Discover the story of the song > Cruel Summer – Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift is a successful singer and songwriter who has released 10 studio albums, 2 re-recorded studio albums, 4 EPs, 3 live albums and 19 other minor works. She has sold approximately 114 million album units worldwide and has topped the charts in several countries.

Swift began her music career in 2005 when she signed with Big Machine Records and released her self-titled debut album the following year. Over the next few years, she released a string of successful albums, including Fearless, Speak Now and Red, all of which topped the Billboard 200 chart. In 2014, she released 1989, which became her first number one album in the UK and spent 11 weeks at the top of the Billboard 200.

In 2017, Swift released Reputation, which sold over 1 million copies in its first week and was certified 3x platinum by the RIAA. In 2018, she left Big Machine Records and signed with Republic Records, the label of Universal Music Group. In 2019, she released Lover, which became the best-selling album of the year worldwide by a solo artist.

In 2020, Swift released Folklore and Evermore, both of which spent several weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 chart. In 2022, Swift's album Midnights broke sales and streaming records, including the most vinyl sales in one week in the United States and the most streams in one day on Spotify.