Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift1Background informationBirth name Taylor Alison SwiftBorn December 13, 1989 (age 25)Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.Genres Country · country pop · pop · pop rock · synthpopOccupation(s) Singer · Songwriter · Composer · Actress · RecordProducer · MusicianInstruments Vocals · guitar · piano · banjo · ukuleleYears active 2004–presentLabels Big MachineWebsite 2Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter and actress known for hit singles such as "Love Story", "You Belong with Me", "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", "I Knew You Were Trouble", and "Shake It Off". With album and song sales exceeding 50 and 140 million, respectively according to her certified units,[1] she is one of the world's best-selling music artists. Her work has earned her seven Grammy Awards and seven Academy of Country Music Awards, among other accolades.Swift began her career as a teenager, releasing her debut album, Taylor Swift, in 2006. Rooted in country music, the album was well received by country audiences and led to pop crossover success. Her second album, Fearless (2008), achieved international success and won many awards, including the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Her success continued with Speak Now (2010) and Red (2012). In 2014, she released 1989, and received both critical and commercial success. Self-described as her first "official" pop music album—Swift explained that her previous albums were infused with a pop sentiment—1989 was the best-selling album in the U.S. in 2014.[2]Swift's romantic relationships with celebrities such as Jake Gyllenhaal, Taylor Lautner, and John Mayer attracted attention in the mainstream media, to her disdain.[3] Outside of her music, she has acted in the films Valentine's Day (2010), The Lorax (2012), and The Giver (2014), as well as several television appearances. She is also noted for her philanthropic efforts and product endorsements.3Musical and vocal styleSwift's music contains elements of pop, pop rock and country.[299][299][300] She self-identified as a country artist until the 2014 release of 1989, which she has described as a "sonically cohesive pop album."[301][302] However, she intends to record further country music albums in the future.[302]Rolling Stone asserted that, "she might get played on the country station, but she's one of the few genuine rock stars we've got these days."[303] The New York Times noted that, "There isn't much in Ms. Swift's music to indicate country—a few banjo strums, a pair of cowboy boots worn onstage, a bedazzled guitar—but there's something in her winsome, vulnerable delivery that's unique to Nashville."[304] The New Yorker believes she is "considered part of Nashville's country-pop tradition only because she writes narrative songs with melodic clarity and dramatic shape—Nashville'sstock-in-trade."[305] The Guardian has said that Swift "cranks melodies out with the pitiless efficiency of a Scandinavian pop factory."[274]Swift's voice has been described as "sweet, but soft."[306] In studio recordings, the Los Angeles Times identifies Swift's "defining" vocal gesture as "the line that slides down like a contented sigh or up like a raised eyebrow, giving her beloved girl-time hits their air of easy intimacy."[137] Rolling Stone, in a Speak Now review, remarked: "Swift's voice is unaffected enough to mask how masterful she has become as a singer; she lowers her voice for the payoff lines in the classic mode of a shy girl trying to talk tough."[307] In another review of Speak Now, The Village Voice noted that her phrasing was previously "bland and muddled, but that's changed. She can still sound strained and thin, and often strays into a pitch that drives some people crazy; but she's learned how to make words sound like what they mean."[138]4Lyrical themes and styleFor a female to write about her feelings, and then be portrayed as some clingy, insane, desperate girlfriend in need of making you marry her and have kids with her, I think that's taking something that potentially should be celebrated – a woman writing about her feelings in a confessional way – that's taking it and turning it and twisting it into something that is frankly a little sexist."— Swift in response to criticism of her songwriting1989Swift's fifth studio album, 1989, was released on October 27, 2014.[210] She wrote one song alone and co-wrote the remaining 12 with Antonoff, Imogen Heap, Ryan Tedder, Martin, Shellback, and Ali Payami. Swift described 1989 as her first official pop release and parted ways with members of her longtime band.[211][212][213]Swift was inspired by the music of Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Annie Lennox, Madonna and Fine Young Cannibals.[214][215] Musically, the album is "driven by synths and drums in lieu of guitar." Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone remarked: "Deeply weird, feverishly emotional, wildly enthusiastic, 1989 sounds exactly like Taylor Swift, even when it sounds like nothing she's ever tried before."[216] Molly Lambert of Grantland felt the "late-'80s album 1989 really resembles is Bruce Springsteen's Tunnel of Love," citing both artists' change of musical direction, shift in public image and split with longtime band members."[217] Alexis Petridis of The Guardian praised the album's "Springsteenesque narratives of escape and the kind of doomed romantic fatalism in which 60s girl groups dealt … On 1989 the reasons she's afforded the kind of respect denied to her peers are abundantly obvious." Jon Caramanica of The New York Times remarked that Swift was "making pop with almost no contemporary references" and "aiming somewhere even higher, a mode of timelessness that few true pop stars even bother aspiring to."[218]During the 1989 promotional campaign, Swift invited fans to secret album listening sessions at her houses in New York, Nashville, Los Angeles and Rhode Island. Her "expert" use of various social media platforms was also remarked upon by industry analysts.[219] 1989 sold 1.287 million copies in its first week of US release, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 and making Swift the first and only act to have three albums sell more than one million copies in a week.[220] The first single, "Shake It Off", was released in August 2014 and spent four non-consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.[210] She became the first female artist to succeed herself as number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, when "Blank Space" succeeded "Shake It Off".[221] Swift served as an advisor for contestants on the seventh season of The Voice.[222]The 1989 World Tour will run from May to December 2015, visiting the US, Canada, the UK, the Republic of Ireland, Germany, Holland and Japan. Following the initial announcement of dates in November 2014,[223] Australian dates were added the following month.[224][225]5Swift has received many awards and honors, including seven Grammy Awards, 16 American Music Awards, 11 Country Music Association Awards, seven Academy of Country Music Awards, and 34 Billboard Music Awards. As a songwriter, she has been honored by the Nashville Songwriters Association and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.。

taylor swift 演讲稿摘要：1.介绍泰勒·斯威夫特（Taylor Swift）2.泰勒·斯威夫特的成功经历3.泰勒·斯威夫特的品质与价值观4.泰勒·斯威夫特对年轻一代的鼓励与启示5.结论：泰勒·斯威夫特作为榜样的重要性正文：泰勒·斯威夫特（Taylor Swift）是一位享有盛誉的美国歌手、词曲创作人和演员。

她在音乐领域的成就举世瞩目，拥有无数忠实的粉丝。

在她的一次演讲中，她分享了自己的成功经历、品质与价值观，为广大年轻人传递了正能量。

泰勒·斯威夫特出生于美国宾夕法尼亚州，自幼喜爱音乐，她的音乐才华在很小的时候就得到了充分展现。

她签约音乐公司，逐渐在乐坛崭露头角。

凭借出色的演唱实力和不断推出的热门歌曲，泰勒·斯威夫特逐渐成为了全球乐坛的佼佼者。

她多次获得格莱美奖等重要音乐奖项，证明了自身实力。

在成功背后，泰勒·斯威夫特坚守着自己的品质和价值观。

她对待音乐充满敬意，始终保持敬业精神。

她对粉丝关爱备至，为人真诚、友善，赢得了广泛的好人缘。

在演讲中，泰勒·斯威夫特强调了真诚、善良和自信的重要性，鼓励年轻人勇敢追求自己的梦想。

泰勒·斯威夫特还积极参与慈善事业，用自己的影响力为弱势群体发声。

她关注教育、性别平等和LGBTQ权益等问题，为社会作出了积极贡献。

在她身上，我们看到了一个充满爱心、关注社会的优秀榜样。

总之，泰勒·斯威夫特的成功不仅仅体现在音乐事业上，更体现在她的人格魅力和价值观上。

她用自己的经历告诉我们，只要勇敢追求梦想，坚定信念，我们就能够实现自己的人生目标。