Taylor Swift

Taylor at the 2021 Grammy Awards

**Taylor Swift** is an American pop artist and singer/songwriter that holds 11 Grammy Awards and 41 Grammy nominations. She is the first and only solo woman artist to win win Album of the Year at the Grammys for her solo recordings.

## Albums

### Taylor Swift

Swift's debut album was released in 2006 with Big Machine Records. The country album has been certified 7x Multi-Platinum by the RIIA as of December 11, 2017 .

### Fearless

Originally released through Big Machine Records, this album launched Swift into the spotlight and the hearts of young girls. Swift re-recorded this album in 2021 after losing her catalogue and the rights to the music, merchandise, and music videos that she made under the Big Machine label.

### Speak Now

*Speak Now* is the third album Swift created with Big Machine Records. It is a compilation of things that she wishes she had said, with the penultimate track, "Speak Now," allegedly being written from the perspective of her friend Hayley Williams.

### Red

*Red* continued to push Swift away from her 'country music star' image and leaned into the pop genre. Most notably with "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together." The album is allegedly written about her ex-boyfriends actor Jake Gyllenhaal and Connor Kennedy, though a majority is believed to be about Gyllenhaal.

### 1989

1989 is enthusiastically a pop album that largely details Swift's relationship with fellow pop star Harry Styles. It is 9x Multi-Platinum certified by the RIAA.

Jack Antonoff has credits on 3 songs from Swift's 2014 album *1989.* On Out of the Woods and You Are in Love, Antonoff is credited as co-writer and producer, having played the keyboard, drums, bass, electric guitar, and acoustic guitar while also attributing background vocals. I Wish You Would has Jack labeled as a co-writer, producer, and recording engineer who provided background vocals and played the drums, bass, electric guitar, and acoustic guitar for the song.

### reputation

Swift's sixth studio album was born out of the frustration that she bore with the attacks on her character and public image over her career, but especially since the release of 1989. It is the first album wherein Swift curses on a song. Within a month of *reputation*'s release, it was certified triple platinum.

Jack Antonoff collaborated with Taylor Swift for 6 songs on her 2017 album, reputation. These include Getaway Car, Look What You Made Me Do, Call It What You Want, This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, Dress, and New Year's Day.

### Lover

*Lover* (2019) is Swift's seventh studio album and her first album with Republic Records. The pop album explores the different kind of loves while expressing joy in the relationship that she had found with longtime partner Joe Alwyn. After just one day, the album earned the title of the top-selling album of 2019 in the United States, selling 450,000 copies on its first day alone. It was certified platinum on September 27, 2019.

Antonoff has credits on 11 of the 18 tracks, including: Cruel Summer, Lover, The Archer, I Think He Knows, Paper Rings, Cornelia Street, Death by a Thousand Cuts, London Boy, Soon You'll Get Better, False God, and Daylight.

### folklore

Taylor Swift surprised fans with this album that she wrote in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. *Folklore* contains what has been dubbed "the teenage love triangle" with the songs "betty," "august," and "cardigan."

###### Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions

This was the first time that Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner, and Jack Antonoff had been in a room together after the conception of *folklore* due to COVID-19 concerns.

### evermore

Swift quickly followed up *folklore* with its 'sister album' *evermore* a few months later.

Jack Antonoff has credits on "gold rush" and "ivy."

### Fearless (Taylor's Version)

After Taylor Swift had her catalogue taken from her and was not given the chance to buy it from her previous label, Big Machine Records, Swift decided to re-record her albums so that she would own them. Swift aimed to stay as true to the original source material during these re-recordings -- or "Taylor's Versions" -- as possible. Jack Antonoff worked on 4 songs of this album as a producer and instrumentalist: Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version), That's When (Taylor's Version), Don't You (Taylor's Version), and Bye Bye Baby (Taylor's Version). It was released on April 9, 2021.

### Midnights

*Midnights* premiered on October 21, 2022.

Jack Antonoff has songwriting credits on 11 out of the 13 tracks. Taylor Swift has sole writing credits on "Vigilante Shit." Swift and William Bowery have writing credits on "Sweet Nothing."

## Awards

*(This section has been identified as incomplete.)*

* Album of the Year (2020) at the Grammy Awards
* Album of the Year (2015) at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards
* Best Pop Vocal Album (for 1989) at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards
* Best Music Video for *Bad Blood* at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards

## On Taylor

* "I’ve seen her change the music industry first-hand. She’s amazing for being a champion, and making things better for the generations to come. She has a long history of rightly exposing some real darkness in the music industry. And I’m personally thankful for it, outside of our friendship and working relationship, just as an artist. She’s asked me some questions a lot of people are afraid to ask." -Jack Antonoff, in a 2021 interview with NME

## References

1. ↑ https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab\_active=default-award&ar=Taylor+Swift&ti=Taylor+Swift&format=Album&type=#search\_section
2. ↑ https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab\_active=default-award&se=taylor+swift&col=format&ord=asc#search\_section
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/RIAA/status/940309346428358657
4. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8531582/taylor-swift-lover-certified-platinum-riaa
5. ↑ https://www.nme.com/big-reads/bleachers-jack-antonoff-cover-interview-2021-take-the-sadness-out-of-saturday-night-3006942