The Music Industry


Taylor Swift is a global cultural force who transitioned from a teen country prodigy to the most dominant artist in pop history. Over two decades, she has masterfully reclaimed her music through her “Taylor’s Version” project while shattering records with the $2 billion-grossing Eras Tour. As of late 2025, she has found both artistic and personal peace, recently celebrating her engagement to Travis Kelce and the release of her twelfth studio album. Taylor Swift’s journey is a masterclass in resilience, evolving from a Pennsylvania Christmas tree farm dreamer into the first musician to reach billionaire status purely through music and touring. After a historic battle to reclaim her masters, she successfully regained ownership of her first six albums in 2025.

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Discography

Official Discography: 2006 - 2025
Year Album Era_Color
2006 Taylor Swift Green
2008 Fearless Yellow
2010 Speak Now Purple
2012 Red Red
2014 1989 Light Blue
2017 Reputation Black
2019 Lover Pink
2020 Folklore Grey
2020 Evermore Brown
2022 Midnights Dark Blue
2024 The Tortured Poets Department White
2025 The Life of a Showgirl Orange/Gold

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Awards

Career Milestones
Category Total Status
Grammy Awards 14 Record Female AOTY Wins
Billboard Music Awards 54 All-Time Most Wins
MTV VMAs 30 Tied for Most Wins
American Music Awards 40 All-Time Most Wins
Guinness World Records 120+ Global Legend
Total Album Units (US) 116.7 Million Highest Certified Female

Tours

Global Concert Tour Statistics
Years Tour Title Total Attendance Gross Revenue Shows
2009-10 Fearless Tour 1.20M $66M 118
2011-12 Speak Now World Tour 1.64M $123M 110
2013-14 The Red Tour 1.70M $150M 86
2015 The 1989 World Tour 2.28M $250M 85
2018 Reputation Stadium Tour 2.88M $345M 53
2023-24 The Eras Tour 10.16M $2,077M 149
---
title: "Taylor Austin Swift"
output: 
  flexdashboard::flex_dashboard:
    orientation: columns
    social: menu
    source_code: embed
    self_contained: true
    vertical_layout: fill
    theme: flatly
---

```{r setup, include=FALSE}
library(flexdashboard)
library(knitr)
library(kableExtra)
# albums
albums_data <- data.frame(
  Year = c(2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025),
  Album = c("Taylor Swift", "Fearless", "Speak Now", "Red", "1989", "Reputation", "Lover", "Folklore", "Evermore", "Midnights", "The Tortured Poets Department", "The Life of a Showgirl"),
  Era_Color = c("Green", "Yellow", "Purple", "Red", "Light Blue", "Black", "Pink", "Grey", "Brown", "Dark Blue", "White", "Orange/Gold"))
# awards
career_stats <- data.frame(
  Category = c("Grammy Awards", "Billboard Music Awards", "MTV VMAs", "American Music Awards", "Guinness World Records", "Total Album Units (US)"),
  Total = c("14", "54", "30", "40", "120+", "116.7 Million"),
  Status = c("Record Female AOTY Wins", "All-Time Most Wins", "Tied for Most Wins", "All-Time Most Wins", "Global Legend", "Highest Certified Female"))
# tours
all_tours_data <- data.frame(
  Year = c("2009-10", "2011-12", "2013-14", "2015", "2018", "2023-24"),
  Tour_Name = c("Fearless Tour", "Speak Now World Tour", "The Red Tour", "The 1989 World Tour", "Reputation Stadium Tour", "The Eras Tour"),
  Attendance = c("1.20M", "1.64M", "1.70M", "2.28M", "2.88M", "10.16M"),
  Revenue_USD = c("$66M", "$123M", "$150M", "$250M", "$345M", "$2,077M"),
  Shows = c(118, 110, 86, 85, 53, 149))
```

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<br> Taylor Swift is a global cultural force who transitioned from a teen country prodigy to the most dominant artist in pop history. Over two decades, she has masterfully reclaimed her music through her "Taylor’s Version" project while shattering records with the \$2 billion-grossing Eras Tour. As of late 2025, she has found both artistic and personal peace, recently celebrating her engagement to Travis Kelce and the release of her twelfth studio album. Taylor Swift’s journey is a masterclass in resilience, evolving from a Pennsylvania Christmas tree farm dreamer into the first musician to reach billionaire status purely through music and touring. After a historic battle to reclaim her masters, she successfully regained ownership of her first six albums in 2025.
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## Column

### Discography

```{r}
kable(albums_data, caption = "<center><span style='; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.5em;'>Official Discography: 2006 - 2025</span></center>") |>  kable_classic(full_width = F, html_font = "Arial") |>
  row_spec(0, bold = TRUE)
```
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## Column

### Awards

```{r}
kable(career_stats, 
      align = "c", 
      caption = "Career Milestones") |>
  kable_classic(full_width = F, html_font = "Arial") |>
  row_spec(0, bold = TRUE)
```

### Tours

```{r}
kable(all_tours_data, 
      align = "c", 
      col.names = c("Years", "Tour Title", "Total Attendance", "Gross Revenue", "Shows"),
      caption = "Global Concert Tour Statistics") |>
  kable_classic(full_width = F, html_font = "Arial") %>%
  row_spec(0, bold = TRUE)
```