Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. Known for her autobiographical songwriting, artistic versatility, and cultural impact, Swift is one of the best-selling music artists, the highest-grossing touring musician, and the wealthiest female musician—the first billionaire with music as the main income.
Swift signed to Big Machine Records in 2005, debuting as a country singer with the albums Taylor Swift and Fearless. The singles "Teardrops on My Guitar", "Love Story", and "You Belong with Me" found crossover success on country and pop radio formats. She incorporated rock on Speak Now and electronic on Red, later re-calibrating her image from country to pop with the synth-pop set 1989; the ensuing media scrutiny inspired the hip-hop-imbued Reputation. The albums contained the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", "Bad Blood", and "Look What You Made Me Do".
Shifting to Republic Records in 2018, Swift released the electropop album Lover and contested with Big Machine for masters, re-recording four albums as Taylor's Version.