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Taylor Swift just rounded off a great 2024! From winning the Grammy for Album of the Year for Midnights, releasing her eleventh studio album The Tortured Poets Department, concluding her record-breaking concert tour, countless public appearances with boyfriend Travis Kelce, and becoming the most-streamed artist on Spotify- no one is doing it quite like Taylor. This year, she elevated her stardom to a level seldom seen since for years. (Also read: Taylor Swift is everywhere you look right now. Wonder what’s the big deal about her? Read our special story, a primer on everything Swift)

Taylor Swift performs during “The Eras Tour” on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)(AP)

Big night at the Grammys

Taylor made a huge surprise announcement at the Grammy Awards ceremony in February, as she went on stage to accept the award for the best pop vocal album. She announced that her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, would release in April.
Taylor Swift accepts the Best Pop Vocal Album award for Midnights on stage during the 66th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 4, 2024. (Photo by Valerie Macon / AFP)(AFP)

The singer shared the album’s cover on Instagram shortly after. The same night, she also made history by becoming the first performer to win Album of the Year four times. She had previously won Album of the Year three times for Fearless in 2010, 1989 in 2015, and Folklore in 2021.

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The release of The Tortured Poets Department

The Tortured Poets Department released and instantly broke several records. However, true to the style of the singer, she had another major surprise in store. She went on to release 31 new songs instead of the 16 main and four bonus tracks that were confirmed before.

With 300 million streams, it became Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day in history in less than 12 hours post release. Fortnight, featuring Post Malone, went on to break the Spotify record for the most streams for a single song in a day. It also became the fastest album in Spotify history to surpass one billion streams in a single week.

The Eras Tour

The Eras Tour was the shimmering highlight of this year for Taylor. The tour, which began in Glendale, Arizona on March 17, 2023, was picked back up by the singer on May 9, 2024, in Paris, France. The show’s setlist was rearranged, and new tracks from The Tortured Poets Department were added. Meanwhile, the singer also included surprise songs, new arrangements with piano versions, and new outfits. Since then, she made stops in Sweden, Portugal, Spain, France, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.

As per a report by Forbes, the record-breaking Eras Tour helped boost the economies of several countries. The eight-show stop in London generated £300 million for the local economy, as estimated by the tourism agency London & Partners. Taylor’s stop in Melbourne generated a whooping estimate of $1.2 billion in Australian dollars, claimed the same report.

According to The New York Times, the singer’s production company, Taylor Swift Touring, confirmed to the outlet that the tour sold a total of $2,077,618,725 tickets, which is “double the gross ticket sales of any other concert tour in history”.

In the span of eight months, The Eras Tour went on to gross over $1 billion on a single tour. Social media was flooded with clips from the bright, sparkling sets from the tour—thriving in glorious melodrama and bound with the swapping of friendship bracelets. After her concerts at Seattle’s Lumen Field in July caused seismic activity, a California Institute of Technology research team sought to better understand what causes “concert tremor.”

From Haim, Emma Stone, Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern to Selena Gomez, Diplo, Cara Delevingne and Jack Antonoff, celebrities gathered in numbers to attend her show. Bollywood stars Sonam Kapoor, sister Rhea Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor’s mother Neetu Kapoor and sister Riddhima Kapoor Sahni were also ‘certified Swifties’ as they made sure to attend the Eras Tour.

Retired tennis legend Roger Federer announced he is a Swiftie too, as he attended her Eras Tour stop in Zürich, Switzerland.

The Eras Tour came to an end on December 8. The singer got emotional onstage as she received a standing ovation during her performance in the final show in Toronto. “My band, my crew, all of my fellow performers, we have put so much of our lives into this. And you’ve put so much of your lives into being with us tonight and to giving us that moment that we will never forget. We’ve loved our time in Toronto, it’s been so amazing. I love you guys. Thanks so much for that,” she said.

Taylor and Travis

Last year, when news broke that Taylor and the NFL star Travis Kelce had started dating, the internet went into a collective meltdown. Over the course of this year, the two made countless appearances together: she attending his games, and he going an extra mile by appearing on a set for the singer’s Eras Tour in London on June 23. Travis joined Swift during her I Can Do It With a Broken Heart outfit change, and carried her as part of the act.

What’s more? Travis recently threw a massive surprise party to celebrate Taylor’s 35th birthday party, filled with iconic props and references to her illustrious career.

In a nutshell, 2024 was the year Taylor Swift ruled. Fans got new songs, tons of new versions, and a lot of memories from the Eras Tour. No one can really tell what the singer has in store for 2025, but come what may, we will be there

On Tuesday, Isabel shared a lengthy thread on X about how she ended up with floor seats thanks to the “Braking for Whales” actor.

“to make a LONG story short(er): like most shows i go to, we didn’t have ADA tickets, so we had to swap there,” she wrote.

The fan named Isabel said she and her friends were first put in the 500 section in ADA seats. cmtswift/X
“the first ADA seats we were put in (in the 500s) were actually sold on ticketmaster to people who didn’t need accessible seats, but got to keep them.”

Isabel said she and her friend were told to return to the 100 section to ask to be relocated. While waiting in line, she said they missed Gracie Adams’ entire opening set and Swift’s “lover era” only to be told there were no ADA seats left.

They were then given floor seats that Isabel said “didn’t exist.”

“we then had several security guards involved and were finally given new, real floor seats (yay!!!)…that were inaccessible (BOOOO) this went on for three eras in FOUR sections,” she added.

“by [‘All Too Well (10 Minute Version)’], we had been put in six areas, barely saw taylor, and STILL didn’t have accessible seats,” the Swiftie claimed.

Isabel said security ordered her to return to the 100 seating section — once again — when Austin, 32, walked up to them “out of nowhere” and asked if they needed help.

The fan said “he listened” to their story and invited them into the VIP lounge with him.

“He introduced us as his friends, set up our seats, offered us food and drinks, and checked that we were good like a million times,” Isabel recalled.
After continuing to get the runaround, Isabel said Austin, seen above with Taylor in 2011, came up to her and asked if she needed any help. Christopher Polk/Getty Images for PCA
The fan said “he listened” to their story and invited them to the VIP lounge with him. cmtswift/X
“when taylor’s security came to give us the VIP wristbands, they were kind enough to go get my mama and haley from the 500s to be with us.”

Though Isabel said she was “frustrated with the stadium,” she was “blown away” by Austin’s “generosity and kindness.”

Isabel also shared photos of herself with her family and friends in the VIP lounge from the special moment.

Page Six has reached out to Taylor’s rep for comment but did not immediately hear back.
“when taylor’s security came to give us the VIP wristbands, they were kind enough to go get my mama and haley from the 500s to be with us,” she tweeted. cmtswift/X
Though Isabel said she was “frustrated with the stadium,” she was “blown away” by Austin’s “generosity and kindness.” cmtswift/XAustin has been saving the day for many Swifties while his sister, 34, has been onstage performing for the sold-out crowds.
On Saturday, the producer came to a fan’s defense after security tried to remove her from the “Bad Blood” singer’s second Eras Tour concert in Indianapolis for wearing a Travis Kelce costume.

According to a TikTok video, the Swiftie, who was dressed in Kelce’s full football uniform, tried to get the Kansas City Chiefs star’s attention in the VIP area of the show after he made a surprise appearance.

Austin intervened when security attempted to kick the fan out because she was wearing a football helmet on her head.

“Hey, let’s not put hands on people,” Austin told the guard.

The actor then addressed the fan, telling her, “I’m sorry about that. It’s a really cool costume.”

Austin then gave the fan some guitar picks before telling her to enjoy the rest of the show.