From country teenager to record-breaking global superstar, Taylor Swift has reshaped the modern music business.
Here are 10 verified facts about her career and impact.
Taylor Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in West Reading, Pennsylvania, and grew up partly on a Christmas tree farm.
She signed with Big Machine Records as a teenager and released her self-titled debut album in 2006.
Swift writes or co-writes her songs and has won the Grammy for Album of the Year a record four times, for 'Fearless,' '1989,' 'Folklore,' and 'Midnights.'
After a dispute over ownership of her master recordings, she began re-recording her early albums as 'Taylor's Version' to own the new masters.
'Fearless (Taylor's Version)' in 2021 made her among the first artists to top the charts with a re-recorded album.
Her Eras Tour became the first tour to gross over one billion dollars and the highest-grossing tour of all time.
The concert film 'Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour' set records for a concert movie at the box office.
Swift has been named Time magazine's Person of the Year (2023), a rare honor for a musician.
She has moved fluidly across genres, from country to pop to the indie-folk sound of 'Folklore' and 'Evermore.'
Swift is known for hiding 'Easter eggs' — clues and hidden messages — in her lyrics, videos, and social posts for fans to decode.
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