Taylor Swift Biography – Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer and songwriter. Taylor Swift was born on 13 December 1989 in Reading Hospital, West Readings, Pennsylvania. Taylor began her songwriting career from the age of 14. She is also an entrepreneur. Her entrepreneurship influenced students, artists, artist culture, politics etc.
Parents:- Scott Kingsley Swift is the father of Taylor Swift who worked as a manager in an advertising company.
Andrea Swift:- Mother of Taylor Swift is a mutual fund marketing executive. Later she left her work and became a housewife for her daughter.
Austin Kingsley Swift, brother of Taylor Swift is a businessman, producer and actor. He acted in Live by Night and I.T. in 2016 and We Summon the Darkness and many more.
Married Life:- Taylor Swift never married to anyone. She focused on her music career and did not want to start a family. But she dated Joe Alwyn for six years.
Religion:- Swift is a Christian.
Taylor Swift : A look at his life & career
At the age of 9, she became interested in music and performed in Berks Youth Theatre Academy productions.After sometime Swift showed her interest in country music. Taylor Swift inspired by Shania Twain. At the age of 12 she learned to play guitar from a local musician Ronnie Cremer. Till the age of 14 she performed in a local coffee shop in Stone Harbor, New Jersey. Taylor Alison Swift is one of the best selling musicians in the world. Taylor has sold more than 200 million records as of 2019. Taylor Swift is the most streamed female singer on Spotify. Taylor Swift is the first woman ever who became a billionaire whose main source of income is music.
Taylor Swift’s Economy
Taylor announced her coming hometown for a six day tour in Toronto. Her six nights sold out within hours. Her Eras Tour has caused an unbelievable surge in Toronto’s hotel searches, with an 8000% increase observed just days after the tour announcement. There was a lottery to be part of the ticket process and tickets have gone on sale for $1950.
Taylor Swift’s shows are scheduled at the Rogers Centre in November. It was reported a significant rise in hotel and flight searches, corresponding with the tour dates. Hotels appear hard to find for the mentioned dates. Most of the hotels charged double than their regular prices. Experts forecast a significant economic boost for the city. That is the power of Taylor Swift.
Taylor’s Album Sales Are Through the Roof
Taylor Swift’s albums have earned millions of dollars worldwide. Including Speak now, Fearless, Red, 1989, Lover, Evermore, Folklore have earned ten millions of dollars worldwide. The Recording Industry Association of America published that Taylor Swift has earned $137 million in digital singles and $51 million in album sales. Midnights sold more than 1 million copies in its first week.
Taylor Swift Social Media
In a world of social media where everyone is trying to portray a perfect image but Taylor is just a normal girl doing normal things. Taylor connects her fans on a deeper level.Taylor posted her future visions not her past laurels which makes a huge fan following and encourages society to set goals for future without looking back.
Taylor tries to act like her fans would expect her to. Taylor’s INSTAGRAM followers counted 282 Million while on Facebook 80 million people followed her and were inspired by Taylor Swift.
Taylor Swift is a ultimate business woman
Taylor is the first self-made richest woman in music. Her estimated net worth of 110 Cr. US Dollar or $1.1 Billion, according to Forbes list.
Taylor got 34th position in the America’s Richest Self made women list.
Philanthropic Work
Swift is a successful global icon and owns many expensive things like private jets, precious cars, etc. Despite all of these she is also known to patronise and donate to charitable organisations regularly and extend a helping hand to those in need.
She gave $ 4 million to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and opened the Taylor Swift Education Center in Nashville in 2012.
On her 24th birthday she donated $1 lakh to Nashville Symphony to help the orchestra grow and diversify.
From her Speak Now concert’s benefit, Swift donated $ 50,000 to the Nashville Flood Relief.
Beyond natural calamities, Swift is also vocal about issues that plague society and showing her stance. Swift donated $113,000 to a pro LGBTQ+ community advocacy group – Tennessee Equality Project.
What we learnt from Taylor’s Career ?
- Set a vision of your goal.
- Focus on an identified opportunity.
- Leverage a breakthrough market impact.
- Invest resources in a strategic program.
- Performance result that pays back
- Donate a part of your income regularly to help the needy.
So, What is Taylor Swift’s Net Worth?
Acc. to Forbes, Taylor Swift is the first musician to achieve billionaire status. It was only based solely on her songs and performances. In 2016, 2019, 2021 and 2022 Forbes named her top earning female musician. Taylor Swift was the highest paid celebrity of 2016 with $ 170 million. Taylor also has a real estate portfolio worth $150 million. Her properties are in Nashville, Tribeca, Manhattan, Los Angeles, Rhode Island. Many brands contracted with Taylor to promote their brands because Swift became a youth icon worldwide.
In August 2017, Forbes reported that her net worth was $280 million & in June 2023 her net worth reported $740 million.
And finally Bloomberg reported that Taylor Swift’s net worth is officially $1.1 billion in February 2024. So Taylor Swift is now a BILLIONAIRE.
Facts about the Albums of Taylor Swift
- Reputation was the best selling album of 2017, reportedly making $1.9 million in just the 45 days.
- Lover was the only album of 2019 to sell 1 million copies.
- Folklore was the first album to sell a million copies in 2020.
- Taylor made history when Midnights nabbed all top 10 spots on the Billboard hot 100 song list.
- Red was the 10th album of Taylor Swift which reached no. 1 on the Billboard 200.
- Taylor Swift becoming the first artist ever to achieve the feat of Billboard 100 songs.
