aaron Academy, which offered homeschooling.[3][29][30]
2004–2008: Career beginnings and first album Swift promoting her debut album in 2007Swift signed to Sony/ATV Tree Music Publishing in 2004; at 14, she became the youngest signee in the publishing company's history.[31] In Nashville, she worked with experienced Music Row songwriters, including Liz Rose.[32][33] Rose and Swift would write songs every Tuesday afternoon after school.[34] After one year on the development deal, she left RCA Records, who decided to keep her in development until she turned 18.[35] Swift made this decision because she wanted to release the songs immediately, to make sure that they still resonated with her teenage experiences.[36]
Swift organized a showcase concert at Bluebird Cafe on November 3, 2004; among the attendees were Scott Borchetta, a music executive who was planning to establish an independent record label, Big Machine Records.[37] She signed a recording contract with Big Machine two weeks after the concert, on the condition that her albums would be written by herself;[38][39] her father purchased a three-percent stake in the company.[40] The contract was finalized by July 2005, when Swift ended the working relationship with Dymtrow.[41] She spent four months near the end of 2005 recording her debut album, Taylor Swift, with the producer Nathan Chapman.[42]
Swift's debut single, "Tim McGraw", was released in June 2006. She and her mother spent mid-2006 sending promotional copies of the song to country radio stations across the US.[43] Taylor Swift was released on October 24, 2006.[44] On the US Billboard 200 chart, the album peaked at number five and spent 157 weeks—the longest chart run by an album in the 2000s.[45] With Taylor Swift, she became the first female country music artist to write or co-write every track on a platinum-certified debut album.[46] The album was promoted by a six-month radio tour and Swift's opening for other country artists, including Rascal Flatts in 2006,[42][47] and George Strait,[48] Brad Paisley,[49] and Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in 2007.[50] She opened for Rascal Flatts again in 2008,[51] when she dated the singer Joe Jonas.[52]
Taylor Swift was supported by four more singles in 2007 and 2008: "Teardrops on My Guitar", "Our Song", "Picture to Burn", and "Should've Said No". "Our Song" and "Should've Said No" reached number one on the Hot Country Songs chart; with the former single, Swift became the youngest person to single-handedly write and sing a number-one country single.[53] "Teardrops on My Guitar" was Swift's breakthrough single on mainstream radio and charts, reaching the top 10 of the Pop Songs, Adult Pop Songs, and Adult Contemporary charts.[54][55] Her next releases were the Christmas extended play (EP) The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection in October 2007,[56] and the Walmart-exclusive EP Beautiful Eyes in July 2008.[57] Swift became the youngest person to be awarded with Nashville Songwriters Association's Songwriter/Artist of the Year in 2007.[58]
2008–2010: Fearless Swift at the 2009 premiere of Hannah Montana: The Movie. She had a cameo appearance in the film and wrote two songs for its soundtrack.Swift's second studio album, Fearless, was released on November 11, 2008, in North America,[59] and in March 2009 in other markets.[60] Fearless spent 11 weeks atop the Billboard 200, becoming her first chart topper and the longest-running number-one female country album; it was the best-selling album of 2009 in the US.[61][62] The album's lead single, "Love Story", became the first country song to top the Pop Songs chart, and its third single, "You Belong with Me", was the first country song to top Billboard's all-genre Radio Songs chart;[63][64] both reached the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked atop the Hot Country Songs chart.[65][66] Three other singles—"White Horse", "Fifteen", "Fearless"—all reached the top 10 of Hot Country Songs.[66] In 2009, Swift opened for Keith Urban's tour and embarked on her first headlining tour, the Fearless Tour.[67]
Fearless became the most-awarded country album of all time.[68] It won the three highest awards for a country album: Album of the Year by both the Country Music Association Awards and Academy of Country Music Awards in 2009, and Best Country Album by the Grammy Awards in 2010.[69] At the Grammys, it also won Album of the Year, and "White Horse" won Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance.[70] Also in 2009, Swift was named Artist of the Year by both the American Music Awards and Billboard,[71][72] and Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association Awards, becoming the youngest person to win the honor.[73] "You Belong with Me" won Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards. Her acceptance speech was interrupted by the rapper Kanye West, an incident that became known as "Kanyegate" and turned into the subject of controversy and widespread media coverage.[74]
Swift collaborated with other musicians in 2009. She featured on "Half of My Heart" by John Mayer, with whom she was romantically linked later that year.[75][76] She wrote "Best Days of Your Life" for Kellie Pickler,[77] co-wrote and featured on Boys Like Girls' "Two Is Better Than One,[78] and wrote and recorded "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.[79][80] She had her acting debut in the 2010 rom-com Valentine's Day and wrote "Today Was a Fairytale" for its soundtrack.[81] "Today Was a Fairytale" reached number one on the Canadian Hot 100.[82] While shooting Valentine's Day in October 2009, Swift dated co-star Taylor Lautner.[83] On television, she made her debut as a rebellious teenager in a CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode[84] and hosted and performed as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live; she was the first host to write their own opening monologue.[85]
2010–2014: Speak Now and Red Swift on the Speak Now World Tour in 2011Swift wrote her third studio album, Speak Now, entirely by herself.[86] Released on October 25, 2010,[87] Speak Now expands on the country pop sound of Fearless and incorporates strong rock music influences.[88] Speak Now debuted on the US Billboard 200 with over one million first-week copies sold, registering the highest single-week tally for a female country artist.[89] Five of its singles—"Mine", "Back to December", "Mean", "Sparks Fly", and "Ours"—charted in the top three of Hot Country Songs; "Sparks Fly" and "Ours" reached number one.[66] "Mine" peaked at number three and was the highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100.[90]
Swift embarked on the Speak Now World Tour from February 2011 to March 2012.[91] In 2011, Swift was honored as Woman of the Year by Billboard,[92] Entertainer of the Year by both the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Country Music Association Awards,[93] and Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards.[94] She again won Entertainment of the Year by the Academy of Country Music Awards in 2012.[95] At the 54th Annual Grammy Awards in 2012, "Mean" won Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance.[96] After Speak Now's release, Swift dated the actor Jake Gyllenhaal.[76]
On October 22, 2012, Swift released her fourth studio album, Red,[97] which featured collaborations with Chapman and new producers including Max Martin, Shellback, Dan Wilson, Jeff Bhasker, Dann Huff, and Butch Walker. Conceived as a record that expanded beyond Swift's country pop releases, Red incorporates eclectic styles of pop and rock such as Britrock, dubstep, and dance-pop,[98][99] leading to a critical debate over Swift's status as a country musician.[100] The album opened at number one on the Billboard 200 with 1.21 million sales, becoming the fastest-selling country album in US history.[101] It was Swift's first number-one album in the UK.[102] During promotion of Red, Swift was romantically involved with the political heir Conor Kennedy, and subsequently the singer Harry Styles.[76]
Swift on the Red Tour in 2013The two most successful singles from Red, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and "I Knew You Were Trouble", peaked at numbers one and two on the Billboard Hot 100.[103] Both of them also reached the top five on the UK singles chart, and the former was Swift's first chart topper in the US.[104][105] Two other singles, "Begin Again" and "Red", peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100;[65] while two others, "Everything Has Changed" and "22", reached the top 10 on the UK singles chart.[104] The Red Tour ran from March 2013 to June 2014 and became the highest-grossing country tour with revenue of $150.2 million upon completion.[106] Swift was named Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards in 2013.[107]
Swift wrote and recorded two songs for the soundtrack album to the 2012 dystopian film The Hunger Games: "Eyes Open" and "Safe & Sound".[108] The latter, which was co-written with the Civil Wars and T-Bone Burnett, won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media in 2013.[109] She wrote and recorded "Sweeter than Fiction" for the soundtrack to the 2013 biographical film One Chance,[110] and featured as a guest vocalist on B.o.B's 2012 single "Both of Us" and Tim McGraw's 2013 single "Highway Don't Care".[111][112] Her acting roles included a voice acting role in the 2012 animated film The Lorax,[113] a cameo in a 2013 episode of the sitcom New Girl,[114] and a supporting role in the 2014 dystopian film The Giver.[115]
2014–2018: 1989 and ReputationSwift relocated from Nashville to New York City in March 2014 and transformed her image from country to pop with her fifth studio album, 1989.[116][117] She produced 1989 with Martin, Shellback, Chapman, and new collaborators Jack Antonoff, Imogen Heap, Ryan Tedder, and Ali Payami.[118] Rooted in 1980s synth-pop, 1989 incorporates upbeat dance and electronic arrangements of synthesizers, drum machines, and processed vocals.[119] Released on October 27, 2014, the album spent 11 weeks at number one and one year in the top 10 of the Billboard 200.[120][121] It has sold 14 million copies worldwide, becoming Swift's best-selling album.[122]
Swift on the 1989 World Tour, the highest-grossing tour of 2015Three of 1989's singles—"Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood"—reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100; the first two made Swift the first woman to replace herself at the top spot.[123] Two other singles—"Style" and "Wildest Dreams"—peaked at numbers six and five, making 1989 the first album by Swift to he five consecutive top-10 singles on the Hot 100.[124] The 1989 World Tour was the highest-grossing tour of 2015 with $250 million in revenue.[125] She was named Billboard's Woman of the Year and received the inaugural Dick Clark Award for Excellence at the American Music Awards in 2014,[126][127] and "Bad Blood" won Video of the Year and Best Collaboration at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards.[128] At the 58th Annual Grammy Awards in 2016, 1989 made Swift the first woman to win Album of the Year twice; it also won Best Pop Vocal Album, and "Bad Blood" won Best Music Video.[129]
During promotion of 1989, Swift publicly opposed free music streaming services. She published an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal in July 2014 to stress the importance of albums as a creative medium for artists,[130] and, in November, removed her discography from ad-supported, free streaming platforms such as Spotify.[131] Big Machine kept her music only on paid, subscription-required platforms.[132] 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,[133] which prompted Apple Inc. to announce that it would pay artists during the free trial period.[134] Big Machine returned Swift's catalog to Spotify and other free streaming platforms in June 2017.[135]
Swift dated the DJ Calvin Harris from March 2015 to June 2016.[136] They co-wrote the EDM single "This Is What You Came For", which featured vocals from Rihanna; Swift was initially credited under the pseudonym Nils Sjöberg.[137] "Better Man", the 2016 single which Swift wrote for the country vocal group Little Big Town, won the Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year.[138] She recorded "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" with Zayn Malik for the soundtrack to the 2017 film Fifty Shades Darker; the song became the highest-charting single from the Fifty Shades franchise on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number two.[139]
Swift on her Reputation Stadium Tour in 2018In 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. Although the clips were proven to be purposefully edited,[140] the controversy made Swift a subject of an online "cancel" movement, where her critics denounced her as a fake and calculating "snake".[141] In late 2016, after briefly dating the actor Tom Hiddleston, Swift began a six-year relationship with the actor Joe Alwyn and underwent a hiatus.[142][143]
In August 2017, Swift countersued and won a case against Did Mueller, a former radio jockey for KYGO-FM, who sued her for damages from loss of employment. Four years earlier, she informed Mueller's seniors that he had sexually assaulted her by groping her at an event.[144] The public controversies influenced Swift's sixth studio album, Reputation, which explores themes of fame, drama, and finding love amidst the tumultuous affairs.[145] A primarily electropop album, its maximalist production experiments with urban styles of hip-hop and R&B.[146][147] Released on November 10, 2017,[148] Reputation opened atop the Billboard 200 with 1.21 million US sales[149] and also reached number one in Australia,[150] Canada,[151] and the UK.[152]
Reputation's lead single, "Look What You Made Me Do", topped the Billboard Hot 100 with the highest sales and streaming week of 2017,[153] and was Swift's first UK number-one single.[154] The singles "...Ready for It?", "End Game", and "Delicate" were released to pop radio, all of which reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100.[155] In 2018, Swift featured on Sugarland's "Babe",[156] surpassed Whitney Houston as the most-awarded female musician at the American Music Awards,[157] and embarked on the Reputation Stadium Tour, which grossed $345.7 million worldwide.[158]
2018–2021: Lover, Folklore, and EvermoreIn November 2018, Swift signed a record deal with Universal Music Group, which promoted her albums under Republic Records' imprint.[159] 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.[160][161]
Swift at the American Music Awards of 2019, where she was named Artist of the DecadeSwift's first album with Republic Records and seventh overall, Lover, was released on August 23, 2019.[162] She produced the album with Antonoff, Louis Bell, Frank Dukes, and Joel Little.[163] Lover peaked atop the charts of such countries as Australia, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, the UK, and the US,[164] and was the global best-selling album by a solo artist of 2019.[165] Three of its singles—"Me!", "You Need to Calm Down", and "Lover"—were released in 2019 and peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. "The Man" was released in 2020 and reached the top 30, and "Cruel Summer" became a resurgent success in 2023, reaching number one.[166]
In 2019, Swift was honored as Artist of the Decade by the American Music Awards and Woman of the Decade by Billboard,[167][168] and became the first female artist to win Video of the Year for a self-directed video with "You Need to Calm Down" at the MTV Video Music Awards.[169] During promotion of Lover, 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 under the label.[170] Swift said that Big Machine would allow her to acquire the masters only if she exchanged one new album for each older one under a new contract, which she refused to sign.[170] In November 2020, Swift began re-recording her back catalog, which would enable her to control the licensing of her songs for commercial use.[171]
In February 2020, Swift signed a global publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group after her 16-year contract with Sony/ATV expired.[172] Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Swift surprise-released two "sister albums" that she recorded and produced with Antonoff and Aaron Dessner: Folklore on July 24, and Evermore on December 11.[173] Joe Alwyn co-wrote and co-produced several songs under the pseudonym William Bowery.[174] Both albums incorporate muted, atmospheric indie folk and indie rock sounds with orchestrations;[175][176] 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.[177] Folklore and "Cardigan" made Swift the first artist to debut a number-one album and a number-one song in the same week in the US; she achieved the feat again with Evermore and "Willow".[178]
Swift won Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards in 2020[179] and Album of the Year for Folklore at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2021, becoming the first woman to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year three times.[180] She played Bombalurina in the film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats (2019), for which she co-wrote and recorded the original song "Beautiful Ghosts".[181] The documentary Miss Americana, which chronicled parts of Swift's life and career, premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and received positive reviews.[182][183]
2021–2023: Re-recordings and MidnightsSwift released two re-recorded albums in 2021: Fearless (Taylor's Version) in April and Red (Taylor's Version) in November. Both peaked atop the Billboard 200, and the former was the first re-recorded album to do so.[184] The latter helped Swift surpass Shania Twain as the female musician with the most weeks at number one on the Top Country Albums chart.[185] The song "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" from Red (Taylor's Version) became the longest song in history to top the Billboard Hot 100.[186]
Swift performing in 2022Swift's tenth studio album, Midnights, was released on October 21, 2022.[187] The album features a minimalist electropop and synth-pop sound,[188][189] with elements of hip-hop, R&B, and electronica.[187][190] Midnights was Swift's fifth album to open atop the Billboard 200 chart with US first-week sales of one million. Its tracks, led by the single "Anti-Hero", made her the first artist to occupy the entire top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 the same week.[191] The album peaked atop the charts of at least 14 other countries including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, and Sweden.[192] Two other singles, "Lender Haze" and "Karma", both peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100.[193]
In 2023, Swift released two re-recorded albums: Speak Now (Taylor's Version) in July and 1989 (Taylor's Version) in October. The former made Swift the woman with the most number-one albums (12) in Billboard 200 history, surpassing Barbra Streisand,[194] and the latter was her sixth album to sell one million US first-week copies.[195] The single "Is It Over Now?" from 1989 (Taylor's Version) peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.[196] Swift featured on Big Red Machine's "Renegade" and "Birch" (2021),[197] Haim's "Gasoline" (2021),[198] Ed Sheeran's "The Joker and the Queen" (2022),[199] and the National's "The Alcott" (2023).[200] She wrote and recorded "Carolina" for the soundtrack of the 2022 mystery film Where the Crawdads Sing,[201] and had a supporting role in the 2022 period comedy film Amsterdam.[202]
In 2022, Swift won Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards[203] and Video of the Year for All Too Well: The Short Film, her self-directed short film that accompanies "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" at the MTV Video Music Awards; All Too Well also won the Grammy Award for Best Music Video.[204][205] The following year, she again won the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year with "Anti-Hero",[206] became the first musician to rank at number one on Billboard's year-end top artists list in three different decades (2009, 2015 and 2023),[207] and had five out of the 10 best-selling albums of the year in the US, a record since Luminate began tracking US music sales in 1991.[208] At the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in 2024, Midnights made Swift the first artist to win Album of the Year four times; it also won Best Pop Vocal Album.[209]
2023–present: The Eras Tour, The Tortured Poets Department, and The Life of a Showgirl Swift on the Eras Tour in 2023In March 2023, Swift embarked on the Eras Tour, which she conceived as a tribute to her entire discography. The tour spanned five continents through December 2024.[210] It exerted a global cultural, economic, and political impact and culminated in an unprecedented height of popularity for Swift,[211][212][213] resulting in a phenomenon that the media dubbed "Swiftmania".[214][215] The Eras Tour became the first tour to gross $1 billion in revenue and the highest-grossing tour in history, with $2 billion in total revenue.[216] Its concert film grossed $250 million to become the highest-grossing of its kind,[217] and its photobook sold nearly a million copies in its first week in the US.[218] The tour inspired Swift's eleventh and twelfth studio albums, The Tortured Poets Department (2024) and The Life of a Showgirl (2025).[219][220]
During the run of the Eras Tour, there were controversies surrounding Ticketmaster's monopoly that led to political scrutiny in the US,[221] venue mismanagement that led to a death in Brazil,[222] and Singapore's exclusivity deal that led to political tension in Southeast Asia.[223] In January 2024, AI-generated pornographic images portraying Swift were posted to Twitter and spread to other social media platforms, spurring criticism and demands for legal reform.[224] In July 2024, three children were killed in a stabbing attack at a Swift-themed workshop in Southport, England, leading to civil unrest in the UK.[225] The following month, the Vienna concerts were canceled following the arrest of suspects who planned a terrorist attack.[226]
The Tortured Poets Department was released on April 19, 2024.[227] It became the first album to accumulate one billion streams on Spotify within one week and topped charts of various countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the UK.[228][229] In the US, The Tortured Poets Department debuted atop the Billboard 200 with 2.6 million first-week units and stayed at number one for 17 weeks, becoming Swift's longest-running number-one album.[230] The album was the global best-seller of 2024, with 5.6 million pure copies sold.[231] Its songs, led by the single "Fortnight", made her the first artist to monopolize the top 14 of the Billboard Hot 100 the same week;[228] the second single, "I Can Do It with a Broken Heart", peaked at number three.[232] On May 30, 2025, Swift finalized the purchase of the masters to her first six original studio albums from Shamrock Holdings, which had acquired them from Braun in 2020.[233]
Swift began dating football player Tris Kelce in 2023, with the media dubbing them a "supercouple".[234][235] They became engaged in August 2025.[236] She revealed The Life of a Showgirl on his podcast New Heights that month, and it is scheduled for release on October 3, 2025.[220]
Artistry Musical stylesWith continuous musical reinventions, Swift was described as a musical "chameleon" by publications such as Time and the BBC.[237][238][239] Her discography spans styles of pop,[240][241] country,[242][243] folk,[244][245] and rock,[246][247] with elements of R&B, hip-hop, and indie pop.[248][249] She self-identified as a country musician with her first four studio albums, from Taylor Swift to Red.[250][251] Her influences were female country artists of the 1990s such as Shania Twain, Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes, the Dixie Chicks,[252] and Keith Urban's country crossover sound with elements of rock, pop, and blues.[253] The albums feature a country pop sound defined by instruments such as six-string banjo, mandolin, fiddle, a slight twang in Swift's vocals, and pop-rock melodies;[254][255] Speak Now draws on rock styles of the 1970s and 1980s such as pop rock, pop-punk, and arena rock.[86][256] Some critics argued that country was an indicator of Swift's songwriting rather than musical style[257][258] and accused her of causing mainstream country to stray away from its roots.[259][260]
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.[261][262] 1989, the first album in this direction, incorporates electronic arrangements consisting of dense synthesizers and drum machines.[263] Swift expanded on the electronic production on her next albums.[264] Reputation consists of hip-hop, R&B, and EDM influences; maximalist arrangements of hey bass and manipulated vocals; and an emphasis on rhythm.[146][147][265] Lover incorporates eclectic sounds from country, pop-punk, and folk rock.[266] Midnights and The Tortured Poets Department both he a minimalist synth-pop sound characterized by analog synthesizers, sustained bass notes, and simple drum machine patterns.[267][268] When Swift embraced a pop identity, rockist critics regarded it as an erosion of her country songwriting authenticity,[269] but others considered it necessary for her artistic evolution and defended her as a pioneer of poptimism.[270][271]
Her 2020 albums Folklore and Evermore, described by some critics as "alternative",[272][273] explore indie folk and rock styles. They incorporate a subtle, stripped-back soundscape with orchestrations, muted synthesizers, and drum pads.[175][274][275] Evermore experiments with varied song structures, asymmetric time signatures, and diverse instruments.[276][277] Critics deemed the indie styles a mature representation of Swift's singer-songwriter status and credited her with popularizing "alternative" music, although there were disagreements on this description.[278]
Voice "Our Song" (2006) Swift sings with a Southern accent and a light country twang in "Our Song".[279][280] "Cardigan" (2020) Swift uses her lower register in the indie folk ballad "Cardigan".[281] "Lender Haze" (2022) The R&B-leaning pop track "Lender Haze" features Swift's falsetto vocals in the refrain.[282] Problems playing these files? See media help.Swift possesses a mezzo-soprano vocal range,[283] but she mostly sings in her alto range.[284][285][286] Reviews of her early country albums criticized her vocals as weak and strained compared to those of other female country singers.[287] Defenders of Swift appreciated that she refrained from correcting her pitch with Auto-Tune and how she prioritized intimacy and emotionality to communicate the messages of her songs with her audience[288]—a style that critics he described as conversational.[284][289] According to the critic Ann Powers, this singing style is demonstrated through Swift's attention to detail to convey an exact feeling—"the subtle adjustment of words and phrases to suggest moods like doubt, hope, and intimacy".[284][290]
On Red and 1989, Swift's vocals are processed with electronic effects such as synthesizer tweaking, looping, and multitracking, to accompany the pop production.[291][284] 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.[248][292] She uses her lower register vocals extensively in Folklore[293] 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".[277]
Reception of Swift's vocals has been more positive since the release of Folklore. The critic Amanda Petrusich commented in 2023 that her singing became richer with stronger clarity and tone, even in live performances.[294] Rolling Stone ranked her 102nd on their 2023 list "200 Greatest Singers of All Time"; the magazine argued that her breathy timbre allows for a broad range of delivery and commented: "A decade ago, including her on this list would he been a controversial move, but recent releases like Folklore, Evermore, and Midnights officially settled the argument."[295] For Powers, Swift's versatile vocals are a result of her evolving artistry, combining "subtle interpolations of hip-hop's cadences and country crooners' relaxed timbre".[248]
SongwritingSwift's fascination with songwriting began in her childhood; she credited her mother with igniting early interests by helping her prepare for class presentations,[296][297] and would make up lyrics to Disney soundtrack songs once she had run out of words singing them.[298] In her early career, her influences were the country musicians Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, and Dolly Parton;[18][92] and the 1990s female singer-songwriters Melissa Etheridge, Sarah McLachlan, and Alanis Morissette.[299] In later interviews, she listed Joni Mitchell and Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy as additional influences;[300][301] and Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Emmylou Harris, and Kris Kristofferson as career role models for their evolving and consistent songwriting outputs.[27][302]
Swift considers herself a songwriter first and foremost.[27][303] She divides her lyrics 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.[304] Using songwriting to cope with personal experiences, her songs are largely autobiographical and feature narratives that mostly revolve around love and romantic relationships.[28][305][306] She would start writing by identifying an emotion she wanted to convey, and the story and melody would follow.[307] Where Taylor Swift and Fearless are rooted in adolescent feelings and detail optimistic romance inspired by fairy tales, Speak Now reflects her young adulthood with newfound wisdom on real-life heartbreak.[308][86] Red explores the tumult of an intense breakup, and 1989 reflects on failed relationships with a wistful perspective; both albums incorporate lyrics that hint at sex, reflecting her personal growth.[285] Swift described Lover as a "love letter to love", inspired by her realization of "love that was very real".[309]
As her career progressed, Swift wrote about self-perception and confrontation against her critics, influenced by fame, sexism, and scrutiny on her personal life by the press.[310] This was first exhibited in Speak Now, which set the precedent for the frantic media speculations on the subjects of Swift's songs, specifically concerning her dating history;[311] Swift considers this practice sexist.[312] Reputation both tackles the public controversies that tarnished her wholesome image and addresses a blossoming romance with intimacy and vulnerability; its extensive references to sex and alcohol set it apart from the youthful innocence that had informed Swift's past albums.[146][313][314] The nocturnal ruminations addressed in Midnights encompass regrets and fantasies, informed by Swift's self-awareness of her fame.[188] The Tortured Poets Department was conceived amidst her heightened fame brought by the Eras Tour and intensely publicized love life during 2023.[219] It explores heartbreak and other themes to extremes: erotic desires, forbidden love, and escaping from the public spotlight.[249][315]
On Folklore and Evermore, Swift was inspired by escapism and romanticism to explore fictional narratives, deviating from the autobiographical songwriting that had characterized her artistry.[316] She imposed her emotions onto imagined characters and story arcs, inspired by authors and poets of romantic and modernist literature like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Frost, William Wordsworth, and Emily Dickinson;[317][318] the last of whom was a distant cousin of Swift.[319] The characters of Folklore and Evermore construct their narratives based on fragments of memory, symbolizing the nature of folktales and oral traditions that pass through time.[320]
Swift considers her songwriting "confessional",[312][321] and academics he connected her style to that of confessional poetry, in that her songs reference personal events and publicize internal feelings to her audience.[306][322] Critical reception of her songwriting has been largely positive,[27][323][324] and her melodic compositions he been highlighted for optimizing the verse-chorus form with memorable bridges.[284][325][326] Several scholars he credited her with taking the confessional singer-songwriter tradition to new heights,[327][328] and she has been variedly described by journalists as a "poet laureate"—of puberty,[27][329] of romance,[330] and of her generation.[331][332] Some critics he dismissed her "confessional" style as material for tabloid gossip.[333] Objection to the perceived poetic value of her songs, mostly from rockist critics, views her as a pop star using literary subtexts as a commercial ploy, with metaphors that are at times imprecise or self-indulgent.[334]
Scholars he attributed criticisms of Swift's songwriting to sexism. The musicologist Tris Stimeling argued that whereas Swift's autobiographical authenticity conforms to country and rock standards, her detractors, mostly male, view her lyrical depictions of a young woman's experiences as trivial and unworthy of serious merit.[335] According to the English-language academic Ryan Hibbett, this gendered criticism bars Swift from receiving full artistic credentials as does Bob Dylan, whose reliance on romantic themes and occasional literary imprecisions are not as harshly criticized.[336] In the view of the literary critic Stephanie Burt, although Swift's writing is not poetry in its traditional sense, it is proficient at "placing inventive, evocative language into pop melodies designed to be sung".[337]
Performances and stage Swift playing a six-string banjo on the Speak Now World Tour (left, pictured in 2012) and a piano on the Reputation Stadium Tour (right, 2018)Swift's concerts are equipped with elaborate settings, incorporating elements from Broadway theatre and high tech.[338][339][340] She does not rely on elaborate choreography and instead emphasizes connecting emotionally with her audience through storytelling and vocal delivery.[341] Since 2007, she has toured with the same live band.[342] She plays four instruments live: guitar (including electric, acoustic six-string, and twelve-string), six-string banjo, piano, and ukulele.[343][344][345]
Critics he praised her stage presence, stamina,[346][347] and ability to bring forth an intimate atmosphere for her audience, even in stadium settings.[294][348][349] Sasha Frere-Jones, in a 2008 article for The New Yorker, hailed her as a "preternaturally skilled" entertainer who exerted professionalism with a vibrant energy.[258] In Time's 2023 Person of the Year piece, Sam Lansky wrote: "Swift is many things onstage—vulnerable and triumphant, playful and sad—but the intimacy of her songcraft is front and center."[324]
Videos and filmmakingSwift emphasizes visuals as a key creative component of her music.[350] She established her production company, Taylor Swift Productions, in 2008.[351] Her directorial debut was the music video for "Mine", co-directed with Roman White, in 2010;[352] and she developed the concept and treatment for "Mean" in 2011.[353] For the music videos of the 1989 and Reputation singles, she had an extensive collaboration with the director Joseph Kahn on eight videos;[354] among them, she produced "Bad Blood", which won Best Music Video at the Grammy Awards in 2016.[355] She worked with American Express for the "Blank Space" music video (which Kahn directed) and served as 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.[356]
As of May 2025, Swift has directed 13 of her music videos.[357] Her first solo directorial role was for "The Man", which made her the first female artist to win the MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction.[358] All Too Well: The Short Film marked her filmmaking debut,[191] and it made her the first artist to win the Grammy Award for Best Music Video as a solo director.[359] In June 2023, Swift was invited to the Academy of Motion Pictures.[360] She has cited Joseph Kahn, Chloé Zhao, Greta Gerwig, Nora Ephron, Guillermo del Toro, John Cassetes, and Noah Baumbach as filmmaking influences.[350][361]
Achievements Further information: List of awards and nominations received by Taylor Swift Swift with her Best Female Video trophy at the 2009 MTV Video Music AwardsSwift has won 14 Grammy Awards (including four Album of the Year wins—the most by an artist),[362] 12 Country Music Association Awards,[363] 8 Academy of Country Music Awards,[364] 2 Brit Awards,[365] and an Emmy Award.[366] She is the most-awarded artist of the American Music Awards (40 wins),[367] Billboard Music Awards (49),[368] and MTV Video Music Awards (30, tied with Beyoncé).[369] Swift is the first woman and second artist overall (after Garth Brooks) to be honored with the Pinnacle Award by the Country Music Association Awards, in 2013,[370] and the first woman to receive the Global Icon Award by the Brit Awards, in 2021.[371] At the 64th BMI Pop Awards in 2016, Swift became the first female songwriter to be honored with an award named after its recipient, the Taylor Swift Award.[372] She is the youngest person to be featured on Rolling Stone's 2015 list "The 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time",[373] received the Songwriter Icon Award from the National Music Publishers' Association in 2021,[374] and was named the Songwriter-Artist of the Decade by the Nashville Songwriters Association International in 2022.[191]
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry honored her as the Global Recording Artist of the Year five times (2014, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024), more than any other artist.[375] She is the most-streamed artist on Spotify as of February 2024,[376] and the highest-grossing touring act of all time, with cumulative revenue at $3.12 billion as of December 2024.[377] Her chart records include the most number-one albums in the UK and Ireland for a female artist in the 21st century;[378][379] the first artist to occupy the top five of the Australian albums chart, doing so twice,[380][381] and the top 10 of the Australian singles chart;[382] the most entries, most simultaneous entries, and most number-one entries for a soloist on the Billboard Global 200;[383][384] and the first artist to spend 100 weeks atop the Billboard Artist 100.[385]
In the US, Swift has sold 116.7 million album units, including 54 million pure sales, as of May 2025.[386] She is the solo artist with the most weeks at number one on the Billboard 200;[387] the female artist with the most number-one albums on the Billboard 200 (14) and most number-one debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 (7, tied with Ariana Grande);[228] the artist with the most number-one songs on Pop Airplay;[388] the first artist to chart five albums in the top 10 of the Billboard 200;[389] and the first woman to he both an album (Fearless) and a song ("Shake It Off") receive Diamond certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[390] Billboard ranked her at number eight on its list "Greatest of All Time Artists" (2019),[391] number two on "Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century" (2024),[392] and number one on "Top 100 Women Artists of the 21st Century" and "Top Artists of the 21st Century" (both 2025).[393][394]
Swift has appeared in power listings. In 2024, she became the first solo artist, and second overall (after Beyoncé and Jay-Z), to top Billboard's annual Power 100 ranking of the top music industry executives.[395] Time included her on its annual list of the 100 most influential people in 2010, 2015, and 2019.[396][397][398] She was one of the "Silence Breakers" that the magazine spotlighted as Person of the Year in 2017 for speaking up about sexual assault.[399] In 2023, she became the first person to be recognized as Time's Person of the Year for "achievement in the arts" and the first woman to appear on a Person of the Year cover more than once.[400][324] She received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from New York University and served as its commencement speaker on May 18, 2022.[191]
Public image Main article: Public image of Taylor Swift Swift at the 2010 Time 100 GalaSwift is an enduring figure of 21st-century popular culture.[239] Her career trajectory from a country singer-songwriter to a pop star in the 2000s and 2010s was the subject of extensive commentary.[250][401] Deemed "America's Sweetheart" in her early career, she was described in the press as a "media darling" with a girl next door's polite demeanor and open-hearted conversations.[402][403] Swift displayed a feminine image but refrained from the "aggressively sexualized feminist pop" of her contemporaries, leading publications to comment that her sex appeal was modest, subtle, and sophisticated.[250][404][405] The adolescent themes of Swift's music contributed to her status as a teen idol,[406][407] although several feminist authors took issue with her songs about romantic relationships as narrow-minded and detrimental to girls and women, who made up the majority of her fanbase known as Swifties.[408]
Upon recalibrating her artistry to pop music, Swift has identified as a feminist and achieved a pop icon status.[264][403] In 2013, the author Jody Rosen labelled Swift the "Queen of Pop", citing her popularity that defied traditional boundaries between "genres, eras, demographics, paradigms, trends".[250] Her feminist public image garnered varying reactions from the public, including praise that regarded her success in a male-dominated music industry as an inspiration for girls and women, and criticism that dismissed her feminist adoption as superficial and self-interested.[409]
The 2016 dispute with Kanye West bolstered the narrative by her detractors that she was a calculating and manipulative woman despite her sweetheart image, and deepened their feud that has resonated in their respective careers.[74][410] Her artistic reinventions in the 2020s turned her into an acclaimed singer-songwriter.[272] Buoyed by her enduring pop stardom, she has been recognized as a rare phenomenon that combines the pop star and singer-songwriter archetypes with unprecedented success.[327][336]
Legacy Main article: Cultural impact of Taylor Swift Wax figure of Swift at Madame Tussauds SydneySwift is one of the few artists who consistently sells millions of albums throughout two decades of artistic reinventions despite the industry decline of record sales after the album era had ended.[411][412] In this regard, academics and journalists he described her as "the last pop superstar" and "the last great rock star" of the 21st century.[413][414][415] Her commercial strategies to bolster sales of albums and concert tickets he earned her a reputation as a svy businesswoman.[416][417][418] The economist Alan Krueger described Swift as an "economic genius".[419] Strategies such as enhanced material for physical album variants and easter egg usage in her works became indicative of music marketing trends.[420][421]
Swift's success in country music has been credited with popularizing country beyond the US and introducing the genre to adolescent women, a previously ignored demographic.[250][422][423] The critic Kelefa Sanneh dubbed Swift the biggest country star since Garth Brooks, "and maybe since before him, too".[424] Her guitar performances resulted in increasing sales of guitars to women, which the media dubbed the "Taylor Swift factor".[425][426] Her transition from country to pop has been credited as the catalyst for poptimism,[427] and her songwriting and musical transitions he been credited with influencing a new generation of artists.[274][423][428] According to Billboard, Swift is one of the few artists who could achieve chart success, critical acclaim, and fan support at the same time,[429] and she has the ability to popularize any sound in mainstream music.[430]
Swift's enduring popularity, particularly to female audiences, contributed to her status as a representation of millennials,[431] or more broadly, her generation's zeitgeist.[432][433] Her fandom of Swifties has been described by journalists and academics as one of the most loyal and dedicated.[434][435][436] In the views of Time's Cady Lang, she maintained her superstardom by her "svy manipulation of both the industry and [her] personal brand".[437] According to the popular-culture scholars Mary Fogarty and Gina Arnold, Swift is arguably the singular artist "whose story encapsulates many of the urgent conflicts in early twenty-first-century American culture".[438] In a 2024 article for The New York Times, Joe Coscarelli wrote that her lasting popularity provoked debates that compared her not only to contemporaries like Drake or Beyoncé, but also to veteran artists like the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Elton John, or Madonna.[439]
Swift's advocacy for artists' rights and re-recording projects he contributed to industry-wide discourses and reforms.[440][441][442] Her artistry and career maneuvers he been the subject of various university courses in literary, cultural, and sociopolitical contexts.[239][443] According to the popular culture scholars Sarai Brinker, Kate Galloway, and Elizabeth Scala, Swift's legacy has been both embraced and critiqued by different affiliations—feminist and queer communities, far-right groups, and religious organizations, and studied by experts in various fields—musicology, literature, sociology, media theory, linguistics, and culture studies.[444]
Wealth and other activitiesSwift was listed by Forbes as the world's highest-paid musician in 2016[445] and 2019,[446] the highest-paid female musician of the 2010s decade,[447] and the highest-paid female musician of 2021[448] and 2022.[449] By October 2023, as reported by both Forbes and Bloomberg L.P., Swift achieved her billionaire status. She was recognized as the first billionaire "primarily based on her songs and performances", with the majority of her fortune coming from royalties and touring.[450][451] As of June 2025,[update] her estimated net worth by Forbes stands at $1.6 billion, making her the richest female musician in the world.[450][452] Her real estate portfolio, estimated by Forbes at $110 million as of 2025,[update][450] consists of residential properties in Nashville, New York City, Los Angeles (Samuel Goldwyn Estate), and Rhode Island (High Watch).[453][454]
Swift's private jet use has drawn scrutiny for its carbon emissions.[455][456] In 2023, a spokesperson for Swift stated that she had purchased more than double the required carbon credits to offset all tour trel and personal flights.[457][458] In December 2023, Swift's lawyers sent a cease and desist letter to the American programmer Jack Sweeney over tracking her private jet, alleging stalking and safety risks. Media outlets he reported that the information posted by Sweeney is a synthesis of publicly ailable data.[459][460] In February 2024, it was reported that Swift had sold one of her two private jets.[461]
Endorsements and partnerships Swift in a promotional video for Keds in 2015Swift's album rollouts normally consist of multimedia promotional activities that encompass corporate tie-ins and product endorsements.[462][463] Target is a long-standing business partner with Swift, offering exclusive physical albums and merchandise.[464][465] In 2008–2011, her albums and tours were promoted with self-designed dolls with Jakks Pacific, fragrances with Elizabeth Arden, clothes with L.E.I., and holiday cards with American Greetings.[464][466] Her partnership deals included makeup products for CoverGirl and Cyber-shot cameras for Sony Electronics.[464] In 2012–2015, she had tie-ins with Starbucks, Keds, Subway, Diet Coke, Walgreens, Walmart, and Papa John's.[97][132]
In 2014, New York City named Swift its official tourism ambassador.[467] She had an exclusive streaming deal with Apple Music in 2015,[468] signed a multi-year deal with AT&T in 2016,[469] and partnered with United Parcel Service to distribute her albums in 2017.[403] In 2019, she signed a multi-year deal with Capital One and launched a clothing line with Stella McCartney.[470][471] She became the first global ambassador for Record Store Day in 2022.[472]
Through her management company, TAS Rights Management, LLC, Swift has filed over 300 trademark applications in the US and holds more than 400 registrations worldwide.[473] Her filings include album cover art and titles, tour names, lyrics, slogans, and her cats' names.[473][474]
Social activism Further information: Political impact of Taylor SwiftSwift oided discussing politics in her early career.[403] In an interview with Time in 2012, she said that she kept herself as educated as possible but did not want to influence other people with her political opinions.[475] Due to her apolitical stance, she was appropriated by the alt-right movement in the US, which sparked controversy.[476] She did express support for President Barack Obama in 2008: "I've never seen this country so happy about a political decision in my entire time of being alive."[3]
Since 2018, Swift has been public about her political views and abandoned her once apolitical stance.[403][477] She publicly endorsed two Democratic politicians for the 2018 US midterm election, which resulted in headlines about how she finally dissociated herself from the alt-right and conservatives.[476] In interviews, she attributed her political reluctance in the past to the 2003 Dixie Chicks controversy, which left a lasting impact on country musicians at large and female country musicians in particular.[478] She has openly criticized President Donald Trump.[479] 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,[480] and endorsed the Democratic ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the 2020 US presidential election.[481] For the 2024 election, she once again endorsed the Democratic ticket of Harris and Tim Walz.[482]
A pro-choice feminist,[483] Swift is a founding signatory of the Time's Up movement against sexual harassment,[484] and she criticized the US Supreme Court's decision to end federal abortion rights in 2022.[485] A supporter of LGBTQ rights, she has donated to the LGBT organizations Tennessee Equality Project and GLAAD.[486][487] In 2019, she called the passing of the Equality Act and performed during WorldPride NYC 2019 at the Stonewall Inn, a gay rights monument.[488][489] Swift has spoken up against white supremacy, racism, and police brutality in the US.[301][483] She has supported the March for Our Lives movement and gun control reform in the US,[490] donated to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the Black Lives Matter movement,[491] called for the removal of Confederate monuments in Tennessee,[492] and advocated for Juneteenth to become a national holiday.[493]
Swift's political engagements he been met with mixed reception: they he provoked further public discussions on political issues and empowered Swifties, but critics he questioned whether her political alignments were strategic in her career.[494] While some publications he argued that Swift's stardom had a significant impact on political involvements in the US, others he viewed her influence as sizable but overstated.[495][496] According to the popular-culture scholar Simone Driessen, her political impact reached beyond the US to Australia and Europe.[497]
PhilanthropySwift ranked first on DoSomething's 2015 "Gone Good" list,[498] hing 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".[499][500] 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.[501] The same year, she performed at Sydney's Sound Relief concert, which raised money for those impacted by bushfires and flooding.[502] 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.[503] In response to the May 2010 Tennessee floods, she donated $500,000.[504] In 2009, Swift sang at the BBC's Children in Need concert and raised £13,000 for the cause.[505] In 2016, she donated $1 million to Louisiana flood relief efforts and $100,000 to the Dolly Parton Fire Fund.[506][507] Swift donated to food banks after Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in 2017.[508] Swift donated $1 million for Tennessee tornado relief in 2020 and again in 2023,[509][510] as well as $5 million toward the relief efforts after Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton in 2024.[511]
Swift has also donated to cancer research. As the 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.[512] 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.[513] She has also donated $100,000 to the V Foundation for Cancer Research[514] and $50,000 to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.[515] She has made donations to her fans several times for their medical or academic expenses.[516] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Swift donated to the World Health Organization and Feeding America[517] and supported independent record stores.[518][519] 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.[520]
She is a supporter of the arts. A benefactor of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame,[521] Swift has donated $75,000 to Hendersonville High School to help refurbish the school auditorium,[522] $4 million to build a new education center at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville,[523] and $100,000 to the Nashville Symphony.[524] In 2012, Swift partnered with Chegg for Good to donate $10,000 to the music departments of six US colleges.[525]
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.[526] She has donated items to several charities for auction, including the UNICEF Tap Project and MusiCares.[527] Swift has also encouraged young people to volunteer in their local communities as part of Global Youth Service Day.[528] Also a promoter of children's literacy, she has donated money and books to schools around the country.[529][530] In 2018 and 2021, Swift donated to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.[531] 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.[531][532]
During the Eras Tour, Swift donated to food banks in Florida, Arizona, and Las Vegas;[533] she also employed local businesses throughout the tour and ge $197 million in bonus payments to her entire crew.[534][535][536] 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.[537][538] 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.[539]
Discography Main articles: Taylor Swift albums discography, Taylor Swift singles discography, and List of songs by Taylor SwiftStudio 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) The Life of a Showgirl (2025)Re-recorded albums
Fearless (Taylor's Version) (2021) Red (Taylor's Version) (2021) Speak Now (Taylor's Version) (2023) 1989 (Taylor's Version) (2023)Filmography Main article: Taylor Swift videography 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 Main article: List of Taylor Swift live performances 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) See also Pop music portal List of American Grammy Award winners and nominees List of highest-certified music artists in the United States References ^ Sutherland, Mark (May 23, 2015). "Taylor Swift Interview: 'A relationship? No one's going to sign up for this'". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2020. ^ Perone 2017, p. 3. ^ a b c Grigoriadis, Vanessa (March 5, 2009). "The Very Pink, Very Perfect Life of Taylor Swift". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2024. ^ Jepson 2013, p. 1. ^ Roth, Madeline (May 19, 2015). 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"Say Don't Go" "Now That We Don't Talk" "Suburban Legends" "Is It Over Now?" Reputation "...Ready for It?" "End Game" "I Did Something Bad" "Don't Blame Me" "Delicate" "Look What You Made Me Do" "So It Goes..." "Gorgeous" "Getaway Car" "King of My Heart" "Dress" "Call It What You Want" "New Year's Day" Lover "I Forgot That You Existed" "Cruel Summer" "Lover" "The Man" "The Archer" "Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince" "Paper Rings" "Cornelia Street" "Death by a Thousand Cuts" "London Boy" "Soon You'll Get Better" "False God" "You Need to Calm Down" "Me!" "Daylight" Folklore "The 1" "Cardigan" "The Last Great American Dynasty" "Exile" "My Tears Ricochet" "Mirrorball" "Seven" "August" "This Is Me Trying" "Illicit Affairs" "Invisible String" "Mad Woman" "Epiphany" "Betty" "Peace" "Hoax" "The Lakes" Evermore "Willow" "Champagne Problems" "'Tis the Damn Season" "Tolerate It" "No Body, No Crime" "Happiness" "Dorothea" "Coney Island" "Cowboy like Me" "Long Story Short" "Marjorie" Midnights "Lender Haze" "Maroon" "Anti-Hero" "Snow on the Beach" "You're on Your Own, Kid" "Midnight Rain" "Question...?" "Vigilante Shit" "Bejeweled" "Labyrinth" "Karma" "Sweet Nothing" "Mastermind" "Hits Different" "Bigger Than the Whole Sky" "Would've, Could've, Should've" "You're Losing Me" The Tortured PoetsDepartment "Fortnight" "The Tortured Poets Department "My Boy Only Breaks His Forite Toys" "Down Bad" "So Long, London" "But Daddy I Love Him" "Fresh Out the Slammer" "Florida!!!" "Guilty as Sin?" "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?" "I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)" "Loml" "I Can Do It with a Broken Heart" "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived" "The Alchemy" "Clara Bow" The Anthology "The Black Dog" "Imgonnagetyouback" "So High School" "Thank You Aimee" Soundtrack songs "Crazier" "Today Was a Fairytale" "Safe & Sound" "Eyes Open" "Sweeter than Fiction" "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" "Beautiful Ghosts" "Only the Young" "Carolina" Featured songs "Two Is Better Than One" "Half of My Heart" "Both of Us" "Babe" "Gasoline" "Renegade" "The Joker and the Queen" "The Alcott" "Us" Other songs "Best Days of Your Life" "Ronan" "Highway Don't Care" "Better Man" "Christmas Tree Farm" "All of the Girls You Loved Before" Category Awards for Taylor Swift vteAcademy of Country Music Award for Entertainer of the Year Merle Haggard (1970) Freddie Hart (1971) Roy Clark (1972) Roy Clark (1973) Mac Dis (1974) Loretta Lynn (1975) Mickey Gilley (1976) Dolly Parton (1977) Kenny Rogers (1978) Willie Nelson (1979) Barbara Mandrell (1980) Alabama 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T. Oslin (1988) Kathy Mattea (1989) Kathy Mattea (1990) Tanya Tucker (1991) Mary Chapin Carpenter (1992) Mary Chapin Carpenter (1993) Pam Tillis (1994) Alison Krauss (1995) Patty Loveless (1996) Trisha Yearwood (1997) Trisha Yearwood (1998) Martina McBride (1999) Faith Hill (2000) Lee Ann Womack (2001) Martina McBride (2002) Martina McBride (2003) Martina McBride (2004) Gretchen Wilson (2005) Carrie Underwood (2006) Carrie Underwood (2007) Carrie Underwood (2008) Taylor Swift (2009) Miranda Lambert (2010) Miranda Lambert (2011) Miranda Lambert (2012) Miranda Lambert (2013) Miranda Lambert (2014) Miranda Lambert (2015) Carrie Underwood (2016) Miranda Lambert (2017) Carrie Underwood (2018) Kacey Musgres (2019) Maren Morris (2020) Carly Pearce (2021) Lainey Wilson (2022) Lainey Wilson (2023) Lainey Wilson (2024) vteCMA New Artist of the Year Terri Gibbs (1981) Ricky Skaggs (1982) John Anderson (1983) The Judds (1984) Sawyer Brown (1985) Randy Tris (1986) Holly Dunn (1987) Ricky Van Shelton (1988) Clint Black (1989) Garth Brooks (1990) Tris Tritt (1991) Suzy Bogguss (1992) Mark Chesnutt (1993) John Michael Montgomery (1994) Alison Krauss (1995) Bryan White (1996) LeAnn Rimes (1997) Dixie Chicks (1998) Jo Dee Messina (1999) Brad Paisley (2000) Keith Urban (2001) Rascal Flatts (2002) Joe Nichols (2003) Gretchen Wilson (2004) Dierks Bentley (2005) Carrie Underwood (2006) Taylor Swift (2007) Lady Antebellum (2008) Darius Rucker (2009) Zac Brown Band (2010) The Band Perry (2011) Hunter Hayes (2012) Kacey Musgres (2013) Brett Eldredge (2014) Chris Stapleton (2015) Maren Morris (2016) Jon Pardi (2017) Luke Combs (2018) Ashley McBryde (2019) Morgan Wallen (2020) Jimmie Allen (2021) Lainey Wilson (2022) Jelly Roll (2023) Megan Moroney (2024) vteCMA Album of the Year1967−1970 There Goes My Everything – Jack Greene (1967) Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison – Johnny Cash (1968) Johnny Cash At San Quentin – Johnny Cash (1969) Okie from Muskogee – Merle Haggard and the Strangers (1970) 1971−1980 I Won't Mention It Again – Ray Price (1971) Let Me Tell You About a Song – Merle Haggard and the Strangers (1972) Behind Closed Doors – Charlie Rich (1973) A Very Special Love Song – Charlie Rich (1974) A Legend in My Time – Ronnie Milsap (1975) Wanted! The Outlaws – Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser (1976) Ronnie Milsap Live – Ronnie Milsap (1977) It Was Almost Like a Song – Ronnie Milsap (1978) The Gambler – Kenny Rogers (1979) Coal Miner's Daughter – Various artists (1980) 1981−1990 I Believe in You – Don Williams (1981) Always on My Mind – Willie Nelson (1982) The Closer You Get – Alabama (1983) A Little Good News – Anne Murray (1984) Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind – George Strait (1985) Lost in the Fifties Tonight – Ronnie Milsap (1986) Always And Forever – Randy Tris (1987) Born to Boogie – Hank Williams Jr. (1988) Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1989) Pickin' on Nashville – The Kentucky Headhunters (1990) 1991−2000 No Fences – Garth Brooks (1991) Ropin' the Wind – Garth Brooks (1992) I Still Believe in You – Vince Gill (1993) Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles – Various artists (1994) When Fallen Angels Fly – Patty Loveless (1995) Blue Clear Sky – George Strait (1996) Carrying Your Love with Me – George Strait (1997) Everywhere – Tim McGraw (1998) A Place in the Sun – Tim McGraw (1999) Fly – The Dixie Chicks (2000) 2001−2010 O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Various artists (2001) Drive – Alan Jackson (2002) American IV: The Man Comes Around – Johnny Cash (2003) When the Sun Goes Down – Kenny Chesney (2004) There's More Where That Came From – Lee Ann Womack (2005) Time Well Wasted – Brad Paisley (2006) It Just Comes Natural – George Strait (2007) Troubadour – George Strait (2008) Fearless – Taylor Swift (2009) Revolution – Miranda Lambert (2010) 2011−2020 My Kinda Party – Jason Aldean (2011) Chief – Eric Church (2012) Based on a True Story... – Blake Shelton (2013) Platinum – Miranda Lambert (2014) Treller – Chris Stapleton (2015) Mr. Misunderstood – Eric Church (2016) From A Room: Volume 1 – Chris Stapleton (2017) Golden Hour – Kacey Musgres (2018) Girl – Maren Morris (2019) What You See Is What You Get – Luke Combs (2020) 2021−2030 Starting Over – Chris Stapleton (2021) Growin' Up – Luke Combs (2022) Bell Bottom Country - Lainey Wilson (2023) Leather - Cody Johnson (2024) vteCMA Song of the Year1967−1970 "There Goes My Everything" - Dallas Frazier (1967) "Honey" - Bobby Russell (1968) "The Carroll County Accident" - Bob Ferguson (1969) "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" - Kris Kristofferson (1970) 1971−1980 "Easy Loving" - Freddie Hart (1971−72) "Behind Closed Doors" - Kenny O'Dell (1973) "Country Bumpkin" - Don Wayne (1974) "Back Home Again" - John Denver (1975) "Rhinestone Cowboy" - Larry Weiss (1976) "Lucille" Roger Bowling, Hal Bynum - (1977) "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" - Richard Leigh (1978) "The Gambler" - Don Schlitz (1979) "He Stopped Loving Her Today" - Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman (1980) 1981−1990 "He Stopped Loving Her Today" - Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman (1981) "Always on My Mind" - Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher, Mark James (1982−83) "Wind Beneath My Wings" - Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar (1984) "God Bless the U.S.A." - Lee Greenwood (1985) "On the Other Hand" - Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz (1986) "Forever and Ever, Amen - Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz (1987) "80's Ladies" - K. T. Oslin (1988) "Chiseled in Stone" - Max D. Barnes, Vern Gosdin (1989) "Where've You Been" - Don Henry, Jon Vezner (1990) 1991−2000 "When I Call Your Name" - Tim DuBois, Vince Gill (1991) "Look at Us" - Vince Gill, Max D. Barnes (1992) "I Still Believe in You" - Vince Gill, John Barlow Jarvis (1993) "Chattahoochee" - Jim McBride, Alan Jackson (1994) "Independence Day" - Gretchen Peters (1995) "Go Rest High on That Mountain" - Vince Gill (1996) "Strawberry Wine" - Matraca Berg, Gary Harrison (1997) "Holes in the Floor of Heen" - Billy Kirsch, Steve Wariner (1998) "This Kiss" - Beth Nielsen Chapman, Robin Lerner, Annie Roboff (1999) "I Hope You Dance" - Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers (2000) 2001−2010 "Murder on Music Row" - Larry Cordle, Larry Shell (2001) "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" - Alan Jackson (2002) "Three Wooden Crosses" - Doug Johnson, Kim Williams (2003) "Live Like You Were Dying" - Tim Nichols, Craig Wiseman (2004) "Whiskey Lullaby" - Bill Anderson, Jon Randall (2005) "Believe" - Ronnie Dunn, Craig Wiseman (2006) "Give It Away" - Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, Jamey Johnson (2007) "Stay" - Jennifer Nettles (2008) "In Color" - Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller, James Otto (2009) "The House That Built Me" - Tom Douglas, Allen Shamblin (2010) 2011−2020 "If I Die Young" - Kimberly Perry (2011) "Over You" - Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton (2012) "I Drive Your Truck" - Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington, Jimmy Yeary (2013) "Follow Your Arrow" - Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgres (2014) "Girl Crush" - Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose (2015) "Humble and Kind" - Lori McKenna (2016) "Better Man" - Taylor Swift (2017) "Broken Halos" - Mike Henderson, Chris Stapleton (2018) "Beautiful Crazy" - Luke Combs, Wyatt Durrette, Robert Williford (2019) 2021−2030 "The Bones" - Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins, Laura Veltz (2020) "Starting Over" - Mike Henderson, Chris Stapleton (2021) "Buy Dirt" - Jacob Dis, Jordan Dis, Josh Jenkins, Matt Jenkins (2022) "Fast Car" - Tracy Chapman (2023) "White Horse" - Chris Stapleton, Dan Wilson (2024) vteGLAAD Vanguard Award Roseanne Barr & Tom Arnold (1993) Aaron Spelling (1994) Steve Tisch (1995) Sidney Sheinberg (1996) Cristina Saralegui (1997) Cher (1998) Whoopi Goldberg (1999) Elizabeth Taylor (2000) Shirley MacLaine (2002) Eric McCormack (2003) Antonio Banderas (2004) Liza Minnelli (2005) Charlize Theron (2006) Jennifer Aniston (2007) Janet Jackson (2008) Kathy Griffin (2009) Drew Barrymore (2010) Kristin Chenoweth (2011) Josh Hutcherson (2012) Jennifer Lopez (2014) Kerry Washington (2015) Demi Lovato (2016) Patricia Arquette (2017) Britney Spears (2018) Beyoncé & Jay-Z (2019) Taylor Swift (2020) Kacey Musgres (2022) Bad Bunny (2023) Oprah Winfrey (2024) vteGrammy Award for Album of the Year1950s The Music from Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini (1959) 1960s Come Dance with Me! – Frank Sinatra (1960) The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart – Bob Newhart (1961) Judy at Carnegie Hall – Judy Garland (1962) The First Family – Vaughn Meader (1963) The Barbra Streisand Album – Barbra Streisand (1964) Getz/Gilberto – Stan Getz & João Gilberto (1965) September of My Years – Frank Sinatra (1966) A Man and His Music – Frank Sinatra (1967) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles (1968) By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Glen Campbell (1968) 1970s Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears (1970) Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel (1971) Tapestry – Carole King (1972) The Concert for Bangladesh – George Harrison & Friends (1973) Innervisions – Stevie Wonder (1974) Fulfillingness' First Finale – Stevie Wonder (1975) Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon (1976) Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder (1977) Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (1978) Saturday Night Fever – Various Artists (1979) 1980s 52nd Street – Billy Joel (1980) Christopher Cross – Christopher Cross (1981) Double Fantasy – John Lennon & Yoko Ono (1982) Toto IV – Toto (1983) Thriller – Michael Jackson (1984) Can't Slow Down – Lionel Richie (1985) No Jacket Required – Phil Collins (1986) Graceland – Paul Simon (1987) The Joshua Tree – U2 (1988) Faith – George Michael (1989) 1990s Nick of Time – Bonnie Raitt (1990) Back on the Block – Quincy Jones and Various Artists (1991) Unforgettable... with Love – Natalie Cole (1992) Unplugged – Eric Clapton (1993) The Bodyguard – Whitney Houston (1994) MTV Unplugged – Tony Bennett (1995) Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette (1996) Falling into You – Celine Dion (1997) Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan (1998) The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill (1999) 2000s Supernatural – Santana (2000) Two Against Nature – Steely Dan (2001) O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Various Artists (2002) Come Away with Me – Norah Jones (2003) Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – Outkast (2004) Genius Loves Company – Ray Charles & Various Artists (2005) How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2 (2006) Taking the Long Way – Dixie Chicks (2007) River: The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock (2008) Raising Sand – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (2009) 2010s Fearless – Taylor Swift (2010) The Suburbs – Arcade Fire (2011) 21 – Adele (2012) Babel – Mumford & Sons (2013) Random Access Memories – Daft Punk (2014) Morning Phase – Beck (2015) 1989 – Taylor Swift (2016) 25 – Adele (2017) 24K Magic – Bruno Mars (2018) Golden Hour – Kacey Musgres (2019) 2020s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish (2020) Folklore – Taylor Swift (2021) We Are – Jon Batiste (2022) Harry's House – Harry Styles (2023) Midnights – Taylor Swift (2024) Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé (2025) vteGrammy Award for Best Contemporary Country Album1965–1966(as Best Country & Western Album) Dang Me/Chug-a-Lug – Roger Miller (1965) The Return of Roger Miller – Roger Miller (1967) 1995–2025(as Best Country Album) Stones in the Road – Mary Chapin Carpenter (1995) The Woman in Me – Shania Twain (1996) The Road to Ensenada – Lyle Lovett (1997) Unchained – Johnny Cash (1998) Wide Open Spaces – Dixie Chicks (1999) Fly – Dixie Chicks (2000) Breathe – Faith Hill (2001) Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute – Various Artists (2002) Home – Dixie Chicks (2003) Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers – Various Artists (2004) Van Lear Rose – Loretta Lynn (2005) Lonely Runs Both Ways – Alison Krauss & Union Station (2006) Taking the Long Way – Dixie Chicks (2007) These Days – Vince Gill (2008) Troubadour – George Strait (2009) Fearless – Taylor Swift (2010) Need You Now – Lady Antebellum (2011) Own the Night – Lady Antebellum (2012) Uncaged – Zac Brown Band (2013) Same Trailer Different Park – Kacey Musgres (2014) Platinum – Miranda Lambert (2015) Treller – Chris Stapleton (2016) A Sailor's Guide to Earth – Sturgill Simpson (2017) From A Room: Volume 1 – Chris Stapleton (2018) Golden Hour – Kacey Musgres (2019) While I'm Livin' – Tanya Tucker (2020) Wildcard – Miranda Lambert (2021) Starting Over – Chris Stapleton (2022) A Beautiful Time – Willie Nelson (2023) Bell Bottom Country – Lainey Wilson (2024) Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé (2025) From 1966–1993, the category was retired. vteGrammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance2010s "Mean" – Taylor Swift (2012) "Blown Away" – Carrie Underwood (2013) "Wagon Wheel" – Darius Rucker (2014) "Something in the Water" – Carrie Underwood (2015) "Treller" – Chris Stapleton (2016) "My Church" – Maren Morris (2017) "Either Way" – Chris Stapleton (2018) "Butterflies" – Kacey Musgres (2019) 2020s "Ride Me Back Home" – Willie Nelson (2020) "When My Amy Prays" – Vince Gill (2021) "You Should Probably Lee" – Chris Stapleton (2022) "Live Forever" – Willie Nelson (2023) "White Horse" – Chris Stapleton (2024) "It Takes a Woman" – Chris Stapleton (2025) vteGrammy Award for Best Country SongAwarded to songwriters1960s "Dang Me" – Roger Miller (1965) "King of the Road" – Roger Miller (1966) "Almost Persuaded" – Billy Sherrill & Glenn Sutton (1967) "Gentle on My Mind" – John Hartford (1968) "Little Green Apples" – Bobby Russell (1969) 1970s "A Boy Named Sue" – Shel Silverstein (1970) "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" – Marty Robbins (1971) "Help Me Make It Through the Night" – Kris Kristofferson (1972) "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" – Ben Peters (1973) "Behind Closed Doors" – Kenny O'Dell (1974) "A Very Special Love Song" – Norro Wilson & Billy Sherrill (1975) "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" – Chips Moman & Larry Butler (1976) "Broken Lady" – Larry Gatlin (1977) "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" – Richard Leigh (1978) "The Gambler" – Don Schlitz (1979) 1980s "You Decorated My Life" – Debbie Hupp & Bob Morrison (1980) "On the Road Again" – Willie Nelson (1981) "9 to 5" – Dolly Parton (1982) "Always on My Mind" – Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher & Mark James (1983) "Stranger in My House" – Mike Reid (1984) "City of New Orleans" – Steve Goodman (1985) "Highwayman" – Jimmy Webb (1986) "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)" – Jamie O'Hara (1987) "Forever and Ever, Amen" – Paul Overstreet & Don Schlitz (1988) "Hold Me" – K. T. Oslin (1989) 1990s "After All This Time" – Rodney Crowell (1980) "Where've You Been" – Don Henry & Jon Vezner (1991) "Love Can Build a Bridge" – John Barlow Jarvis, Naomi Judd & Paul Overstreet (1992) "I Still Believe in You" – Vince Gill & John Barlow Jarvis (1993) "Passionate Kisses" – Lucinda Williams (1994) "I Swear" – Gary Baker & Frank J. Myers (1995) "Go Rest High on That Mountain" – Vince Gill (1996) "Blue" – Bill Mack (1997) "Butterfly Kisses" – Bob Carlisle & Randy Thomas (1998) "You're Still the One" – Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain (1999) 2000s "Come On Over" – Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain (2000) "I Hope You Dance" – Mark D. Sanders & Tia Sillers (2001) "The Lucky One" – Robert Lee Castleman (2002) "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" – Alan Jackson (2003) "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" – Jim "Moose" Brown & Don Rollins (2004) "Live Like You Were Dying" – Tim Nichols & Craig Wiseman (2005) "Bless the Broken Road" – Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna, & Marcus Hummon (2006) "Jesus, Take the Wheel" – Hillary Lindsey, Brett James & Gordie Sampson (2007) "Before He Cheats" – Chris Tompkins & Josh Kear (2008) "Stay" – Jennifer Nettles (2009) 2010s "White Horse" – Liz Rose & Taylor Swift (2010) "Need You Now" – De Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (2011) "Mean" – Taylor Swift (2012) "Blown Away" – Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins (2013) "Merry Go 'Round" – Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgres & Josh Osborne (2014) "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" – Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond (2015) "Girl Crush" – Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, & Liz Rose (2016) "Humble and Kind" – Lori McKenna (2017) "Broken Halos" – Mike Henderson & Chris Stapleton (2018) "Space Cowboy" – Luke Laird, Shane McAnally, & Kacey Musgres (2019) 2020s "Bring My Flowers Now" – Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth, & Tanya Tucker (2020) "Crowded Table" – Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna (2021) "Cold" – De Cobb, J.T. Cure, Derek Mixon & Chris Stapleton (2022) "'Til You Can't" – Matt Rogers & Ben Stennis (2023) "White Horse" – Chris Stapleton & Dan Wilson (2024) "The Architect" – Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgres & Josh Osborne (2025) vteGrammy Award for Best Music Video1980s "Girls on Film" / "Hungry Like the Wolf" – Duran Duran (1984) "Jazzin' for Blue Jean" – Did Bowie (1985) "We Are the World" – USA for Africa (1986) "Brothers in Arms" – Dire Straits (1987) 1990s "Lee Me Alone" – Michael Jackson (1990) "Opposites Attract" – Paula Abdul (1991) "Losing My Religion" – R.E.M. (1992) "Digging in the Dirt" – Peter Gabriel (1993) "Steam" – Peter Gabriel (1994) "Love Is Strong" – The Rolling Stones (1995) "Scream" – Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson (1996) "Free as a Bird" – The Beatles (1997) "Got 'til It's Gone" – Janet Jackson (1998) "Ray of Light" – Madonna (1999) 2000s "Freak on a Leash" – Korn (2000) "Learn to Fly" – Foo Fighters (2001) "Weapon of Choice" – Fatboy Slim featuring Bootsy Collins (2002) "Without Me" - Eminem (2003) "Hurt" – Johnny Cash (2004) "Vertigo" – U2 (2005) "Lose Control" – Missy Elliott featuring Ciara & Fatman Scoop (2006) "Here It Goes Again" – OK Go (2007) "God's Gonna Cut You Down" – Johnny Cash (2008) "Pork and Beans" – Weezer (2009) 2010s "Boom Boom Pow" – Black Eyed Peas (2010) "Bad Romance" – Lady Gaga (2011) "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele (2012) "We Found Love" – Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris (2013) "Suit & Tie" – Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z (2014) "Happy" – Pharrell Williams (2015) "Bad Blood" – Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar (2016) "Formation" – Beyoncé (2017) "Humble" – Kendrick Lamar (2018) "This Is America" – Childish Gambino (2019) 2020s "Old Town Road" – Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus (2020) "Brown Skin Girl" – Beyoncé, Blue Ivy & Wizkid (2021) "Freedom" – Jon Batiste (2022) All Too Well: The Short Film – Taylor Swift (2023) "I'm Only Sleeping" – The Beatles (2024) "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar (2025) vteGrammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album1960s Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles (1968) 1990s Longing in Their Hearts – Bonnie Raitt (1995) Turbulent Indigo – Joni Mitchell (1996) Falling into You – Celine Dion (1997) Hourglass – James Taylor (1998) Ray of Light – Madonna (1999) 2000s Brand New Day – Sting (2000) Two Against Nature – Steely Dan (2001) Lovers Rock – Sade (2002) Come Away with Me – Norah Jones (2003) Justified – Justin Timberlake (2004) Genius Loves Company – Ray Charles and various artists (2005) Breakaway – Kelly Clarkson (2006) Continuum – John Mayer (2007) Back to Black – Amy Winehouse (2008) Rockferry – Duffy (2009) 2010s The E.N.D. – Black Eyed Peas (2010) The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga (2011) 21 – Adele (2012) Stronger – Kelly Clarkson (2013) Unorthodox Jukebox – Bruno Mars (2014) In the Lonely Hour – Sam Smith (2015) 1989 – Taylor Swift (2016) 25 – Adele (2017) ÷ – Ed Sheeran (2018) Sweetener – Ariana Grande (2018) 2020s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish (2020) Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa (2021) Sour – Olivia Rodrigo (2022) Harry's House – Harry Styles (2023) Midnights – Taylor Swift (2024) Short n' Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter (2025) From 1968–1993, the category was discontinued. vteGrammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media1980s "Somewhere Out There" – James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (songwriters) (1988) "Two Hearts" – Phil Collins & Lamont Dozier (songwriters) (1989) 1990s "Let the River Run" – Carly Simon (songwriter) (1990) "Under the Sea" – Alan Menken & Howard Ashman (songwriters) (1991) "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" – Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Michael Kamen & Bryan Adams (songwriters) (1992) "Beauty and the Beast" – Alan Menken & Howard Ashman (songwriters) (1993) "A Whole New World" – Alan Menken & Tim Rice (songwriters) (1994) "Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen (songwriter) (1995) "Colors of the Wind" – Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz (songwriters) (1996) "Because You Loved Me" – Diane Warren (songwriter) (1997) "I Believe I Can Fly" – R. Kelly (songwriter) (1998) "My Heart Will Go On" – James Horner & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1999) 2000s "Beautiful Stranger" – Madonna & William Orbit (songwriters) (2000) "When She Loved Me" – Randy Newman (songwriter) (2001) "Boss of Me" – John Flansburgh & John Linnell (songwriters) (2002) "If I Didn't He You" – Randy Newman (songwriter) (2003) "A Mighty Wind" – Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy & Michael McKean (songwriters) (2004) "Into the West" – Annie Lennox, Howard Shore & Fran Walsh (songwriters) (2005) "Believe" – Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri (songwriters) (2006) "Our Town" – Randy Newman (songwriter) (2007) "Love You I Do" – Siedah Garrett & Henry Krieger (songwriters) (2008) "Down to Earth" – Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman (songwriters) (2009) 2010s "Jai Ho" – Gulzar, A. R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah (songwriters) (2010) "The Weary Kind" – Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett (songwriters) (2011) "I See the Light" – Alan Menken & Glenn Slater (songwriters) (2012) "Safe & Sound" – T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, Joy Williams & John Paul White (songwriters) (2013) "Skyfall" – Adele Atkins & Paul Epworth (songwriters) (2014) "Let It Go" – Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (songwriters) (2015) "Glory" – Common, Che Smith & John Legend (songwriters) (2016) "Can't Stop the Feeling!" – Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake (songwriters) (2017) "How Far I'll Go" – Lin-Manuel Miranda (songwriter) (2018) "Shallow" – Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt (songwriters) (2019) 2020s "I'll Never Love Again" – Lady Gaga, Natalie Hemby, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere (songwriters) (2020) "No Time to Die" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2021) "All Eyes on Me" – Bo Burnham (songwriter) (2022) "We Don't Talk About Bruno" – Lin-Manuel Miranda (songwriter) (2023) "What Was I Made For?" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2024) "It Never Went Away" – Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson (songwriters) (2025) vteKids' Choice Award for Forite Female Artist Britney Spears (2000–2001) P!nk (2002) Ashanti (2003) Hilary Duff (2004) Avril Ligne (2005) Kelly Clarkson (2006) Beyoncé (2007) Miley Cyrus (2008–2009) Taylor Swift (2010) Katy Perry (2011) Selena Gomez (2012) Katy Perry (2013) Selena Gomez (2014–2015) Ariana Grande (2016) Selena Gomez (2017) Demi Lovato (2018) Ariana Grande (2019–2022) Taylor Swift (2023–2024) SZA (2025) vteKids' Choice Award for Forite Song1980s "La Bamba" – Los Lobos (1988) "Kokomo" – The Beach Boys (1989) 1990s "Hangin' Tough" – New Kids on the Block (1990) "Ice Ice Baby" – Vanilla Ice (1991) "Jump" – Kris Kross (1992) No Award (1993) "Whoomp! (There It Is)" – Tag Team (1994) "Creep" – TLC (1995) "Gangsta's Paradise" – Coolio (1996) "Killing Me Softly" – Fugees (1997) "MMMBop" – Hanson (1998) "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" – Backstreet Boys (1999) 2000s "Wild Wild West" – Will Smith (2000) "Who Let the Dogs Out" – Baha Men (2001) "Get the Party Started" – P!nk (2002) "Sk8er Boi" – Avril Ligne (2003) "Hey Ya!" – Outkast (2004) "Burn" – Usher (2005) "Wake Me Up When September Ends" – Green Day (2006) "Irreplaceable" – Beyoncé (2007) "Girlfriend" – Avril Ligne (2008) "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" – Beyoncé (2009) 2010s "You Belong with Me" – Taylor Swift (2010) "Baby" – Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris (2011) "Party Rock Anthem" – LMFAO (2012) "What Makes You Beautiful" – One Direction (2013) "Story of My Life" – One Direction (2014) "Bang Bang" – Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj (2015) "Hello" – Adele (2016) "Work from Home" – Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla $ign (2017) "Shape of You" – Ed Sheeran (2018) "Thank U, Next" – Ariana Grande (2019) 2020s "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish (2020) "Dynamite" – BTS (2021) "Happier Than Ever" – Billie Eilish (2022) "As It Was" – Harry Styles (2023) "What Was I Made For?" – Billie Eilish (2024) "Taste" – Sabrina Carpenter (2025) vteMTV Europe Music Award for Best Female Mariah Carey (1994) Björk (1995) Alanis Morissette (1996) Janet Jackson (1997) Madonna (1998) Britney Spears (1999) Madonna (2000) Jennifer Lopez (2001–2002) Christina Aguilera (2003) Britney Spears (2004) Shakira (2005) Christina Aguilera (2006) Beyoncé (2009) Lady Gaga (2010–2011) Taylor Swift (2012) Katy Perry (2013) Ariana Grande (2014) Rihanna (2015) Lady Gaga (2016) vteMTV Europe Music Award for Best Live Act Take That (1995) U2 (1997) Red Hot Chili Peppers (2002) Muse (2007) Tokio Hotel (2008) U2 (2009) Linkin Park (2010) Katy Perry (2011) Taylor Swift (2012) Beyoncé (2013) One Direction (2014) Ed Sheeran (2015) Twenty One Pilots (2016) Ed Sheeran (2017) Shawn Mendes (2018) BTS (2019) BTS (2020) Harry Styles (2022) Taylor Swift (2023) Taylor Swift (2024) vteMTV Europe Music Award for Best Look Taylor Swift (2012) Harry Styles (2013) Katy Perry (2014) Justin Bieber (2015) Lady Gaga (2016) Zayn (2017) Nicki Minaj (2018) Halsey (2019) vteMTV Europe Music Award for Best Pop Spice Girls (1998) Britney Spears (1999) All Saints (2000) Anastacia (2001) Kylie Minogue (2002) Justin Timberlake (2003) Black Eyed Peas (2004–2005) Justin Timberlake (2006) Lady Gaga (2010) Justin Bieber (2011–2012) One Direction (2013–2015) Fifth Harmony (2016) Camila Cabello (2017) Dua Lipa (2018) Halsey (2019) Little Mix (2020) BTS (2021) Taylor Swift (2022) Billie Eilish (2023) Ariana Grande (2024) vteMTV Europe Music Award for Best US Act MGK (2012) Miley Cyrus (2013) Fifth Harmony (2014, 2017) Taylor Swift (2015, 2019, 2021, 2024) Ariana Grande (2016) Camila Cabello (2018) Lady Gaga (2020) Billie Eilish (2022) Nicki Minaj (2023) vteMTV Video Music Award for Artist of the Year Ed Sheeran (2017) Camila Cabello (2018) Ariana Grande (2019) Lady Gaga (2020) Justin Bieber (2021) Bad Bunny (2022) Taylor Swift (2023) Taylor Swift (2024) Lady Gaga (2025) vteMTV Video Music Award for Best Collaboration2000s Beyoncé and Shakira – "Beautiful Liar" (2007) 2010s Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé – "Telephone" (2010) Katy Perry featuring Kanye West – E.T. 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