Taylor Alison Swift, a 35-year-old pop and country singer from West Reading Pennsylvania has been a star in the music industry for over 20 years. Her music has attracted groups of people from multiple different age groups to listen to her lyrical driven songs.
Swift got signed by Sony back in 2004 and became the youngest artist signed by a big named company at the age of 14. Two years later, she would come out with her country album debut which features the hit song “Tim McGraw”. “Tim McGraw” was Taylor Swift’s first hit and quickly took to the charts. Two years later on November 11th of 2008 Taylor Swift second studio album, Fearless was released by Big Machine Records. This album features the hit songs, “You Belong with Me”, “Love Story”, and “Fearless”. This album was a massive success and became the most awarded country album ever. It won multiple awards including Album of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards.
Her 3rd studio album Speak Now was released on October 25th, 2010, and is famous for the song Enchanted which Taylor admitted was about a boy she was in a relationship with over e-mail. This Album was another success and was given Billboard Music Award for Top Country album in 2011. After this her studio album Red took a more mature stance focusing on things like heartbreak and the struggles of building a life after. This album features her heartbreaking song all too well which years later would be extended into a 10-minute version. Although this album has sadder themes it also throws in some more upbeat listens such as “22” and “I Knew You Were Trouble”.
Among Taylor Swifts most successful albums was 1989 which was released on October 27th of 2014. Multiple of Taylor Swift songs from this album quickly skyrocketed and it is widely known as one of the most iconic pop albums of all time. It is hard to find anyone who hasn’t heard Swifts songs shake it off and blank space. After this album Taylor Swift and Kanye West get into a heated controversy which causes swift to disappear for almost two years. In this time swift works on what she hopes will be her most groundbreaking album yet, Reputation.
