Taylor Alison Swift, born on December 13, 1989, is an American singer-songwriter who has influenced the music industry, popular culture, and politics through her songwriting, artistry, entrepreneurship, and advocacy. She began her professional songwriting journey at the age of 14.

Taylor was born in West Reading, Pennsylvania, to parents Scott Kingsley Swift and Andrea Finlay. She spent her early years with her parents and younger brother, Austin, on the family’s Christmas tree farm in nearby Wyomissing.

Her parents nurtured her talent from a young age, and when she was 13, they moved to Hendersonville, Tennessee, so she could pursue a career in country music in nearby Nashville.

She signed with Big Machine Records in 2005 and achieved prominence as a country pop singer with the albums Taylor Swift (2006) and Fearless (2008). Her singles "Teardrops on My Guitar", "Love Story", and "You Belong with Me" were crossover successes on country and pop radio formats and brought Swift mainstream fame.

She experimented with rock on Speak Now (2010) and electronic styles on Red (2012); the latter featured her first Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together". Swift recalibrated her image from country to pop with 1989 (2014), a synth-pop album containing the chart-topping songs "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood".

Her love life has been a subject of widespread public interest. She has dated several high-profile celebrities, and her relationships often inspire her songwriting. As of 2024, she is reportedly in a relationship with Travis Kelce.

Her family includes her father, Scott Kingsley Swift, a former stockbroker for Merrill Lynch, and her mother, Andrea Swift. She also has a younger brother named Austin Swift. Her discography spans various genres, including pop, country, folk, rock, and alternative. Some of her chart-topping songs include "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", "Bad Blood", "Look What You Made Me Do", "Cruel Summer", "Cardigan", "Willow", "Anti-Hero", "Fortnight", "All Too Well", and "Is It Over Now?".

She accolades include 14 Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, 40 American Music Awards, 39 Billboard Music Awards, and 23 MTV Video Music Awards. She has won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year, and the IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year a record four times each.