Taylor Swift is an American singer and songwriter who first gained fame after a performance at The Bluebird Café led to a record deal. Her 2006 debut single "Tim McGraw" was a top hit and she promoted her early career through many radio and TV appearances. Swift released her self-titled debut album in 2006 and had several successful singles. Her 2008 album Fearless was a commercial success and won four Grammys, making Swift the youngest Album of the Year winner. Swift's music has transformed over the years from country to pop genres as shown in albums like Red, 1989, and Reputation.

1. Taylor
Swift
By Katie Dunning
STAR PROFILE

2. Introduction
• Taylor Swift is an American singer-songwriter, known to be
one of the most popular contemporary female recording
artists. Best known for narrative songs about her personal
life which has resulted in widespread media coverage.
• Born in Pennsylvania, at the age of 14 Taylor moved to
Nashville, Tennessee in order to pursue a career in country
music.
• Taylor first came to fame after an amazing performance at
The Bluebird Café in Nashville which helped to land her a
contract with Scott Borchetta's Big Machine Records. She
later released her first single “Tim McGraw” in 2006, it
became a top hit on the country charts.

3. First Single
• https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=GkD20ajVxnY
During Taylor’s early career she had
built up the image of a sweet country
girl which connected with thousands of
fans. After releasing her first single in
2006 she spent a lot of time promoting
herself as an artist, by radio tours and
TV appearances.

4. Early career
• October 24th 2006 - Swift releases her self-titled debut
album on Big Machine Records.
• February 19th 2007 - Taylor releases ‘Teardrops On My
guitar’ the second single of her debut album.
• October 14th 2007 - ‘Sounds of the Season’ Taylors
holiday collection is released and makes No.1 on top
holiday albums.
• September 12th 2008 - Love Story," the lead single off of
Taylor Swift's second studio album Fearless, is released.
It hits No. 1 on Hot Country Songs.
• November 11th 2008 – Second studio album is released.

5. Fearless
• Fearless became the best-selling album of 2009 in the United States.
The album was awarded with four Grammy's, Swift was now the
youngest Album of the year winner.

6. Music
• The album Red was released on October 22nd 2012, Taylor began
breaking away from her country songs and exploring new genres such
as dance-pop and rock. The album was a huge success with first-week
sales of 1.21 million copies, making Swift the first female artist to
have two million-selling album openings. One of the most popular
songs from this album was ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back
Together’.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA4iX5D9Z64

7. • March 2014, Taylor Swift relocated to New York City. Around this time,
she was working on her fifth studio album, 1989,the album dropped on
October 27th 2014. 1989 can be recognized as Taylor’s first major pop
album showing the transformation from the country girl with her guitar
to an international sensation. One of the best hits on the album was ’Bad
Blood’. This music video highlights her transformation with her huge
budget production, celebrities and appearance transformation.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcIy9NiNbmo

8. Transformation

9. 2017 Reputation
• Swift cleared her social media accounts, and announced that she
would release her sixth studio album, Reputation , on November 10th
2017 , ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ was the first single released. The
music video gained over 43.2 million views during its first day on
YouTube, breaking the record for the most-viewed music video within
24 hours
• This ‘new Taylor’ portrays the biggest Transformation and she aims to
build a new image, within the song Taylor says ”The old Taylor can’t
come to the phone right now, why? Because she’s dead.

10. Reputation
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tmd-ClpJxA
• This ‘new’ version of Taylor could not be any further from the country
singer song writer.