Biography:A leading contemporary artist in American popular culture, Swift is known for her worldwide hit singles "Love Story", "You Belong with Me," "Blank Space" and "Shake It Off" among others. While she initially pursued a career in country music, her output transition to pop and made her one of the most successful recording artists of the decade.
She has sold more than 40 million albums and has won 10 Grammys, among a host of other awards. Her concert tour for the album 1989 was the highest-grossing of the decade.
2008-04-14 7th CMT Video Music Awards: Taylor Swift and Trace Adkins win
2008-11-11 Taylor Swift releases her second studio album "Fearless" (Billboard Album of the Year, 2009; Grammy Album of the Year, 2010, American Music Awards, 2009)
2014-10-27 Taylor Swift releases her 5th studio album "1989" (2015 Billboard Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Album of the Year 2016)
2015-05-17 22nd Billboard Music Awards: Taylor Swift wins top artist & 7 other awards
2016-02-15 58th Grammy Awards: Best Song "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran; Best Album "1989" by Taylor Swift
2017-08-10 Taylor Swift testifies, in Denver, Colorado court, that DJ David Mueller groped her
2018-05-20 25th Billboard Music Awards: Ed Sheeran and Kendrick Lamar win 6 each; Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars also win; K-pop boy band BTS are the first Koreans to perform at the ceremony
2021-03-14 63rd Grammy Awards: Beyoncé breaks record for most Grammys won by a singer (28), Taylor Swift wins Album of the Year and Billie Eilish Record of the Year
2021-11-12 Taylor Swift releases her directorial debut the short film "All Too Well" alongside her re-recorded album "Red (Taylor's Version)"
2022-10-31 Taylor Swift becomes the first artist in history to claim all top 10 slots on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, all tracks from her album "Midnights"
2022-11-15 Ticketmaster sells more than 2 million tickets for Taylor Swift's The Eras tour, the most tickets ever sold in a single day for an artist, amid hours-long wait times for fans
2023-07-16 Taylor Swift’s re-recorded "Speak Now" album debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200, her 12th No. 1 album, surpassing Barbra Streisand's record for #1 albums by a female artist
2023-07-22 Taylor Swift concert in Seattle shakes the ground so hard it registers equivalent to magnitude 2.3 earthquake (does the same the next night)
2023-09-12 42nd MTV Video Music Awards: Taylor Swift wins 9, passing Madonna and second only to Beyoncé for career; SZA, and Måneskin also win
2023-09-24 Taylor Swift attends Kansas City Chiefs game at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri, amid rumours she is dating player Travis Kelce
2023-10-12 Concert film “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” premieres at the Grove Shopping Complex in Los Angeles
2023-10-27 Taylor Swift releases her “1989 (Taylor’s Version),” album, beating her own Spotify record for most streams in a day
2023-11-29 Taylor Swift is Spotify's most-streamed global artist of the year with 26.1 billion streams, with Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” the most-streamed song
2023-12-06 Taylor Swift is named Time's Person of the Year
2024-02-05 66th Grammy Awards: Taylor Swift wins record 4th Best Album with "Midnights", Best Record Miley Cyrus "Flowers", Best Song Billie Eilish “What I Was Made For”, Killer Mike led away in handcuffs
2024-04-02 There are 141 more billionaires in the world in 2024, 2,781 in total according to Forbes, including Taylor Swift for the first time
2024-04-19 Taylor Swift releases her 11th studio album "The Tortured Poets Department" setting a Spotify record for over 300 million streams in one day
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