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Taylor Swift is a singer-songwriter, singer and lyricist, born on December 13, 1989 in West Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. That puts Taylor Swift at 36 years old in 2026. Schooling on record includes Hendersonville High School. Awards on record include Dick Clark Award for Excellence (2014), MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video (2009), American Music Award for Favorite Country Female Artist (2008, 2009) and 4 more.
My Take
Look, I've watched Taylor Swift go from a curly-haired teen with a guitar singing about high school crushes to one of the biggest forces in pop, and the wild part is she did it by writing everything down in painfully specific detail. That's her whole magic to me: she turns her own diary into songs that somehow feel like yours too. I love that she pivoted from country to glossy pop to those moody folk records without losing the thread, and re-recording her old albums to own her masters? Genuinely iconic move. She's a savvy businesswoman dressed up as your most relatable friend. You don't have to love every track, but I find it hard not to respect someone this prolific, this self-aware, and this stubbornly herself.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Taylor Swift
- Name (Japanese)
- テイラー・スウィフト
- Reading
- ていらー・すうぃふと
- Born
- December 13, 1989 (age 36)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Snake
- Origin
- West Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter / singer / lyricist
2. Background
- High school
- Hendersonville High School
Awards & achievements
- 2014 Dick Clark Award for Excellence
- 2009 MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video
- 2008 American Music Award for Favorite Country Female Artist
- 2009 American Music Award for Artist of the Year
- 2009 American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
- 2009 American Music Award for Favorite Country Female Artist
- 2009 Favorite Adult Contemporary New Artiste
- 2009 American Music Award for Favorite Country Album
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://taylorswift.com
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/taylorswift/
- Xhttps://x.com/taylorswift13
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor%20Swift
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%95%E3%83%88
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26876
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Taylor Swift born?
Born December 13, 1989 (age 36).
Where is Taylor Swift from?
Taylor Swift is from West Reading, Pennsylvania, United States.
What does Taylor Swift do?
Taylor Swift works as singer-songwriter, singer, lyricist.
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