Taylor Swift videography
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has released four video albums and has appeared in thirty-eight music videos, five films and three television shows. From her eponymous debut album (2006),[1] she released music videos for the singles "Tim McGraw", "Teardrops on My Guitar", "Our Song", and "Picture to Burn", all directed by Trey Fanjoy and released from 2006–08. For the second of these, she earned an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist nomination. She followed with three other music videos in 2008—"Beautiful Eyes" from her self-titled extended play, "Change from the AT&T Team USA Soundtrack and "Love Story" from her second album Fearless (2008).[2][3] The latter was nominated for two awards at the 2009 CMT Music Awards—Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year. For the video of "You Belong with Me" she won Best Female Video at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. During her acceptance speech, she was interrupted by rapper Kanye West, which sparked controversy and received much media attention.[4]
Swift's third album Speak Now (2010) spawned the single "Mine",[5] whose music video was directed by herself and Roman White, who previously directed two of her videos. This was followed by "Back to December", a video that laments the aftermath of a break-up, and "Mean", which tells the story of bullying. She also released videos for "The Story of Us", "Sparks Fly", and "Ours", all in 2011. The following year, Swift released her fourth album Red (2012), preceded by a music video for the lead single "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together". The video for "I Knew You Were Trouble" won Swift a second MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video. The year 2013 saw Swift release five music videos—four from Red;[6] "22", "Everything Has Changed", "Red" and "The Last Time", and one in a collaboration with Tim McGraw; "Highway Don't Care".
Swift's fifth album 1989 produced the music videos for "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space", with the latter becoming the fastest video to reach one billion views on Vevo in 2015.[7][8] "Blank Space" and the video for "Bad Blood", featuring rapper Kendrick Lamar, won four accolades at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, with the latter winning for Video of the Year and Best Collaboration. It also received a Grammy Award for Best Music Video. In addition to her music videos, Swift has released video albums, such as Taylor Swift and Def Leppard (2009), Speak Now World Tour – Live (2011) and Taylor Swift: Journey to Fearless (2011). She has appeared in the television shows CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in 2009, Saturday Night Live in 2009 and New Girl in 2013. In film, she has starred in Valentine's Day (2010), and provided her voice in the animated film The Lorax (2012). She has also appeared in a number of commercials, including for Band Hero (2009), Coca Cola (2014) and Apple Music (2015).
Music videos
• | Denotes music videos directed or co-directed by Taylor Swift |
Title | Year | Other performer(s) credited | Director(s) | Description | Ref. |
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"Tim McGraw" | 2006 | None | Trey Fanjoy | The video focuses on flashbacks by Swift's love interest, among cut scenes that feature Swift lying on a lake bed. The video received a nomination for Number One Streamed Video From a New Artist at the 2006 CMT Online Awards.[9] At the 2007 CMT Music Awards, it won Breakthrough Video of the Year.[10] | [11] |
"Teardrops on My Guitar" | 2007 | None | Trey Fanjoy | Follows Swift's unrequited love for her friend who falls in love with another girl. The video received a nomination for Best New Artist at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.[12] | [13] |
"Our Song" | 2007 | None | Trey Fanjoy | Swift is seen performing in various settings, including a front porch. At the 2008 CMT Music Awards, the video earned Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year.[14] | [15] |
"I'm Only Me When I'm with You" • | 2008 | None | Taylor Swift | The video showcases shots of her live concert footage. | [16] |
"Picture to Burn" | 2008 | None | Trey Fanjoy | It has Swift fantasizing about exacting revenge on her ex-boyfriend as she sees him with another woman. | [17] |
"Beautiful Eyes" | 2008 | None | Todd Cassetty Trey Fanjoy |
The video shows footage from Swift's eighteenth birthday party. | [18] |
"Change" | 2008 | None | Shawn Robbins | Swift performs with a band in a ballroom. An alternate version of the video features footage from United States Olympic team at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[19] | [20] |
"Love Story" | 2008 | None | Trey Fanjoy | Based on William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet (1597), it replaces the tragic conclusion with a happy ending; it is a period piece focusing on Swift meeting her boyfriend in a university campus. At the 2009 CMT Music Awards, the video won the awards for Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year.[21] | [22] |
"White Horse" | 2009 | None | Trey Fanjoy | An ex-boyfriend approaches Swift looking for a second chance. She recalls multiple memories with him, both positive and negative. | [23] |
"Crazier" | 2009 | None | Peter Chelsom | The video is taken from Swift performing the song in cameo in the film Hannah Montana: The Movie. | [24] |
"You Belong with Me" | 2009 | None | Roman White | Swift, a studious girl, yearns for a popular boy next door. At the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, the music video was named Best Female Video.[25] Her acceptance speech was interrupted by rapper Kanye West,[4] which sparked controversy and received much media attention.[26] | [27] |
"The Best Day" • | 2009 | None | Taylor Swift | The video showcases home videos of Swift and her mother. | [28] |
"Fifteen" | 2009 | None | Roman White | It was filmed using a green screen with heavy usage of special effects. Swift walks through a garden, where she relives many memories with her best friend. | [29] |
"Best Days of Your Life" | 2009 | Kellie Pickler | Roman White | When Pickler sees his boyfriend cheating on him, she leaves him. He finds his life miserable with his new girlfriend and misses being with Pickler instead. | [30] |
"Fearless" | 2010 | None | Todd Cassetty | Director Todd Cassetty uses footage from the Fearless Tour performances for the video. | [31] |
"Mine" • | 2010 | None | Taylor Swift Roman White |
Swift recalls the fights between her parents that follow her through adulthood, her own relationship, and marriage. | [32] |
"Back to December" | 2011 | None | Yoann Lemoine | Swift mourns her break-up with her ex-boyfriend whom she didn't treat well when they were together. | [33] |
"Mean" | 2011 | None | Declan Whitebloom | Documents the lives of four different people bullied in different stages. However, their lives get better in the end of video. | [34] |
"The Story of Us" | 2011 | None | Noble Jones | Swift is seen narrating the eponymous book in a library. The scenes flash back and forth between her and her ex-boyfriend, students in the library. | [35] |
"Sparks Fly" | 2011 | None | Christian Lamb | It shows clips of various performances during the Speak Now World Tour. | [36] |
"Ours" | 2011 | None | Declan Whitebloom | It primarily takes place in an office with Swift working and seeing various videos of her and her boyfriend. It ends with them embracing each other as he returns from the military. | [37] |
"Safe & Sound" | 2012 | The Civil Wars | Philip Andelman | It was shot in a cemetery, where Swift sits atop the graves of a couple who died in 1853. | [38] |
"Both of Us" | 2012 | B.o.B | Jake Nava | Along with B.o.B and Swift, the video also portray people living their day-to-day lives. | [39] |
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" | 2012 | None | Declan Whitebloom | When her on-again, off-again boyfriend does dreadful and atrocious things, Swift realizes that they are never ever getting back together. | [40] |
"Begin Again" | 2012 | None | Philip Andelman | The video finds Swift roaming around the streets of Paris in search of a fresh start. | [41] |
"I Knew You Were Trouble" | 2012 | None | Anthony Mandler | Swift recounts the events of a passionate but destructive romance. The video won Best Female Video at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards and was also nominated for Video of the Year.[42][43] | [44] |
"22" | 2013 | None | Anthony Mandler | Swift bounces on trampolines and plays on the beach with her friends. | [45] |
"Highway Don't Care" | 2013 | Tim McGraw | Shane Drake | The video highlights the dangers of driving while distracted, particularly texting and driving. It sees an accident as a result of a similar situation. | [46] |
"Everything Has Changed" | 2013 | Ed Sheeran | Philip Andelman Giles Dunning |
Two children meet each other on a bus to elementary school. Throughout the video, they are seen painting their faces with crayons, pretending to be a princess and knight, and dancing with each other in the empty school gym. | [47] |
"Red" | 2013 | None | Kenny Jackson | The video showcases footage from Swift's The Red Tour, with the audience cheering in the background. | [48] |
"The Last Time" | 2013 | Gary Lightbody | Terry Richardson | Footage from The Red Tour performance in Sacramento, California in August 2013 was used to create the music video. | [49] |
"Shake It Off" | 2014 | None | Mark Romanek | Swift appears alongside other dancers in the styles of ballet, cheerleader, hip hop, jazz, lyrical and twerker. Throughout the video, Swift references several pop musicians, including Lady Gaga and Skrillex. | [50] |
"Blank Space" | 2014 | None | Joseph Kahn | The 360° video features Swift with her love interest in a mansion. As her boyfriend is seen betraying her, Swift turns into a man-eating psychotic jealous girlfriend. With over 1.68 billion views, it is the fourth most viewed YouTube video as of August 2016.[51] The video received two MTV Video Music Awards—Best Female Video and Best Pop Video.[52] | [53] |
"Style" | 2015 | None | Kyle Newman | The video is different from Swift's previous work, featuring her in a darker, more abstract, light. It has scenery heavily, with images of beaches, forests and car rides. | [54] |
"Bad Blood" | 2015 | Kendrick Lamar | Joseph Kahn | When Swift is betrayed by her companion, she prepares to exact vengeance. The video received eight nominations at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards,[55] winning Video of the Year and Best Collaboration.[52] It also won the Grammy Award for Best Music Video.[56] | [57] |
"Wildest Dreams" | 2015 | None | Joseph Kahn | Set in the 1950s, the video focuses on Swift and her love interest filming a romance. Swift is heartbroken when she sees him with his wife and flees the premiere of the film. All of the proceeds from the video went to wild animal conservation efforts through the African Parks Foundation of America.[58] | [59] |
"Out of the Woods" | 2015 | None | Joseph Kahn | It finds Swift on several different locations, such as a beach, the snowy mountains, an ocean, a barren landscape, a muddy location, and a burning forest. | [60] |
"New Romantics" | 2016 | None | Jonas Åkerlund | The video shows several clips of Swift onstage performing during The 1989 World Tour. | [61] |
Video albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications (DVD) | Notes | |||
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US [62] |
AUS [63] |
CAN [64] |
JPN [65] | |||||
CMT Crossroads: Taylor Swift and Def Leppard |
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Taylor Swift: Journey to Fearless |
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— | 99 | — | — |
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Speak Now World Tour – Live | 11 | 16 | 25 | 28 |
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The 1989 World Tour Live |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Filmography
Title[72] | Year | Role | Notes |
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Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience | 2009 | Herself | Cameo |
Hannah Montana: The Movie | 2009 | Herself | Cameo |
Valentine's Day | 2010 | Felicia Miller | |
The Lorax | 2012 | Audrey | Voice |
The Giver | 2014 | Rosemary |
Television
Title[72] | Year | Role | Notes |
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | 2009 | Haley Jones | Episode: "Turn, Turn, Turn" |
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | 2009 | Herself | |
Saturday Night Live | 2009 | Herself | Guest host, performer (2 episodes) |
Punk'd | 2012 | Herself | |
20/20 | 2012 | Herself | |
60 Minutes | 2012–13 | Herself | |
New Girl | 2013 | Elaine | Episode: "Elaine's Big Day" |
CBS This Morning | 2013–14 | Herself | |
Late Night With Seth Meyers | 2014 | Herself | |
The View | 2014 | Herself | |
The Talk | 2014 | Herself | |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 2014–15 | Herself |
Commercials
Swift has appeared in a number of commercials for companies and products, including Band Hero (2009),[73] Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX7 (2010),[74] Target (2010, 2012, 2014),[75][76][77] CoverGirl (2010–11),[78][79] Wonderstruck (2012),[80] Keds (2013),[81] Coca-Cola (2014),[82] Chinese Toyota (2015),[83] Chinese Evolution of Smooth (2015),[84] and Apple Music (2016).[85]
Notes
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