Taylor Swift the celebrity is such a magnet for attention, she can distract from Taylor Swift the artist. But Swift was a songwriter before she was a star, and she’ll be a songwriter long after she ...

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After her Forbes billionaires' list letdown, Taylor Swift rises back like a phoenix with another powerful achievement.

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Any press is good press. Taylor Swift cheekily addressed her music critics after releasing her new “The Life of a Showgirl” album in an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe Tuesday. “I welcome the ...

Taylor Swift made history again this week and it surprisingly has nothing to do with the release of her highly anticipated 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl.” On Tuesday, Sept. 30, the ...

The whole picture is right there from the start. In the first few seconds of "The Fate of Ophelia," track one on Taylor Swift's 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, a commanding drum fill sets ...