Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Recognized for her songwriting, musical versatility, artistic reinventions, and influence on the music industry, she is a prominent cultural figure of the 21st century.
Swift began professional songwriting at age 14 and signed with Big Machine Records in 2005 to become a country singer. Under Big Machine, she released six studio albums, four of them to country radio, starting with her self-titled album in 2006. Her next, Fearless (2008), explored country pop, and its singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me" catapulted her to prominence. Speak Now (2010) incorporated rock influences, while Red (2012) experimented with electronic elements and featured Swift's first Billboard Hot 100 number-one song, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together". She forwent her country image with 1989 (2014), a synth-pop album supported by the chart-topping songs "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood". Media scrutiny inspired the hip-hop-flavored Reputation (2017) and its number-one single "Look What You Made Me Do".
After signing a new contract with Republic Records in 2018, Swift released the pop album Lover (2019) and autobiographical documentary Miss Americana (2020). She embraced indie folk and alternative rock on her 2020 albums Folklore and Evermore, explored chill-out styles on Midnights (2022), and re-recorded four of her first six albums as "Taylor's Versions" following a dispute with Big Machine. The albums and their number-one songs "Cardigan", "Willow", "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)", and "Anti-Hero" broke various records. In 2023, Swift embarked on the Eras Tour, her most expansive concert tour. She has also directed music videos and films such as All Too Well: The Short Film (2021).
Having sold over 200 million records globally, Swift is one of the best-selling musicians, the most-streamed female artist on Spotify, and the only act to have five albums with first-week sales of over one million copies in the US. She has been featured in listicles such as Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time, Billboard's "Greatest of All Time Artists", the Time 100, and Forbes Celebrity 100. Among her accolades are 12 Grammy Awards, including three Album of the Year wins, a Primetime Emmy Award, 40 American Music Awards, 29 Billboard Music Awards, 12 Country Music Association Awards, three IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year awards, and 101 Guinness World Records. Honored with titles such as Artist of the Decade and Woman of the Decade, Swift is an advocate for artists' rights and women's empowerment.
| New Girl | 2013 | Elaine | Episode: "Elaine's Big Day" |
|---|---|---|---|
| CBS This Morning | 2013–2014 | Herself | |
| The Voice | 2013–2014; 2019 | Guest appearance (season 4);
Musical guest (season 16); Knockout Round advisor (seasons 7 and 17) | |
| Saturday Night Live | 2014; 2017; 2019; 2021 | Guest appearance in the opening monologue (S39E18)Musical guest (S43E5, S45E2, and S47E6);
Guest appearance in the "Three Sad Virgins" skit (S47E6) | |
| Late Night With Seth Meyers | 2014; 2021 | ||
| The View | 2014 | ||
| The Talk | 2014 | ||
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2014; 2020 | ||
| Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People | 2014 | ||
| The Graham Norton Show | 2013–2014; 2019; 2022 | ||
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 2014–2015; 2019; 2021–2022 | ||
| Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special | 2015 | Herself/Alison | Television special; guest appearance in "The Californians" skit |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 2017 | Herself | Musical guest (Episode 768) |
| 2019 NFL Draft on ABC | 2019 | ||
| CBS News Sunday Morning | |||
| Kids Say the Darndest Things | |||
| Strictly Come Dancing | Musical guest (S17 Finale) | ||
| The Today Show | With cast of Cats | ||
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | |||
| One World: Together at Home | 2020 | Television special | |
| Dear Class of 2020 | |||
| Selena + Chef | Episode: "Selena + Roy Choi" | ||
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | |||
| Impact x Nightline | 2022 | Episode: "Taylor's Ticketmaster Disaster" |
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| Company | Year | Promoting | Title | Theme song(s) | Region | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Activision | 2009 | Video game: Band Hero | — | "Love Story" | United States | |
| Nashville Predators | 2009 | Sports event | — | — | ||
| Sony | 2010 | Camera: Cyber-shot DSC-TX7 | — | — | ||
| Target | 2010 | Speak Now album: Exclusive Deluxe Edition | — | "Mine" | ||
| CoverGirl | 2010–2011 | Cosmetics | — | — | ||
| Elizabeth Arden, Inc. | 2011 | Fragrance: Wonderstruck / Wonderstruck Enchanted | "The Beginning of Something Magical" | "Enchanted" | ||
| Vogue | 2012 | Fashion's Night Out 2012 | — | — | ||
| Macy's | 2012 | Fragrance: Wonderstruck Enchanted | — | — | ||
| Macy's | 2012 | Donations by Macy's to the Make-A-Wish Foundation | "Another Miracle on the 34th Street" | — | ||
| Target | 2012 | Red album: Exclusive Deluxe Edition | — | "Red" | ||
| Sony | 2012 | Camera: Sony NEX-5R | — | — | ||
| MTV | 2012 | 2012 MTV Video Music Awards | — | "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" | ||
| The Recording Academy | 2012 | 54th Annual Grammy Awards | — | — | ||
| Keds | 2013 | Shoes | "Be Brave" | — | ||
| Ulta Beauty | 2013 | Fragrance: Taylor | "Made of Starlight" | "Starlight" | ||
| Coca-Cola | 2013 | Diet Coke | "Stay Extraordinary" | "22" | ||
| Coca-Cola | 2014 | Diet Coke | "What if life tasted as good as a Diet Coke?" | "How You Get the Girl" | ||
| Target | 2014 | 1989 album: Exclusive Deluxe Edition | "There's Only One Place to Get More Taylor" | "Style" | United States / Canada | |
| Keds | 2014 | Shoes | "Bravehearts" | — | United States | |
| Elizabeth Arden, Inc. | 2014 | Fragrance: Incredible Things | — | — | ||
| Toyota | 2015 | Hybrid Car: Lexus | — | "Wildest Dreams" | China | |
| Evolution of Smooth (EOS) | 2015 | Lip Balm | — | — | ||
| Keds | 2015 | Shoes | "Ladies First" | — | United States | |
| Apple Music | 2016 | Streaming service | "Distractingly good" | "Jumpman" by Drake and Future | ||
| Apple Music | 2016 | Streaming service | "Every song for every moment" | "The Middle" by Jimmy Eat World | ||
| Apple Music | 2016 | Streaming service | "Dance like no one's watching" | "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by The Darkness | ||
| DirecTV and DirecTV Now | 2016 | Taylor Swift NOW | "AT&T Presents Taylor Swift NOW" | — | ||
| DirecTV and DirecTV Now | 2017 | Taylor Swift NOW | "See What Taylor's Up To NOW" | — | ||
| United Parcel Service | 2017 | Package delivery | "#TaylorSwiftDelivery" | "Look What You Made Me Do" | ||
| Target | 2017 | Target-exclusive Reputation magazines | "Look What You Made Me Do" | "...Ready for It?" | ||
| American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and ESPN | 2017 | Alabama v. Florida State college football game | — | "...Ready for It?" | ||
| DirecTV and DirecTV Now | 2018 | DirecTV Now | "Taylor Swift's Caticorn Adventure" | — | ||
| ESPN | 2019 | 2019 NFL Draft | — | "Me!" | ||
| Capital One | 2019 | Credit card | — | "Me!" | ||
| Capital One | 2020 | Bank | — | "Cardigan" | ||
| NBC | 2021 | 2020 Summer Olympics | "Taylor Swift Women's All-Around" | "Evermore" | United States / Japan | |
| NBC | 2021 | 2020 Summer Olympics | "Taylor Swift hypes up the USWNT" | "You Need to Calm Down" | ||
| NBC | 2021 | 2020 Summer Olympics | "Simone Biles + Taylor Swift" | "This Is Me Trying" | ||
| Capital One | 2022 | Credit card | "Multiple Taylors" | "Anti-Hero" | United States |