Swift later shifted her focus toward country music, inspired by Shania Twain's songs, which made her "want to just run around the block four times and daydream about everything." She spent weekends performing at local festivals and events. She also traveled regularly to New York City for vocal and acting lessons. Īt age nine, Swift became interested in musical theater and performed in four Berks Youth Theatre Academy productions. The family moved to a rented house in the suburban town of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, where she attended Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School. She attended preschool and kindergarten at the Alvernia Montessori School, run by the Bernadine Franciscan sisters, before transferring to The Wyndcroft School. Swift spent her early years on a Christmas tree farm that her father purchased from one of his clients. Swift's paternal great-great-grandfather was an Italian immigrant entrepreneur and community leader who opened several businesses in Philadelphia in the 1800s. Her maternal grandmother, Marjorie Finlay, was an opera singer. She was named after singer-songwriter James Taylor, and has Scottish and German heritage. Her younger brother, Austin, is an actor. Her father, Scott Kingsley Swift, is a former stockbroker for Merrill Lynch her mother, Andrea Gardner Swift (née Finlay), is a former homemaker who previously worked as a mutual fund marketing executive. Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989, at the Reading Hospital in West Reading, Pennsylvania. Swift's childhood home in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania Having been honored with titles such as Woman of the Decade and Artist of the Decade, Swift is regarded as a pop icon due to her influential career, philanthropy, and advocacy for artists' rights and women's empowerment. She has featured on Rolling Stone 's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time (2015), Billboard 's Greatest of All Time Artists (2019), the Time 100 and Forbes Celebrity 100 rankings. She has received 11 Grammy Awards (including three Album of the Year wins), an Emmy Award, 34 American Music Awards (the most for an artist), 29 Billboard Music Awards (the most for a woman) and 58 Guinness World Records, among other accolades. Eight of her songs have topped the Hot 100, and her concert tours are some of the highest-grossing in history. With over 200 million records sold worldwide, Swift is one of the best-selling musicians of all time. Besides music, she has played supporting roles in films such as Valentine's Day (2010) and Cats (2019), released the autobiographical documentary Miss Americana (2020), and directed the musical films Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions (2020) and All Too Well: The Short Film (2021). The number-one songs " Cardigan", " Willow" and " All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" made Swift the only act to simultaneously debut atop the US Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts three times. Following a dispute over the masters of her back catalog, she released the 2021 re-recordings Fearless (Taylor's Version) and Red (Taylor's Version) to universal acclaim. Inspired by escapism during the COVID-19 pandemic, Swift ventured into indie folk and alternative rock styles on her 2020 studio albums, Folklore and Evermore, receiving plaudits for their nuanced storytelling. Parting ways with Big Machine, Swift signed with Republic Records in 2018 and released her seventh studio album, Lover (2019). Led by " Look What You Made Me Do", the album made Swift the only act in MRC Data history to have four albums each sell over a million copies in a week. The media scrutiny on Swift's life inspired Reputation (2017), which drew from urban sounds. Swift eschewed country on her synth-pop album 1989 (2014) and its chart-topping tracks " Shake It Off", " Blank Space", and " Bad Blood". She experimented with rock and electronic genres on her fourth studio album, Red (2012), supported by the singles " We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and " I Knew You Were Trouble". Swift explored country pop on the albums Fearless (2008) and Speak Now (2010) the success of the singles " Love Story" and " You Belong with Me" on both country and pop radio established her as a leading crossover artist.
She signed a songwriting contract with Sony/ATV Music Publishing in 2004 and a recording deal with Big Machine Records in 2005, and released her eponymous debut studio album in 2006. Born in West Reading, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 14 to pursue a career in country music. Her discography spans multiple genres, and her narrative songwriting-often inspired by her personal life-has received critical praise and widespread media coverage. Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter.
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