1989 represented a whole new Taylor: no longer a little girl singing country, she was now a woman singing pop songs about heartbreak. With standouts like "Shake It Off" and "out of the woods", 1989 set the world abalze.
After years of public slandar, publicized heartbreak, and fighting a label, Taylor showed the world she had had enough. "Look What You Made Me Do" and "...Ready For It?" were instant classics and for the first time in years Taylor truly controlled her narrative and reclaimed her story.
After the darkness, there is light. And after Reputation, there is Lover. This beautifully crafted love letter to romance and its many ups and downs was a return to style after Reputation, although the confidence of that era was still around. Songs like the title track "Lover" and others like "Cruel Summer" and "Paper Rings" can make even the most cold-hearted critic smile and dance.
Since the start of her world-changing career, Taylor Swift has won: 8 Academy of Country Music Awards, 4 American Country Awards, AMFTs, 34 American Music Awards, 1 Apple Music Award, 2 ARIA Music Awards, 1 A2IM Libera Award, 1 BBC Music Award, 1 BBC Radio 1 Teen Award, 25 Billboard Music Awards, 4 Billboard Live Music (Touring) Awards, 3 Billboard Women in Music Awards, 1 Billboard Year- End Award, 25 BMI Country Awards, 4 BMI London Awards, 31 BMI Pop Awards, 11 Grammy Awards, along with dozens of others for various genres in multiple countries.
Musician Taylor Swift was earning renown as a country music singer by the age of 16. Early hits like "Love Story" and "You Belong With Me" appealed to country and pop fans alike and helped fuel the multi-platinum success of her albums, including the Grammy-winning Fearless (2008). Swift continued to top the charts with her 2014 studio effort 1989, which featured the No. 1 singles "Shake it Off" and "Blank Space" and won Grammys for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album. Her follow-up albums reputation (2018) and Lover (2019) also achieved immense commercial success.
Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in Reading, Pennsylvania. Swift spent her early years on her family's Christmas tree farm in nearby Wyomissing. Her grandmother had been a professional opera singer, and Swift soon followed in her musical footsteps. By the age of 10, Swift was singing at a variety of local events, including fairs and contests. She sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a Philadelphia 76ers basketball game at the age of 11, and began writing her own songs and learning guitar at 12 years old.
In August 2020, during the pandemic, Taylor released this album by suprise. Folklore focuses on storytelling and songwriting, creating what can only be described as career-defining and solidified Tayloor as an unstoppable force. Again she changes the big pop production for quiet, contemplative songs featuring light intrusmental waves crashing into the stories that feel ripped straight from New England. Standouts like "Cardigan" and "august" cement Taylor's immaculate songwriting abilities.
After the massive success of Folklore, it's no suprise Taylor gave us a sister album in Evermore. Once again returning to the quiet pensive stories told in her previous album, Evermore builds and grows and makes both albums even better. Standouts like "Champagne Problems" and "Margorie" continure to show of the power of Taylor's songwriting while creating even more of the twisting naratives.
After the public battle with her previous label, Taylor has begun to rerecord her old albums under the name "Taylor's Version". While her Fearless rerecording is great, Red (Taylor's Version) takes one of her best albums and betters it beyond expectations. Including the incredibly powerful "All Two Well (Taylor's Version) (Ten Minute Version), Taylor once againproves shes finally in control of her art, her story, and her life.
