Taylor Swift - Superstar The Illustrated Biography Album by Album

This is Taylor Swift’s life story, in albums so far, in a beautifully illustrated hardback edition.

Her record sales top 200 million worldwide and she is the most streamed female artist on Spotify. Her 2022 album Midnights added to her many billions of streams by amassing a record 184.69 million streams in its first 24 hours. Along the way, every one of her 10 studio albums has topped the charts.

Her latest worldwide tour, the Eras Tour, is her most ambitious yet – a three-hour, 44-song set split into 10 acts, each celebrating one of her albums. Universally acclaimed, critics and audiences alike marveled at Taylor’s vocals and musicianship as she headed up the strenuous and inventive all-stadium shows which sold out in seconds.

As testament to her talents, she has won 11 Grammy awards, including three for Album of the Year, and is the most awarded artist in the history of the American Music Awards with an unprecedented 40 trophies. Among many other accolades and prizes she was named Woman of the 2010s Decade by Billboard and Artist of the 2010s Decade by the AMA.

So what better way to tell her incredible story than through the musical development shown in her albums?

Carolyn McHugh is an editor and writer specializing in popular music, fashion, and culture. From the birth of rock and roll in the mid-1950s through to modern artists of the 21st century, she has written about everyone from legends such as Elvis Presley, Elton John, and George Michael, to the young stars of K-pop and country, and new fan favorites Harry Styles and Billie Eilish. Her eclectic tastes include a passion for Bowie, a weakness for Whitney and a love of ‘70s glam rock