Popsugar Celebrity Celebrity Evolutions Taylor Swift Through the Years From Rising Country Singer to Pop Star: Taylor Swift's 13-Year Evolution in Pictures 24 October 2019 by Annie Gabillet Image Source: Getty / Presley Ann At 29 years old, Taylor Swift has spent quite a bit of time in the spotlight. In fact, we've been able to see the singer grow up right before our eyes — from her breakthrough as a 16-year-old country star to her reinvention into a full-blown pop icon. We've watched as she dated other stars (like John Mayer and Harry Styles) and befriended, and sometimes unfriended, other celebrities. Let's look back at her incredible evolution. 2006 Image Source: Getty / John Shearer 1 / 55 2006 Image Source: Getty / Rick Diamond 2 / 55 2006 Image Source: Getty / Denise Truscello 3 / 55 2006 Image Source: Getty / Al Messerschmidt 4 / 55 2007 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur 5 / 55 2007 Image Source: Getty / Larry Busacca 6 / 55 2007 Image Source: Getty / Rick Diamond 7 / 55 2007 Image Source: Getty / Ethan Miller 8 / 55 2008 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur 9 / 55 2008 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Winter 10 / 55 2008 Image Source: Getty / Lester Cohen 11 / 55 2008 Image Source: Getty / John Shearer 12 / 55 2009 Image Source: Getty / Jean Baptiste Lacroix 13 / 55 2009 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur 14 / 55 2009 Image Source: Getty / Jeff Kravitz 15 / 55 2009 Image Source: Getty / Rick Diamond 16 / 55 2009 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur 17 / 55 2010 Image Source: Getty / Michael Tran 18 / 55 2010 Image Source: Getty / Jason Merritt 19 / 55 2010 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur 20 / 55 2011 Image Source: Getty / Michael Buckner 21 / 55 2013 Image Source: Getty / Theo Wargo 22 / 55 2013 Image Source: Getty / Jamie McCarthy 23 / 55 2013 Image Source: Getty / Steve Granitz 24 / 55 2014 Image Source: Getty / Nicky Loh/TAS 25 / 55 2014 Image Source: Getty / Nicky Loh/TAS 26 / 55 2014 Image Source: Getty / Alo Ceballos 27 / 55 2014 Image Source: Getty / Denise Truscello 28 / 55 2014 Image Source: Getty / Andrew H. Walker 29 / 55 2014 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur 30 / 55 2014 Image Source: Getty / Larry Busacca 31 / 55 2015 Image Source: Getty / Lester Cohen 32 / 55 2015 Image Source: Getty / Jeff Kravitz 33 / 55 2015 Image Source: Getty / Jon Kopaloff 34 / 55 2015 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Winter/MTV1415 35 / 55 2015 Image Source: Getty / C Flanigan 36 / 55 2015 Image Source: Getty / Jason Merritt 37 / 55 2015 Image Source: Getty / John Shearer 38 / 55 2015 Image Source: Getty / John Shearer 39 / 55 2015 Image Source: Getty / James Devaney 40 / 55 2015 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur 41 / 55 2015 Image Source: Getty / Ian Gavan 42 / 55 2016 Image Source: Getty / Jason LaVeris 43 / 55 2016 Image Source: Getty / Karwai Tang 44 / 55 2016 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur 45 / 55 2016 Image Source: Getty / John Shearer 46 / 55 2016 Image Source: Getty / Mark Davis 47 / 55 2016 Image Source: Getty / John Shearer/LP5 48 / 55 2016 Image Source: Getty / Erika Goldring 49 / 55 2017 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Winter 50 / 55 2017 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur 51 / 55 2018 Image Source: Getty / LISA O'CONNOR 52 / 55 2018 Image Source: Getty / Jason Kempin/TAS18 53 / 55 2019 Image Source: Getty / Gregg DeGuire 54 / 55 2019 Image Source: Getty / Presley Ann 55 / 55 Celebrity EvolutionsTaylor SwiftJoe JonasTaylor LautnerJohn MayerMusicCelebritiesDaft PunkKanye WestMariska Hargitay