Taylor Alison Swift is a singer and songwriter from the United States. Celebrated for her personal lyrics, creative range, and influence on popular culture, Taylor Alison Swift ranks among the top-selling music performers, leads in concert revenue, and is the richest female musician—becoming the first billionaire primarily through music earnings.
Born on December 13, 1989 (currently 35 years old) in West Reading, Pennsylvania, USA.
Estimated net worth: $1.6 billion (2025), according to Forbes.
She stands 1.78 meters tall.
Her parents are Andrea and Scott Kingsley Swift.
She has a brother named Austin Swift.

Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is a singer-songwriter from the United States. Celebrated for her deeply personal lyrics, creative range, and widespread influence, Swift ranks among the top-selling musicians globally. She is the most successful touring artist and the richest woman in music history—becoming the first billionaire primarily through music earnings.

Swift began her music career in 2005 with Big Machine Records, launching her as a country artist through her debut albums Taylor Alison Swift (2006) and Fearless (2008). Hits like “Teardrops on My Guitar,” “Love Story,” and “You Belong with Me” bridged country and mainstream pop appeal. She embraced rock on Speak Now (2010) and leaned into electronic elements on Red (2012), eventually shedding her country roots with the synth-pop release 1989 (2014). The media’s response to her evolving persona influenced her darker, hip-hop-tinged album Reputation (2017). These records featured Billboard chart-toppers such as “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” “Shake It Off,” “Blank Space,” “Bad Blood,” and “Look What You Made Me Do.”

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After signing with Republic Records in 2018, Swift put out the electropop album Lover (2019) and famously disputed with Big Machine over the ownership of her masters, leading her to re-record four of her previous albums as Taylor’s Version.[a] In 2020, she shifted to indie folk with the surprise albums Folklore and Evermore, and later branched into various pop styles on Midnights (2022) and the double album The Tortured Poets Department (2024). During the 2020s, she scored No. 1 hits including “Cardigan,” “Willow,” “All Too Well (10 Minute Version),” “Anti-Hero,” “Cruel Summer,” “Is It Over Now?” and “Fortnight.” In the U.S., Taylor Alison Swift holds the record for most albums—seven in total—that sold over one million copies in their first week. She has headlined six tours, notably The Eras Tour (2023–2024), the highest-grossing concert tour in history. Her filmography includes Miss Americana (2020), All Too Well: The Short Film (2021), and The Eras Tour (2023), the most successful concert film ever made.

Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in West Reading, Pennsylvania. Her parents named her after singer-songwriter James Taylor, choosing a gender-neutral name in hopes that it would contribute to future success in the business world. Her father, Scott Kingsley Swift, worked as a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch, while her mother, Andrea Gardner Swift (formerly Finlay), was employed as a marketing executive in the mutual fund industry. Taylor Alison Swift has a younger brother, Austin, who later pursued a career in acting. Their heritage includes Scottish, English, and German roots, along with remote Italian and Irish ancestry. Their maternal grandmother, Marjorie Finlay (born Moehlenkamp), was a trained opera vocalist whose church performances became one of Taylor Alison Swift’s arliest musical influences.

As a child, Taylor Alison Swift spent Christmases on the family’s Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania and summer vacations at their home in Stone Harbor, New Jersey, where she sometimes played acoustic sets at a nearby coffeehouse. She was raised in the Christian faith and began her education at a Montessori preschool and kindergarten run by the Bernardine Sisters of St. Francis, later moving to the Wyndcroft School in Pottstown. After the family relocated to Wyomissing, she enrolled at Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School. By the age of nine, Swift dreamed of performing in musical theater, participating in community festivals, local stage productions with the Berks Youth Theatre Academy, and regularly commuting to New York City for singing and acting training. Inspired by a documentary on Faith Hill, she decided to pursue a country music career based in Nashville, Tennessee.

When she was 11, Swift and her mother went to Nashville, visiting record companies and handing out demo CDs that included her karaoke renditions of songs by Dolly Parton and the Dixie Chicks. After being turned down by every label, she shifted her attention to songwriting. At 12, she began learning to play guitar, taught by a computer technician and part-time musician who also helped her write her first original song. In 2003, Swift and her parents began working with talent agent Dan Dymtrow. Under his guidance, she modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch, had an original track featured on a Maybelline promotional CD, and signed an artist development contract with RCA Records at age 13. To support her ambitions in country music, Swift’s father moved to Merrill Lynch’s Nashville branch, and the family settled in Hendersonville, Tennessee when she was 14. Swift initially attended Hendersonville High School, then later switched to Aaron Academy, a private school that offered a homeschooling program.

Taylor Swift’s sophomore album, Fearless, was released on November 11, 2008, in North America and followed with a global release in March 2009. The album spent 11 consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard 200, marking Swift’s first time topping the chart and setting a record as the longest-running number-one country album by a female artist. It became the best-selling album in the U.S. in 2009. The lead single, “Love Story,” was the first country track to reach the top of the Pop Songs chart, while the third single, “You Belong with Me,” became the first country song to lead the all-genre Radio Songs chart. Both songs entered the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number one on the Hot Country Songs chart. Other singles—“White Horse,” “Fifteen,” and “Fearless”—also secured spots within the top 10 of the country chart. That same year, Swift joined Keith Urban’s tour as an opening act and launched her first headlining concert series, the Fearless Tour.

Fearless became the most decorated country album in history. It earned the highest accolades in the genre, including Album of the Year from both the Country Music Association (CMA) and Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards in 2009, and Best Country Album at the 2010 Grammy Awards. At the same Grammy ceremony, Fearless won the prestigious Album of the Year award, and the track “White Horse” received honors for Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance. That same year, Swift was named Artist of the Year by both Billboard and the American Music Awards. The CMA also honored her as Entertainer of the Year, making her the youngest recipient of the title. At the MTV Video Music Awards, her “You Belong with Me” video won Best Female Video—but her moment onstage was interrupted by rapper Kanye West, an incident dubbed “Kanyegate” that drew significant media attention.

In 2009, Swift worked with several other artists. She collaborated with John Mayer on his song “Half of My Heart,” amid rumors of a romantic relationship. She also wrote “Best Days of Your Life” for Kellie Pickler, co-wrote and featured on “Two Is Better Than One” with Boys Like Girls, and contributed the songs “You’ll Always Find Your Way Back Home” and “Crazier” to the Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack, in which she made a cameo appearance. Swift made her film debut in the 2010 romantic comedy Valentine’s Day and recorded “Today Was a Fairytale” for its soundtrack; the song reached number one on the Canadian Hot 100. During filming in October 2009, she briefly dated co-star Taylor Lautner. On television, she guest-starred as a rebellious teen on an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and hosted Saturday Night Live, where she also performed and became the first host to write their own opening monologue.

Taylor Swift solely wrote her third studio album, Speak Now.[88] Released on October 25, 2010,[89] the album built upon the country-pop style of Fearless while also embracing prominent rock influences.[90] Speak Now debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling over one million copies in its first week, marking the highest opening-week sales ever for a female country artist.[91] Five of its singles—”Mine”, “Back to December”, “Mean”, “Sparks Fly”, and “Ours”—ranked within the top three on Hot Country Songs; “Sparks Fly” and “Ours” hit number one.[68] The highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 was “Mine”, which peaked at number three.[92]

From February 2011 through March 2012, Swift headlined the Speak Now World Tour.[93] In 2011, she was recognized as Billboard’s Woman of the Year,[94] received Entertainer of the Year honors from both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association,[95] and was awarded Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards.[96] She repeated her win as Entertainer of the Year from the Academy of Country Music in 2012.[97] At the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012, “Mean” earned accolades for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance.[98] Around the time Speak Now came out, Swift dated actor Jake Gyllenhaal.[78]

Swift released her fourth studio album, Red, on October 22, 2012.[99] The project included work with producers like Nathan Chapman, Max Martin, Shellback, Dan Wilson, Jeff Bhasker, Dann Huff, and Butch Walker. Designed to stretch beyond her country-pop foundation, Red blended pop and rock elements such as Britpop, dubstep, and dance-pop,[100][101] prompting debate about whether Swift still belonged in the country genre.[102] The album debuted atop the Billboard 200, selling 1.21 million copies in its first week, making it the fastest-selling country album ever in the US.[103] It also marked her first number-one album in the UK.[104] During the album’s promotional cycle, she was romantically linked with Conor Kennedy and later Harry Styles.[78]

Image caption: Swift in a white laced oxford shirt and black fedora hat
Image caption: Swift performing on the Red Tour in 2013

The two most commercially successful singles from Red were “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” and “I Knew You Were Trouble”, which peaked at numbers one and two respectively on the Billboard Hot 100.[105] Both also reached the top five on the UK Singles Chart, with the former being her first US number-one hit.[106][107] Additional singles like “Begin Again” and “Red” made the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100,[67] while “Everything Has Changed” and “22” entered the top 10 in the UK.[106] The Red Tour, running from March 2013 to June 2014, earned $150.2 million, setting a record as the highest-grossing country tour at the time.[108] Swift was again named Artist of the Year at the 2013 American Music Awards.[109] In 2014, she received the Pinnacle Award from the Country Music Association, becoming only the second artist to earn the honor after Garth Brooks.[110]

In addition to her studio work, Swift contributed two songs to the 2012 film The Hunger Games soundtrack: “Eyes Open” and “Safe & Sound”.[111] The latter, a collaboration with the Civil Wars and T-Bone Burnett, won a Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media in 2013.[112] She also penned “Sweeter than Fiction” for the 2013 movie One Chance,[113] and featured on B.o.B’s 2012 track “Both of Us” and Tim McGraw’s 2013 single “Highway Don’t Care”.[114][115] Her acting credits during this period include voice work in The Lorax (2012),[116] a guest appearance in a 2013 episode of New Girl,[117] and a supporting role in the 2014 film The Giver.[118]