Taylor Swift

2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards: Lady Gaga and Mariah Carey secure top honours

The 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards lit up Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre on Monday (March 17), delivering a night of star-studded celebrations and major honours. Lady Gaga was recognised with the prestigious iHeartRadio Innovator Award for her groundbreaking contributions to music and performance, while the legendary Mariah Carey, the best-selling female artiste in history, was celebrated with the iHeartRadio Icon Award.

Two arrested for stealing and flipping Taylor Swift concert tickets for $600k

Authorities have apprehended two individuals in connection with a cybercrime case involving the unauthorised acquisition of over 900 concert tickets, most of which were for Taylor Swift’s highly sought-after “Eras Tour”.

Taylor Swift wins recording artist of the year crown for fifth time

Swift’s album led the 2024 global album sales chart, which tracks physical purchases and full album downloads, with 5.6 million units sold. K-pop group ENHYPEN's "Romance: Untold" secured second place with 3.4 million units.

Grammy 2025: Beyoncé, Carpenter take home awards

Beyonce won the Grammy Award for best country album on Sunday for "Cowboy Carter" at a ceremony that served as a love letter to host city Los Angeles following the devastating wildfires that scarred a hub of the music business.

Travis Kelce went all out to celebrate Taylor Swift’s 35th birthday

Taylor Swift’s 35th birthday turned into a heartwarming celebration with her boyfriend, National Football League (NFL) star Travis Kelce. According to Page Six, a source close to the couple shared that Travis went all out to make the day special by arranging a private celebration and showering the pop sensation with a “ton of gifts.”

Unwrapping the lately-hyped ‘Stopify Wrapped’

Spotify brilliantly turned our listening habits into social media gold. By wrapping our music data in bold colours, quirky headlines, and an irresistible share button, they transformed a personal experience into a public spectacle. Suddenly, our taste in music was not just our taste—it became content.

Taylor Swift gifts $197m in bonuses to ‘Eras Tour’ crew

Taylor Swift has recently concluded her “Eras Tour” which generated over US $2 billion. The “Shake it Off” singer decided to give a special surprise for her cast and crew members by handing out US $197 million as bonuses to tour members on top of their regular salaries, according to People magazine.

Taylor Swift dominates Spotify Wrapped once again

Taylor Swift has reclaimed her spot at the top of Spotify’s Wrapped list for the year. On Wednesday, the music streaming platform unveiled its much-anticipated Wrapped feature, an annual summary highlighting user engagement and listening trends over the past year. According to Variety, Swift was crowned the most-streamed artiste on Spotify once again. 

Taylor Swift’s London concerts cost $1m only in security

This surge in costs followed threats and disruptions, including bomb plots at her concerts in Vienna, which raised the stakes for her safety. 

July 3, 2024
July 3, 2024

You can do no wrong with Taylor on stage: Travis Kelce

The NFL star revealed that the cameo was actually his idea. “I suggested, ‘How fun would it be if I just rolled out on one of the bikes during the ‘1989’ era?’” Kelce recounted proposing to the Cruel Summer hitmaker. Swift, amused by the idea, responded positively, asking, “Would you seriously be up for doing something like that?”

June 28, 2024
June 28, 2024

Taylor Swift and Kanye West's feud resurfaces in new docu-series

The series navigates through her explosive fallout with Scooter Braun, Justin Bieber's former manager, which began in 2019 when Braun purchased Taylor's master tapes from her previous record label, Big Machine Records. This acquisition led Taylor to re-record her albums to regain control over her music.

June 24, 2024
June 24, 2024

Dave Grohl takes jab At Taylor Swift during Foo Fighters’ London show

In a night of contrasting performances at two iconic venues, Dave Grohl and his band Foo Fighters delivered a charged performance at London Stadium on Saturday, while Taylor Swift dazzled fans at Wembley Stadium with the second night of her highly anticipated “Eras Tour”.

April 30, 2024
April 30, 2024

Taylor Swift's new album dominates US sales and Billboard charts

Pop megastar Taylor Swift sold 2.61 million album and streaming units of "The Tortured Poets Department" (TTPD) during its first week of release in the US, Billboard reported on Sunday, calling it "a gigantic debut at No 1" on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

April 28, 2024
April 28, 2024

Taylor Swift beats Beatles in race to 12th UK number one album

Taylor Swift topped the British music charts last Friday with "The Tortured Poets Department" (TTPD), outselling the rest of the top ten combined and beating the Beatles for the record of the fastest artiste to rack up 12 UK number-one albums.

April 24, 2024
April 24, 2024

Taylor Swift’s diss track causes Kim Kardashian to lose 500,000 followers

Taylor Swift is not one to mince words, and her latest track "thanK you aIMee" certainly attests to that! Just when it seemed like her feud with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian had simmered down, the pop icon surprised everyone by dropping a no-holds-barred diss track targeting a figure named Aimee, widely speculated by fans to be none other than Kim Kardashian.

April 19, 2024
April 19, 2024

Taylor Swift drops secret double album via ‘The Tortured Poets Department’

Love and poetry converge as Taylor Swift unveils her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department” (TTPD), a creation she teased with a surprise announcement at the 2024 Grammys. This musical venture signals a daring new era, enveloped in a captivating black-and-white aesthetic reminiscent of tortured poets, inkwells, and midnight contemplations.

March 5, 2024
March 5, 2024

Ancestry reveals Taylor Swift's connection to poet Emily Dickinson

Recent findings from Ancestry have unveiled an unexpected familial link between global pop sensation Taylor Swift and esteemed 19th-century poet Emily Dickinson. According to the American genealogy company, both Swift and Dickinson are sixth cousins thrice removed, tracing their ancestry back to a 17th-century English immigrant who settled in Windsor, Connecticut.

February 22, 2024
February 22, 2024

Taylor Swift named IFPI 2023 global recording artist of the year

The "Anti-Hero" singer scooped the award for the second year running.

February 14, 2024
February 14, 2024

Super Bowl draws record 123 million US viewers

A record 123.4 million people tuned in to watch the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers in Sunday's Super Bowl -- with the added attraction of an Usher-headlined halftime show and the attention-stealing presence of Taylor Swift.