She composed her first song at the age of 12. She was always a successful and hardworking student at school. Grade point average has always been high. She has won 10 Grammys, 1 Emmy, 23 Billboard Music Awards and 12 Country Music Awards to date.
She chased the magazine world with both her loves and famous friends. Time magazine has named her twice on their list of the "100 Most Influential People in the World". Here are the things you need to know about Taylor Swift, one of the most prolific names in the music world...
A BRILLIANT GIRL FROM A WEALTH FAMILY
Taylor Swift doesn't come from a broken family or low-income neighbourhood, as in the life stories we're used to. Her mother was a manager in financial companies. Her father was an investment banker. Her family has always been by her side. In order for Taylor not to be discriminated against because of her gender throughout her life, they gave her a unisex name, inspired by singer James Taylor. She started playing musicals at the schools she attended at the age of 9.
FAITH HILL CHANGED HIS LIFE
She watched a documentary about Faith Hill one day. And this documentary changed little Taylor's life. She thought she should go to Nashville to study music. She was 11 years old. She took her mother's hand and embarked on a journey to Nashville, the heart of country music. She had a demo where she did covers of Dolly Parton and Dixie Chicks. However, this demo was rejected. Taylor said that day, “Everybody like me wants to do this job. I have to find a way that I can be different,” she said.
“I WILL STEAL TILL MY FINGERS BLEED”
Despite the rejection, that didn't kill her love of music. “I was playing the guitar 4 hours a day until my fingers bled. You can't make it, a boy had told me. I could. When I'm told that, I take action to do the opposite…” Indeed, she succeeded. She composed her first composition at the age of 12. In 2006, her first self-titled album was released.
FOLKLORE DOESN'T KEEP THE PEAK TO ANYONE
Taylor's latest album Folklore, which was described as a surprise by many listeners, spent 6 weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 albums chart. This success put her on the same level as Whitney Houston. Both names were the female artists who remained at the top of the list the longest. Taylor spent 46 weeks on the Billboard 200 with 8 studio albums in total. The Beatles, with 132 weeks, is the longest-running hit on the Billboard 200 to date.
MAGAZINE WORLD LOVES HIM VERY MUCH
In the summer of 2008, she began a three-month romantic relationship with Joe Jonas. This relationship was just the first buds of Taylor Swift's ups and downs and bustling love life that will always be talked about. Taylor would become one of the favorite names of the tabloid press in the coming days. She had relationships with many famous men such as Jake Gylanhaal, Calvin Harris, Tom Hiddleston, Harry Styles, John Mayer. Swift has been with British actor Tom Aldwyn since 2017. Taylor has also signed many hits that she references these relationships.
TAYLOR AND KANYE: WITH NOR WITH YOU
Taylor's path has always crossed with the famous rapper Kanye West. You remember the first incident: On the night of the MTV Music Awards in 2009, while giving a thank you speech for the award, Kanye West burst onto the stage and said, "This award was Beyoncé's right!" she exclaimed. Everyone was shocked. And for days she talked about that night. But Taylor didn't compromise her ladyship that night. Kanye repeatedly targeted Taylor, then they reconciled, then Kim Kardashian stepped in. Finally, after falling out with the music producer Scooter Braun, who owns the rights to Taylor's first 6 albums, Kanye tweeted, "I'll go get the master records for you from that guy." The waters between the two seem to have settled.
THE HIDDEN HERO OF THAT SONG WAS NO OTHER FROM TAYLOR
In 2015, Taylor started to have a great romance with Scottish DJ Calvin Harris. Forbes magazine declared the couple one of the richest couples ever. In 2016, Swift and Harris composed "This is What You Came For" for Rihanna. However, Taylor concealed her name for this song under the pseudonym Nils Sjöberg. The song made dust on the charts. It took quite a while for Nils Sjöberg to emerge as Taylor's nickname.
TAYLOR AND KATY: SWORDS IN THE SHEath, EVERYTHING IS OK
The first song from her 2017 album Reputation, "Look What You Make Me Do" is arguably one of Swift's best pop hits of her career. This hit was also a reference to the long-time estranged pop star Katy Perry. The clip, with the snake symbol clearly the main idea, said it was time for Taylor to shake off, recover, and get back on her feet. After Katy Perry and Taylor Swift reconciled in 2018, Katy starred in the music video for "You Need to Calm Down", the second single of Taylor's album Lover, released in 2019, focusing on LGBTI rights. The two are very good friends now.
Facts
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American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift was born on December 13, 1989 in Pennsylvania. Her mother named her Taylor, inspired by the singer James Taylor and because she thought unisex names would help her rise in business.
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One of Swift's first hobbies was English equestrian. Her family had horses of the American Quarter and Shetland pony types, and Swift also took part in some horse shows.
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He often went to New York for voice and acting lessons in her childhood. However, after a few years of auditions in New York could not get any results, she turned to music.
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He started her career in country music after moving to Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 14. Here she signed with Big Machine Records and became the youngest songwriter to work with Sony / ATV Music publishing house she.
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Over the years, Swift has become one of the best-selling music artists worldwide, with over 40 million album sales and 135 million digital downloads of singles.
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The famous singer has been nominated for a total of 500 awards and won 324 of them so far. In total, she has won 11 Grammys, 1 Emmy, 23 Billboard Music Awards and 12 Country Music Awards and holds 6 Guinness World Records.
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Swift has included in Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World" lists for 2010 and 2015.
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Swift, who entered Forbes magazine's list of the highest-paid women in music in 2011 and 2015, rose to the top of the list of the highest-paid musicians in 2019 with an income of $ 185 million.
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Swift was also included in the World's 100 Most Powerful Women list prepared in 2015, becoming the youngest woman on this list.
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She released her first album, Taylor Swift, in 2006. The album peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 and became the longest-running album in the 2000s.
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With the album's third single Our Song, which reached number one on the US Hot Country Songs chart, she became the youngest singer to be written and sung by him.
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Nominated in the Best New Artist category at the 2008 Grammy Awards, Swift released her second album, Fearless, in 2008. The songs in the album Love Story and You Belong with Me were at the top of the charts. Fearless became the best selling album of 2009. In 2010, she won 4 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, for Fearless. Swift became the youngest artist to win this award.
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In 2010, the artist released her third album Speak Now, the album's third single, Mean, which won two Grammys.
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She changed her musical style to pop music with her fifth album 1989, which she released in 2014. She won three Grammys with the album and became the first female singer to win Album of the Year twice.
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Her sixth album, Reputation (2017), and the album's first single, Look What You Made Me Do, topped the US and UK charts. Swift became the first singer to sell one million copies in the US in the first week of their release, as well as all four albums.
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Swift also broke a record as the only singer to sell two million copies in the last two years with her album Reputation. Swift's album, released in November 2017, has sold two million copies in the US.
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Saying that she is a fan of the Game of Thrones series, Taylor Swift said that she wrote the songs for the Reputation album inspired by the series.
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Awarded not only for her singing but also for her songwriting talent, Swift was listed by Rolling Stone as one of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time in 2015.
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Swift, who is also interested in acting besides music, the television series In Search of Evidence and New Girl; featured in the feature films Valentine's Day, The Lorax and The Giver. She most recently starred in the musical Cats, adapted from the Broadway musical she. The movie will be released on January 10, 2020.
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The famous singer broke her own record with her world tour called Reputation last year. Beating the record of her '1989' tour in 2015, Swift earned $202 million from her Reputation tour. She made 181 million dollars on her world tour in 2015.
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Making donations for arts education, child education and people who have been damaged by natural disasters, Swift is also known for supporting LGBTI and organizations established for sick children. After the floods in Louisiana, USA in 2016, she donated one million dollars to the victims and 50 thousand dollars to a food bank.
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Swift has made a substantial donation to a gay organization called the Tennessee Equality Project (TEP). The famous singer called to the US Senate at a concert she gave and asked for support for the Equality Act, which provides equal rights for individuals of different sexual orientations and was presented to the congress.
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Swift, who has always been a very fast name in her love life, came to the fore with frequent change of lovers. She packed 13 lovers, including Calvin Harris and Tom Hiddleston, into 4 years.
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Swift was named one of four People magazine's Person of the Year.
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Drawing attention with her words reflecting her stance against sexism, Swift recently asked people to herself and other women, "When are you going to have a child?" She was remembered when she said she should stop asking. The famous singer said, "We are more than incubators."
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In an interview she gave before, she said, "Do you think about the mother thing one day?" Stating that she found the question sexist, she said, “I don't think you can ask this question to men. So I won't answer,” she said.
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Swift commented on the 30s: “In our 20s, we gain experience, try things, make mistakes, make mistakes. I plan on trial and error in my 30s. But my expectation from my 30s is that we feel better about who we are. The closer I get, the more I feel.”
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Swift was named Woman of the Decade at the 14th Billboard Women in Music Awards.
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Swift, who did not hesitate to explain the color of the vote in politics, called on her fans to vote after announcing that she would vote for the Democrats in the congressional midterm elections on November 6, 2018.
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Thanks to her latest albums Folkore, Evermore and the re-recorded version of 2008's Fearless, she managed to hit three number one albums in just 259 days. The previous holder of the record was The Beatles, who topped the charts three times in 364 days with their albums Help!, Rubber Soul and Revolver. Swift broke the long-time The Beatles record for the fastest three number-one album releases.