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Album summary: Lover is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on August 23, 2019, by Republic Records. As executive producer, Swift worked with producers Jack Antonoff, Joel Little, Louis Bell, Frank Dukes, and Sounwave on the album. Described by Swift as a "love letter to love", Lover celebrates the ups and downs of love and incorporates brighter, more cheerful tones, departing from the dark sounds of its predecessor, Reputation (2017). Read more on Last.fm.

Album summary: evermore is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on December 11, 2020, through Republic Records, less than five months after the singer's eighth studio album, folklore. evermore was a spontaneous product of Swift's extended collaboration with her folklore co-producer Aaron Dessner, with whom she developed a creative chemistry and could not stop writing songs even after releasing the latter. Swift described evermore as an offshoot of "the folklorian woods"—an escapist, cottagecore-inspired direction she first ideated with folklore during the COVID-19 pandemic; she regards them as sister albums. evermore blends alternative rock, indie folk and Read more on Last.fm.

Album summary: Taylor Swift is the self-titled debut studio album by Taylor Swift. It was released through Big Machine Records in the US and Canada on October 24, 2006, and internationally on March 18, 2008. Swift had relocated from Pennsylvania to Tennessee in 2004, at fourteen years old, to pursue a career as a country singer-songwriter. She signed with Sony/ATV Tree publishing house, and Big Machine Records in 2005, to work on her debut album during her first high school year. The lyrics are about Swift's perspectives of life as a teenager, dealing with romantic relationships, friendships and insecurity. Taylor Swift is Read more on Last.fm.

Album summary: Three years after the release of 2014's 1989, and following several public spats with celebrities like Kanye West, Taylor Swift aims to clear her name and inaccurate public image on reputation. At a fan event that took place in June 2018, Swift described the record as a story of "finding love throughout all the noise," referring to how the album transitions from discussing her persona to falling in love with British actor Joe Alwyn. On its first day alone, the album sold 700,000 physical copies, and it debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart, having sold more copies Read more on Last.fm.

Album summary: Speak Now is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on October 25, 2010, through Big Machine Records. Inspired by Swift's transition from adolescence into adulthood, the album is a loose concept album about her confessions regarding love and heartache, with some songs about her public experiences. Read more on Last.fm.

Album summary: folklore is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was a surprise album, released on July 24, 2020, through Republic Records. Swift conceived Folklore in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic as "a collection of songs and stories that flowed like a stream of consciousness" out of her imagination, and collaborated with producers Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff virtually. At the 63rd annual Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift made history with her third album of the year win for folklore. Read more on Last.fm.

Album summary: 1989 is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on October 27, 2014, through Big Machine Records. After music critics questioned her status as a country musician following her pop and electronic-influenced fourth studio album Red, Swift was inspired by 1980s synth-pop to recalibrate her artistry from country to pop music. On 1989, titled after her birth year to signify her symbolic artistic rebirth, Swift enlisted Max Martin as co-executive producer. The album's synth-pop sound is characterized by heavy synthesizers, programmed drums and processed backing vocals. The songs, expanding on Swift's songwriting practice taking inspiration from her Read more on Last.fm.

Album summary: Red is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on October 22, 2012 through Big Machine Records, as the follow-up to her commercially successful 2010 album Speak Now. It was announced through Swift's live webchat on August 13, 2012, in which she revealed the album title, album cover, as well as answered fan questions. Four promotional singles were released in the month leading up to the album release, three of which debuted inside the top ten of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The album features collaborations with new producers and guest artists such as Gary Read more on Last.fm.