Lilly Singh:
Lilly Singh (born September 26, 1988) is a Canadian YouTuber, television host, comedian, and author. She began making YouTube videos in 2010. She originally appeared under the pseudonym Superwoman (stylized IISuperwomanII), her YouTube username until 2019.
Singh released her documentary A Trip to Unicorn Island (2016) and her first book, How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life (2017), which was a New York Times Best Seller. From September 2019 to June 2021, Singh acted as executive producer and host of the NBC late-night talk show A Little Late with Lilly Singh.
She is the first person of Indian descent to host an American late-night talk show.
Early life and education
Singh was born and raised in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her parents, Malvindar Kaur and Sukvindar Singh, are Indian Punjabi immigrants from Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India, and raised her as a Sikh.
Lilly’s older sister, Tina (born 1982), is also a YouTuber; she makes videos about her family life with her husband and their three sons, under the name ‘The Tina Singh’ (formerly ‘MOM BOSS OF 3’). Singh had said she was a tomboy as a child. She attended Mary Shadd Public School during her elementary years, and in 2006, she graduated from Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute in Malvern, Toronto.
She was a member of Girl Guides of Canada and participated in their youth programs. In 2010, she graduated from York University in Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.
Career:
In October 2010, Singh started a YouTube channel under the pseudonym “IISuperwomanII”. Starting, she had intended to go to graduate school as her parents had requested, but chose to make YouTube videos and decided that she would return to graduate school if her YouTube career did not progress.
In December 2011, Lilly created a second channel called “SuperwomanVlogs”, now titled “Lilly Singh Vlogs”, where she chronicles her daily activities and includes behind-the-scenes footage from her videos. She used it as a second channel to upload videos until August 2014, when she began uploading vlogs. Singh appeared as a background dancer in the movies Speedy Singhs and Thank You in 2011. When Singh acquired 100,000 subscribers in 2012, she applied to YouTube for monetization on her videos.
When YouTube accepted, Lilly “became more career-minded” and bought her first camera for $699.In August 2013, Singh was featured alongside Jassi Sidhu in his Punjabi song Hipshaker. She rapped in the song Mauj Ki Malharein, which played in the Bollywood drama Gulaab Gang in August 2014. In July of the same year, Lilly released a song titled #LEH in a collaboration with her friend, author and rapper Kanwer Singh, who is known by the pseudonym “Humble the Poet”.In 2014, Singh appeared in a small role in the Canadian production Dr. Cabbie. In the same year, she was nominated for a Shorty Award and a Streamy Award. In 2015, Lilly Singh ranked 8th on Forbes’ list of World’s Top-Earning YouTube Stars.
In 2016, she was included in Forbes’ list of the world’s highest-paid YouTubers, ranking third and earning a reported $7.5 million. In 2018, she was once again ranked on the Forbes list of the world’s highest-paid YouTube stars, in tenth place, earning a reported $10.5 million. As of February 2022, she has 14.7 million subscribers and over three billion video views.
Public image
Punjabi culture is frequently portrayed in Lilly’s videos, which contain satires on people’s complaints and prominent issues. Her most popular video is Three Girls, One Elevator (ft. Zendaya & Winnie Harlow), which also promotes her women’s empowerment campaign GirlLove, and her most popular series features her fictional parents, Paramjeet and Manjeet, both played by Singh herself, reacting to trending and controversial videos. She also frequently collaborates with celebrities on her videos. Singh has been accused of cultural appropriation of African-American culture by such publications as The Huffington Post, Bitch, ColorLines, and Vice.
Anna Silman of The Cut accused Singh of appropriating both Black and Indo-Caribbean culture on her channel because she tended to don a “blaccent” while making rap videos sporting chains and cornrows.[94] Tayo Bero of Teen Vogue wrote that “[Singh] falls into a category of non-black people of color in entertainment who have built massive followings often by mimicking black culture and leaning heavily into Black stereotypes.” Rachna Raj Kaur and Radheyan Simonpillai of Now similarly criticized Singh’s appropriation of black culture due to her use of braids, hip-hop slang, and Caribbean accents.
Singh has responded to the criticism by stating her mannerisms are due to her upbringing, adding, “all my friends from Scarborough [Toronto] act exactly like me.”Born to Sikh parents and raised Sikh herself, Lilly Singh nevertheless garnered controversy for her remarks on turbans. During a visit to Jessica Alba’s home, Singh met Alba’s two young daughters who were both wearing twisted towels on their heads, to which she responded “They look like my Punjabi friends “On September 27, 2019, BBC reported that Singh had apologized for an on-air joke that compared turbans to bath towels, in which members of the Sikh religion, who wear turbans for spiritual reasons, were angered by her remarks on NBC, with the BBC remarking that “[Singh] has used her platform to often call out public figures who she says deserve to be ‘cancelled’ for their offences.
“Singh expressed her support for the George Floyd protests and attended one herself in Los Angeles. She was featured in a campaign fundraiser for the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign. Singh also expressed her support for the 2020–2021 Indian farmers’ protest in various social media posts. In 2023, she expressed her outrage over the killing of Jaahnavi Kandula in Seattle, Washington, on social media.
In 2017, Singh was announced as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador to advocate for children’s rights. She has led a campaign called “GirlLove”, promoting girls to end girl-on-girl bullying. In July 2018, Lilly travelled to South Africa to meet the students of elementary schools who spoke against bullying and classroom violence. Since 2022, Singh has created the “Unicorn Island Fund”, a non-profit charity that continues the work of “GirlLove”.In 2024, she was appointed as a United Nations Sustainable Development Goals advocate by Secretary-General António Guterres.
Personal life
Singh is an Indo-Canadian who developed a strong connection with her Punjabi heritage during visits to India. Although raised as a Sikh, she stated in an Instagram post that she does not follow any religion, but she strongly believes in God. She struggled with depression and arachnophobia and began making YouTube videos as a way of dealing with her feelings. As a young adult, Lilly lived with her parents in Markham, Ontario. In February 2019, Singh came out as bisexual via social media.
In 2022, she was diagnosed with ovarian cysts.In July 2020, Singh announced that she and other celebrities were bringing a National Women’s Soccer League team to Los Angeles, called Angel City FC, which began playing in 2022.
Joanna Gaines:
Joanna Lee Stevens Gaines (née Stevens; born April 19, 1978) is an American interior decorator, television personality, and author. She co-hosted the home renovation show Fixer Upper, which began airing on HGTV in 2013, alongside her husband Chip Gaines.
The Gaineses also helm the media brand Magnolia, which encompasses the Magnolia E-commerce site, the Hearth & Hand with Magnolia collection of home decor items for Target, the lifestyle magazine Magnolia Journal, the Magnolia Network television channel on which Fixer Upper and its spinoff series now air, the Magnolia Realty real estate brokerage (originally established by the pair in 2003), and the Magnolia App.
Gaines is also the New York Times bestselling author or co-author of seven books, including cookbooks, memoirs, a home design book, and children’s books.
Early life
Joanna Lee Stevens Gaines was born Joanna Lee Stevens on April 19, 1978, in Wichita, Kansas, to Korean immigrant Nan Stevens and American of Lebanese–German heritage, Jerry Stevens. Her parents met in Seoul, South Korea۔
In 1969, when Jerry was stationed there with the United States Army. In 1990, when she was 12 years old, the family settled in Austin, Texas. During her junior year of high school, they relocated to Waco, Texas, where her father opened a franchise Firestone Tire store, Jerry Stevens Firestone. Joanna appeared in television commercials for the business. Gaines has said that throughout her childhood, she was often the only Asian-American student at the schools she attended and experienced bullying. After moving to Waco, she said her situation improved, and she was eventually named homecoming queen by fellow students.
After graduating from high school, Gaines attended Baylor University, where she earned a B.A. in Communication. She interned at Waco’s KWTX television and KWBU radio stations and later spent a semester in New York City working as an intern on 48 Hours, anchored by Dan Rather. She has said that during her studies, she hoped to one day work as a broadcast journalist herself. She graduated from Baylor in 2001.
Career
Shortly after her wedding, Joanna joined husband Chip Gaines’s business flipping houses, and in 2003, the pair also opened the retail store Magnolia Market, which sold home goods. Joanna began keeping a blog about their experiences, which drew the attention of an executive at High Noon Entertainment, who suggested that the couple film a short video called a “sizzle reel” for a potential show. This concept eventually became HGTV’s Fixer Upper.
Personal life
In 2001, Chip Gaines, who had overlapped with Joanna at Baylor in 1998 but never met her, encountered her while she was working at her father’s tire shop and recognized her from the commercials. The two began dating, and in 2003, they were married in Waco. They have five children: Drake, Ella, Duke, Emmie, and Crew.
Controversy and legal issues
Chip and Joanna Gaines belong to the evangelical Antioch Community Church, which has been criticized for its anti-gay views. In 2016, the Gaineses were criticized after they appeared on video for a conversation with their local pastor, Jimmy Seibert, of the Antioch International Movement of Churches, who had openly denounced homosexuality and gay marriage and professed his support for conversion therapy.
Kayla Itsines:
Kayla Itsines born 21 May 1991) is an Australian personal trainer, author, and entrepreneur. She is the co-creator of a series of fitness ebooks titled Bikini Body Guides, and a meal-planning and workout app, Sweat with Kayla. In 2016, Sweat with Kayla generated more revenue than any other fitness app. In March 2016, Time named Itsines one of the 30 most influential people on the Internet, noting her success at leveraging social media to promote her brand. As of October 2016, Itsines had eight million followers on Facebook and 12.5 million on Instagram.
Early life
Itsines traces her interest in fitness to playing basketball and other sports. She recalls being initially intimidated and overwhelmed by the gym, until a personal trainer encouraged her to “just start somewhere”. Finding that she enjoyed how the workouts made her feel, she abandoned her original plans to become a beauty therapist, graduating from the Australian Institute of Fitness at the age of 18 as a Master Trainer.
Career
Itsines found work at a women’s gym in Adelaide. Itsines came to believe that most women seek three specific outcomes from training: smaller inner thighs, flatter abdomens, and more toned arms, while also being concerned about becoming too bulky. She also started training her sister’s friends who wanted to improve their fitness so they could play Netball on their high school team, focusing on building core strength and powerful legs.
She lectured them on nutrition and asked them to take before-and-after photos of themselves to track their progress. Itsines’ 12-year-old cousin suggested using Instagram as a way of organising the photos. Within a few months, Itsines gained thousands of followers and was receiving regular requests for advice and help.
Her ex-fiancé, Tobi Pearce, suggested that she compile her routines into ebooks that could be sold online. In March 2013, they founded the Bikini Body Training company with Itsines as director and Pearce as CEO. The following January, they published the first two Bikini Body Guides, with Itsines’ workouts in one volume, and nutrition information from dieticians Julie Dundon and Anne Schneyder of Nutrition Professionals Australia in another. Itsines would later offer the guides via an affiliate program as well.
By October, the guides had been downloaded over one million times.
Personal life
Itsines is the daughter of Anna and Jim Itsines, both teachers. She has one younger sister, Leah, who is a personal trainer and food stylist.It ‘sines’ family heritage is Greek, and she identifies herself as Greek. She credits many of her food choices to her Greek upbringing. Itsines met her ex-fiancé, Tobi Pearce, at a gym in 2012. In April 2018, they got engaged, and she gave birth to their daughter in April 2019. Kayla and Tobi announced their split in August 2020.
In July 2022, Itsines announced her engagement to her current partner, Jae Woodroffe, whom she had been dating since 2021. This was shortly followed by the announcement of her second pregnancy. She gave birth to their son in January 2023 and married Woodroffe in December 2023.
Net worth
In October 2016, Itsines and her then partner, Tobi Pearce, were included in the BRW “Young Rich” list of the wealthiest Australians aged under 40 who had not inherited their money. Their net worth was reported at A$46 million in 2016. Itsines and Pearce’s net worth was estimated as A$486 million on the Financial Review 2019 Rich List. It sines’ net worth did not meet the A$472 million cut-off for the Financial Review 2020 Rich List.
Demi Lovata:
Demetria Devonne “Demi” born August 20, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. After appearing on the children’s television series Barney & Friends (2002–2004), she starred in the Disney Channel short series As the Bell Rings (2007–2008).
Lovato rose to prominence for playing Mitchie Torres in the musical television film Camp Rock (2008) and its sequel Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (2010). The former film’s soundtrack contained “This Is Me”, her debut single and duet with Joe Jonas, which peaked at number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100.
After signing with Hollywood Records, Lovato released her pop-rock debut album, Don’t Forget (2008), which debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200. Its follow-up, Here We Go Again (2009), debuted at number one in the US, while its title track reached number 15 on the Hot 100. Her third studio album, Unbroken (2011), experimented with pop and R&B, and spawned the US top-ten single “Skyscraper”.
She released her self-titled fourth album in 2013, which debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, and contained the international top-ten song “Heart Attack”. Lovato’s fifth and sixth albums, Confident (2015) and Tell Me You Love Me (2017), infused soul and mature themes.
She earned a Grammy Award nomination for Confident, while “Sorry Not Sorry”, the lead single from Tell Me You Love Me, became her highest-charting single in the US, reaching number six. After a hiatus, she released her seventh and eighth albums, Dancing with the Devil… the Art of Starting Over (2021) and Holy Fvck (2022), which respectively reached numbers two and seven in the US; the latter marked a return to rock-influenced music.
On television, Lovato starred as the titular character on the sitcom Sonny with a Chance (2009–2011), served as a judge on the music competition series The X Factor USA for its second and third seasons (2012–2013), appeared as a recurring character on the musical comedy Glee (2013–2014) and the sitcom Will & Grace (2020), and hosted her self-titled talk show and the docuseries Unidentified with Demi Lovato (both 2021). She also starred in the television drama film Princess Protection Program (2009), the animated films Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) and Charming (2018), and the musical comedy Eurovision Song Contest:
The Story of Fire Saga (2020), and the documentary Child Star (2024); the last of which she also co-directed. Lovato has sold over 24 million records in the United States and has also received numerous accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, fourteen Teen Choice Awards, five People’s Choice Awards, two Latin American Music Awards, and a Guinness World Record; she was included on the Time 100 annual list in 2017. She co-founded the former record label Safehouse Records, under Universal Music Group, with singer Nick Jonas in 2015.
An activist for various social causes, Lovato’s struggles with an eating disorder and substance abuse have received considerable media attention, in response to which she published the self-help memoir Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year (2013) and released the documentaries Demi Lovato: Stay Strong (2012), Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated (2017), and Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil (2021).
Early life and career beginnings
Demetria Devonne Lovato was born on August 20, 1992, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Dianna De La Garza (née Lee Smith) and engineer and musician Patrick Martin Lovato. Lovato has an older full sister named Dallas, a younger maternal half-sister, actress Madison De La Garza, and an older paternal half-sister, Amber, whom Lovato first spoke to at age 20. In mid-1994, shortly after Lovato’s second birthday, her parents divorced.
Her father was of New Mexican descent, with mostly Spanish and Native American ancestors, and came from a family that had been living in New Mexico for generations; he also had distant Portuguese and Jewish ancestry. He was a descendant of Civil War Union veteran Francisco Perea and Santa Fe de Nuevo México governor Francisco Xavier Chávez. Lovato had no interest in forging a relationship with Patrick after her parents divorced. Her mother is of Irish descent.
She has been vocal about her strained relationship with her father, calling him abusive, and once stated, “He was mean, but he wanted to be a good person. And he wanted to have his family, and when my mom married my stepdad, he still had this huge heart where he said, ‘I’m so glad that [he’s] taking care of you and doing the job that I wish I could do.
‘”After Patrick died of cancer on June 22, 2013, Lovato said that he had been mentally ill, and she created the Lovato Treatment Scholarship Program in his honor.
Career
Lovato participated in multiple interviews and public panels discussing mental health, child celebrity culture, and the long-term impact of fame on young performers. Critics praised Child Star for its honest and empathetic tone and for shedding light on the systemic issues within the entertainment industry, particularly involving child actors. The film received positive reviews for its candid interviews and Lovato’s nuanced approach as both a former child star and now a filmmaker. Her work was seen as a continuation of her advocacy for mental health awareness, a cause she has championed throughout her career.
In addition to Child Star, Lovato teased new music in late 2024, hinting at a return to a “raw, soulful sound” for her upcoming ninth studio album. She confirmed plans to blend the rock energy of Holy Fvck with more introspective lyrics, inspired by her personal growth and continued activism. As of mid-2025, Lovato remains one of the most prominent multi-hyphenate entertainers of her generation—known not only for her powerful vocals and dynamic performances but also for her openness about mental health, identity, and resilience.
Personal life
Residence
On August 20, 2010, her 18th birthday, Lovato purchased a Mediterranean-style house in Los Angeles for her family; however, Lovato decided to live in a “sober house” in Los Angeles after leaving rehab in January 2011. In September 2016, Lovato also purchased a Laurel Canyon home in Los Angeles for $8.3 million, which she sold in June 2020 for $8.25 million. In September 2020, Lovato purchased a Studio City home in Los Angeles for $7 million.
Khloe Kardashian:
Khloé Alexandra Kardashian (born June 27, 1984) is an American media personality, socialite, businesswoman, and podcaster. She rose to fame starring with her family in the reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians from 2007 to 2021. Its success led to the creation of spin-offs, including Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami (2009–2013) and Kourtney and Khloé Take The Hamptons (2014–2015). Following the ending of their previous show, she and her family began starring on Hulu’s The Kardashians in 2022. From September 2009 to December 2016, Kardashian was married to basketball player Lamar Odom, whom she married one month after they first met.
They starred in their own reality television series, Khloé & Lamar (2011–2012). In 2009, Kardashian participated in the second season of The Celebrity Apprentice, finishing 10th of 16 candidates after being fired by Donald Trump. In 2012, she co-hosted the second season of the American adaptation of The X Factor with actor Mario Lopez. In 2016, Kardashian hosted her own talk show, Kocktails with Khloé. She starred in and produced the health and fitness docu-series Revenge Body with Khloé Kardashian from 2017 to 2019. In 2025, she began hosting her own weekly podcast called Khloe in Wonderland. Kardashian has been involved in the retail and fashion industries with her sisters Kourtney and Kim.
They have launched several clothing collections and fragrances, and additionally released the book Kardashian Konfidential in 2010. The Dash boutique employees starred in their own short-lived reality television series, Dash Dolls (2015). In 2016, she established and launched her own female fashion brand, Good American, alongside Briton Emma Grede. In 2025, she launched a protein popcorn, Khloud by Khloe Kardashian.
Early life
Khloé Alexandra Kardashian was born on June 27, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, to Kris (née Houghton), a homemaker, and Robert, an attorney. She has two older sisters, Kourtney and Kim, and a younger brother, Rob. Their mother is of Dutch, English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry, while their father was a third-generation Armenian-American. After her parents divorced in 1991, her mother married 1976 Summer Olympics decathlon winner Caitlyn Jenner (then Bruce in 1991.
Through their marriage, Kardashian gained stepbrothers Burt, Brandon, and Brody; stepsister Casey; and half-sisters Kendall and Kylie. In 1994, her father garnered public attention as a defense lawyer for football player O. J. Simpson during his murder trial. Kardashian went to Bel Air Prep, Saint Martin of Tours School, Daniel Webster Middle School, A.E. Wright Middle School, and Montclair Prep. As a teenager, she briefly attended Marymount High School, a Roman Catholic all-girls’ school in Los Angeles.
She left the high school and enrolled in Alexandria Academy, an alternative one-to-one school, after her sisters’ graduations, later saying “there was no reason for me to stay” since she “felt like I didn’t have any friends.” She graduated with honors a year early at age 17. Before her family’s reality TV show, Kardashian worked as Nicole Richie’s assistant.
Public image
Kardashian has received criticism and negative comments, which were focused on her body, since Keeping Up with the Kardashians premiered in 2007. She has been compared to her sisters Kourtney and Kim, with Kardashian recalling, “I didn’t really realize that I was ‘the fat sister’ if you will, until I went on TV and the media started saying that about me.
I knew I didn’t look like my sisters and I didn’t have those shapes, but I didn’t think that was wrong”. Kardashian’s physique, notably her face, has attracted significant attention from the media and public in recent years. She has received comments from the public regularly saying she looks “unrecognisable”. However, Kardashian has denied having surgery, stating that when she lost weight, she lost fat in her face and also credits her make-up artist.
She has also been open to using photo editing app Facetune, and stated, “Facetune is the best thing to bring to the table. It’s life-changing” in February 2016.
Personal life
Health
In 2001, Kardashian suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car accident. She went through the windshield and suffered a severe concussion, causing long-term memory loss. Kardashian has migraines, a condition she has had since she was in sixth grade.
As an adult, she became a spokesperson for the migraine pharmaceutical Nurtec ODT, which she has said has helped her. On October 28, 2020, Kardashian posted a video on social media, revealing that she was diagnosed with COVID-19. In the video, she said, “I suffer from migraines, but this was the craziest headache”.On October 29, 2021, Kardashian announced via Twitter that she and her three-year-old daughter, True, had tested positive for COVID-19.
Writing on Twitter, Kardashian said, “True and I tested positive for Covid. I’ve had to cancel several commitments, and I’m sorry I won’t be able to make those happen. Luckily, I have been vaccinated, so all will be ok.”In October 2022, Kardashian revealed she had had a “rare” tumor removed from her face, having initially assumed it to be a zit. She had previously had an operation to remove melanoma when she was 19 years old.
Religion
Kardashian is a Christian and reads a daily devotional to herself and her “glam squad” every day. She is interested in theology and enjoys attending church. In April 2015, she was named godmother of her niece, North West, by Kim and Kanye, as the child was baptized in the Armenian Apostolic Church at the Cathedral of St. James in Jerusalem.
Legal issues
On March 4, 2007, Kardashian was arrested for driving under the influence. On July 18, 2008, she reported to jail to serve time for violation of probation. She faced a sentence of up to 30 days and enrollment in an alcohol treatment program within three weeks of her release from jail. She was released less than three hours later due to overcrowding.In December 2011, Kardashian was sued by a woman who claimed Kardashian and 10 other people assaulted her outside a nightclub in December 2009.
In March 2012, Kardashian and her sisters Kourtney and Kim were named in a $5 million class-action lawsuit against QuickTrim, the weight-loss supplement they endorse.The complaint, filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, accuses the Kardashians (along with QuickTrim’s manufacturer, Windmill Health Products; the retailer GNC; and others in the sales and marketing chain) of false and deceptive marketing of the diet aid. The plaintiffs, hailing from several states, brought claims under their respective states’ consumer protection laws.
Taylor Swift:
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Known for her autobiographical songwriting, artistic versatility, and cultural impact, Swift is one of the best-selling music artists, the highest-grossing touring musician, and the wealthiest female musician—the first billionaire with music as the main income. Swift signed to Big Machine Records in 2005, debuting as a country singer with the albums Taylor Swift (2006) and Fearless (2008).
The singles “Teardrops on My Guitar”, “Love Story”, and “You Belong with Me” found crossover success on country and pop radio formats. She incorporated rock on Speak Now (2010) and electronic on Red (2012), later re-calibrating her image from country to pop with the synth-pop set 1989 (2014); the ensuing media scrutiny inspired the hip-hop-imbued Reputation (2017). The albums contained the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”, “Shake It Off”, “Blank Space”, “Bad Blood”, and “Look What You Made Me Do”.
Shifting to Republic Records in 2018, Swift released the electropop album Lover (2019) and contested with Big Machine for masters, re-recording four albums as Taylor’s Version. She explored indie folk styles in the 2020 surprise albums Folklore and Evermore, and experimented with pop subgenres on Midnights (2022) and the double album The Tortured Poets Department (2024). Throughout the 2020s, Swift garnered the number-one songs “Cardigan”, “Willow”, “All Too Well (10 Minute Version)”, “Anti-Hero”, “Cruel Summer”, “Is It Over Now?”, and “Fortnight”. In the U.S., a record seven Swift albums have sold one million copies first week each.
She has undertaken six concert tours, including the Eras Tour (2023–2024), the highest-grossing tour of all time. Her films include Miss Americana (2020), All Too Well: The Short Film (2021), and The Eras Tour (2023)—the highest-grossing concert film. Swift is a subject of extensive media coverage and has a global fanbase called Swifties. Publications such as Rolling Stone and Billboard have listed her amongst history’s greatest artists; she is the only individual from the arts to have been named the Time Person of the Year (2023).
Among other accolades, Swift has received 14 Grammy Awards (including a record four Album of the Year wins), a record five IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a string of Guinness World Records. She is the most-awarded artist of the American Music Awards, the Billboard Music Awards, and the MTV Video Music Awards .
Early life
Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in West Reading, Pennsylvania.
She is named after the singer-songwriter James Taylor; her parents chose a unisex name with hopes of her becoming successful in business. Her father, Scott Kingsley Swift, was a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch, and her mother, Andrea Gardner Swift (née Finlay), worked as a mutual fund marketing executive. Swift’s younger brother, Austin, is an actor. The siblings are of Scottish, English, and German descent, with distant Italian and Irish ancestry. Their maternal grandmother, Marjorie Finlay (née Moehlenkamp), was an opera singer whose singing in church became one of Swift’s earliest memories of music. During childhood, Swift spent her holiday seasons on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania, and summers at her family’s vacation home in Stone Harbor, New Jersey, where she occasionally performed acoustic songs at a local coffee shop. Raised Christian, she attended preschool and kindergarten at a Montessori school run by the Bernardine Sisters of St. Francis before transferring to the Wyndcroft School in Pottstown.
When her family moved to Wyomissing, she attended Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School. At age nine, she aspired to a career in musical theater, performing at local festivals and in Berks Youth Theatre Academy productions, and traveling regularly to New York City for vocal and acting lessons. After watching a documentary about Faith Hill, she changed her goal and became determined to pursue a country music career in Nashville, Tennessee. At 11, Swift traveled to Nashville with her mother to visit record labels and submit demo tapes of Dolly Parton and Dixie Chicks karaoke covers. She was rejected by all the labels, which led her to focus on songwriting.
She started learning the guitar at 12 with the help of a computer repairman and local musician who assisted Swift with writing an original song. In 2003, she and her parents started working with the talent manager Dan Dymtrow. With his help, Swift modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch, had an original song included on a Maybelline compilation CD, and was given an artist development deal from RCA Records at 13. To help Swift break into the country music scene, her father transferred to Merrill Lynch’s Nashville office when she was 14 years old, and the family relocated to Hendersonville, Tennessee. Swift attended Hendersonville High School for two years before transferring to Aaron Academy, which offered homeschooling.
Career
Taylor Swift began her music career as a teenager in 2004, becoming the youngest songwriter signed to Sony/ATV. She released her debut album, Taylor Swift in 2006, gaining success in country music. Her second album, Fearless (2008), brought her mainstream fame with hits like “Love Story” and earned her four Grammy Awards. Over the years, she transitioned from country to pop with albums like Red (2012) and 1989 (2014), the latter winning Album of the Year.
She continued evolving with Reputation (2017), Lover (2019), and the indie-inspired Folklore and Evermore (2020). In 2021, she began re-recording her early albums to regain control of her music. Her 2022 album Midnights broke records, and her 2023–2024 Eras Tour became the highest-grossing tour in history. In 2024, she released The Tortured Poets Department, which topped charts globally. By 2025, she had bought back the rights to her original six albums, completing a major victory in her fight for artistic ownership.
Wealth and philanthropy
Taylor Swift became a billionaire in October 2023, making her the first musician to reach that status solely through her music and performances. As of mid-2025, her net worth is estimated at $1.6 billion, making her the richest female musician in the world.
Over the years, Swift has donated millions to disaster relief efforts, cancer research, education, and food banks. She has supported causes like children’s literacy, arts education, and sexual assault prevention. During her Eras Tour, she gave large bonuses to her crew and donated to local charities in each city. Swift continues to use her wealth to support communities and causes close to her heart.
Entrepreneurship
Media outlets describe Swift as a savvy businesswoman; in 2024, she topped Billboard’s annual Power 100 ranking of the top music industry executives. Swift is known for her traditional album rollouts, consisting of a variety of promotional activities that Rolling Stone termed as an inescapable “multimedia bonanza”.Easter eggs and cryptic teasers became a common practice in contemporary pop music because of Swift.
Publications describe her discography as a music “universe” subject to analysis by fans, critics, and journalists. Swift maintains an active presence on social media and a close relationship with fans, to which many journalists attribute her success. Her in-house management team is called 13 Management. Swift has endorsed many brands and businesses, having launched clothing lines with L.E.I. and Stella McCartney, designed American Greetings cards and Jakks Pacific dolls, released a number of fragrances with Elizabeth Arden, and signed multi-year deals with AT&T and Capital One. She was a spokesperson for the National Hockey League’s Nashville Predators and Sony Cyber-shot digital cameras, and became the global ambassador for New York City in 2014 and Record Store Day in 2022.
Jennifer Jenner:
Jennifer Jenner (JJ) is a food photographer, food and prop stylist, commercial recipe developer, and videographer. Originally from the east coast of the US, she lived in Sydney, Australia for nearly 20 years, and is currently based in Los Angeles, California.JJ spent over a decade in senior-level account management and strategy at both large international and small local advertising agencies.
She understands what brands are looking for in a partner, and approaches challenges and opportunities with a business mind and a creative soul. JJ left the corporate world to start her own culinary consultancy in 2012, turning her passion for food into a full-time career. When she’s not on set, you can find her eating or traveling (or eating and traveling as the case may be), renovating houses for family members, and chasing warm weather.
Jennifer Lopez:
Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July 24, 1969), also known by her nickname J.Lo, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and businesswoman. Lopez is regarded as one of the most influential entertainers of her time, credited with breaking barriers for Latino Americans in Hollywood and helping propel the Latin pop movement in music. She is also noted for her impact on popular culture through fashion, branding, and shifting mainstream beauty standards.
Lopez began her career as a dancer, making her television debut as a Fly Girl on the sketch comedy series In Living Color in 1991. She rose to fame as an actress, starring as singer Selena in the film of the same name (1997), and established herself as the highest-paid Latin actress, with leading roles in Anaconda (1997) and Out of Sight (1998). Lopez successfully ventured into the music industry with her debut album, On the 6 (1999). In 2001, she became the first woman to simultaneously have a number-one album and a number-one film in the United States, with her second album, J.Lo, and the romantic comedy The Wedding Planner. She has since become known for starring in romantic comedies, including Maid in Manhattan (2002), Shall We Dance? (2004), and Monster-in-Law (2005).
Lopez released two albums in 2002: J to tha L–O! The Remixes and This Is Me… Then, the former became the first remix album to top the US Billboard 200. Media scrutiny and the failure of her film Gigli (2003) preceded a career downturn. Her subsequent albums included Rebirth (2005), Como Ama una Mujer (2007), which broke first-week sales records for a debut Spanish album, as well as Love? (2011). Lopez returned to prominence as a judge on American Idol (2011–2016).
Throughout the 2010s, she voiced Shira in the animated Ice Age franchise (2012–2016), starred in the police drama series Shades of Blue (2016–2018), and served as a judge on World of Dance (2017–2020). In 2019, she garnered critical praise for her performance in the crime drama Hustlers. Lopez continued her acting career, with leading roles in the films Marry Me (2022), The Mother (2023), This Is Me… Now: A Love Story, Atlas (both 2024), and Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025).
Lopez has sold over 80 million records worldwide, while her films have cumulatively grossed over US$3.1 billion. Her accolades include a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Billboard Icon Award, three American Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards (including the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award), and six Guinness World Records. She has been ranked among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time (2018) and the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes (2012). Lopez has a large social media following, being one of the most-followed individuals on Instagram. Her other ventures include a lifestyle brand, beauty and fashion lines, fragrances, a production company, and a charitable foundation.
Early life
Lopez is a middle child; she has an older sister, Leslie, and a younger sister, Lynda. The three shared a bedroom. Lopez has described her upbringing as “strict”.She was raised in a Catholic family; she attended Mass every Sunday and received a Catholic education, attending Holy Family School and the all-girls Preston High School, a private school. In school, Lopez ran track on a national level, participated in gymnastics, and was on the softball team.
She danced in school musicals and played a lead role in a production of Godspell. She described herself as a “tomboy” and “very athletic”.There was “lots of music” in the typically Puerto Rican household, and Lopez and her sisters were encouraged to sing, dance, and create their own plays for family events. West Side Story made a particular impression on the young Lopez, who wanted to be an entertainer from an early age. As a teenager, she learned flamenco, jazz, and ballet at the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club and taught dance to younger students, including Kerry Washington. After graduating from high school, she had a part-time secretarial job at a law firm and studied business at New York’s Baruch College for one semester. At age 18, she enrolled as a full-time student at Manhattan’s Phil Black Dance Studio, where she had already taken night classes in jazz and tap dance.
Her parents were unhappy with her decision to leave college to pursue a dance career. According to Lopez, her parents felt it was “foolish” because “no Latinas did that”.Her mother asked her to move out of the family home, and they stopped speaking for eight months. Lopez moved to Manhattan, sleeping in the dance studio’s office for the first few months.
Personal life
Jennifer Lopez has had a highly publicized personal life, with several relationships and marriages. She dated her high school sweetheart, David Cruz, for nearly a decade before marrying Ojani Noa in 1997; their marriage lasted less than a year. She later had a turbulent relationship with Sean Combs and was briefly married to backup dancer Cris Judd. Lopez began dating Ben Affleck in 2002, and though they were engaged, they broke up in 2004 due to media pressure.
She married singer Marc Anthony later that year, and they had twins in 2008 before divorcing in 2014. Lopez later had a long relationship with dancer Casper Smart and then with baseball star Alex Rodriguez, to whom she was engaged before splitting in 2021. That same year, she reunited with Affleck, marrying him in 2022. However, Lopez filed for divorce again in 2024, and it was finalized in early 2025.
Political views and activism
Jennifer Lopez is politically active and supports the Democratic Party. She endorsed Barack Obama in 2012, Hillary Clinton in 2016, and Joe Biden in 2020, even performing at Biden’s inauguration. In 2024, she endorsed Kamala Harris and spoke at one of her rallies. Lopez has criticized Donald Trump, especially for his immigration policies, and used her 2020 Super Bowl performance to make a political statement on the issue.
She is also a strong advocate for LGBTQ rights, has raised money for HIV/AIDS research, and received several awards for her activism. Additionally, Lopez has supported gun control, Black Lives Matter, and the Time’s Up movement. In 2022, she became a co-chair for Michelle Obama’s When We All Vote initiative. In 2024, she joined a group of artists calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Achievements
As of 2022, Lopez has sold more than 80 million records worldwide and amassed over 15 billion streams; her films have grossed a cumulative total of US$3.1 billion, while her business ventures have cumulatively made over US$5 billion in consumer sales.
She remains the only female entertainer to have a number-one album and film simultaneously in the United States. With J.Lo (2001), Lopez became the first female solo recording artist under Epic Records to achieve a number-one album in the United States since its inception in 1953. J to tha L-O! The Remixes (2002) was acknowledged by the Guinness World Records as the first number-one remix album on the U.S. Billboard 200. Lopez’s single “On the Floor” is among the best-selling singles of all time, and its music video was recognized as the “Highest Viewed Female Music Video of All Time” by Guinness World Records in 2012.
Billboard named Lopez the top Hot 100 female artist and the greatest pop star of 2001. In 2009, the magazine ranked her number 50 on its Decade-End listicle, signifying the most successful artists of the 2000s decadeBillboard ranked Lopez as the ninth-greatest dance club artist of all time in 2016, having scored 18 number-one songs on its Dance Club Songs chart. The magazine also ranked her at number 22 on its 2025 “Top 100 Women Artists of the 21st Century” list. She was named the top Latin touring artist of the decade by Pollstar in 2021. In 2010, Lopez was honored by the World Music Awards with the Legend Award for her contribution to the arts.
In 2013, she was presented with the prestigious landmark 2,500th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her musical contributions, and Univision presented her with the World Icon Award in its Premios Juventud. At the 2014 Billboard Music Awards, she became the first female recipient of the Billboard Icon Award. In 2017, she was awarded the Telemundo Star Award at the Billboard Latin Music Awards. Lopez received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award during the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, making her the first Latin performer to receive the honor since its 1984 introduction. In 2022, she received the Generation Award at the MTV Movie & TV Awards for her contributions to film and television, and the Icon Award at the iHeart Radio Music Awards.
Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj (born December 8, 1982, St. James, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Trinidadian-born rapper, singer, songwriter, television personality, and actress known for her flowing, quick-spoken rap style and for her provocative lyrics. She complements her music with a bold persona that includes colorful wigs and risqué clothing.
Early life
Maraj was about five years old when her family moved to Queens, New York, from Trinidad and Tobago. Her childhood was dominated by a violen,t drug-addicted father, and she spent time creating fantasies for herself that would allow her an escape from her tumultuous life.
She adopted a new name, Nicki Minaj, from that practice. Other creative outlets included writing her first rap song when she was 12 years old and pursuing acting at New York City’s Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.
Music career
Minaj entered the music business as a backup singer for local aspiring rap singers in New York City. She included videos of her work on her Myspace page, which was seen by a local record label. Minaj eventually came to the attention of rapper Lil Wayne, and the two worked on some mixtapes (recordings), the first of which, Playtime Is Over, appeared in 2007. As other mixtapes were released, Minaj’s exposure grew, and the next year she was named Female Artist of the Year at the Underground Music Awards. In 2009, she signed with Young Money Entertainment, the label founded by Wayne; the label would release numerous hits by Wayne, Minaj, and Drake.
She scored her first Grammy Award nomination in 2010 for the song “My Chick Bad,” a collaboration with Ludacris. (Left) Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee (Ramon Luis Ayala Rodriguez) perform during the 2017 Billboard Latin Music Awards and Show at the Bank United Center, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, on April 27, 2017. (music)Her first album for Young Money, Pink Friday (2010), made it to the top of the Billboard 200 chart.
It featured sexually explicit lyrics—which are common in her recordings—and Minaj embraced the shock value of her work. The title also reflected her preference for the color pink, a predilection that she used in branding her albums and such later consumer items as her Pink Friday perfume and Pink Pill speakers. Pink Friday earned Minaj three more Grammy nominations, including for best rap album. In 2012, Minaj released her second album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, which featured several pop songs, notably the hit single “Starships.” The following year, Minaj became a judge on the reality TV singing competition American Idol. She caused controversy with her blunt, opinionated judging style and with her frequent disputes with fellow judge Mariah Carey. After one season, Minaj left the program. Also in 2013, she claimed the title of a record 44 appearances—the most by a female rapper—on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Minaj’s third studio album, The Pinkprint, was released in 2014.
It notably contained several breakup songs as well as “Anaconda,” which was a return to her earlier rap style. Queen (2018) featured collaborations with such performers as Eminem and the Weeknd. In 2020, Minaj was featured on two songs that reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: “Say So,” a collaboration with Doja Cat, and “Trollz,” with 6ix9ine. Two years later, she released “Super Freaky Girl,” a humorous and raunchy take on Rick James’s classic 1981 hit “Super Freak.” Minaj’s single debuted at number one on the Hot 100 chart, the first song by a solo female rapper to do so since 1998.
Its music video, which depicted Minaj as a pink-haired suburban femme fatale, won Minaj her fifth MTV Video Music Award for best hip-hop video. In 2023, Minaj appeared on the soundtrack for the blockbuster film Barbie, teaming up with rapper Ice Spice and sampling Danish band Aqua’s 1997 dance hit “Barbie Girl” for the song “Barbie World.” The song garnered two Grammy nominations. That same year, Minaj released Pink Friday 2, a sequel to her 2010 studio album.
Acting career
Minaj has also occasionally acted, and her movie credits include The Other Woman (2014) and Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016). She lent her voice to the animated comedies Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) and The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019).
Kourtney Kardashian
Kim Kardashian (born October 21, 1980, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is an American television personality and entrepreneur who garnered international fame for her personal life, much of which was chronicled on the popular reality series Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007–21). Kim was the second of four children; Kourtney was her elder sister, and Khloé and Robert were her younger siblings. Her father, Robert Kardashian, gained national recognition as a member of O.J. Simpson’s legal team during his 1995 murder trial, and her mother, Kris, later served as her manager; after the couple divorced in 1989, Kris married (1991–2014) Olympic gold medalist Bruce (later Caitlyn) Jenner, and they had two children, Kendall and Kylie.
In 1998, Kim graduated from high school and subsequently became an assistant to socialite Paris Hilton. During that time, she married (2000) music producer Damon Thomas; the couple divorced in 2004. Two years later, Kim, along with Kourtney and Khloé, opened DASH, a boutique in Calabasas, California; several other locations were later added.
Kardashian family
Kardashian The Kardashians (from left to right): Khloé, Kylie, Kris, Kourtney, Kim, and Kendall, 2011. In early 2007, a sex tape featuring Kim and her then boyfriend, R&B singer Ray J was leaked online; she sued the video’s distributor and later received an out-of-court settlement. The attention helped the Kardashian family land a reality TV series, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which followed their daily lives, including Bruce Jenner’s later transition into a woman.
The show premiered on the E! channel in October 2007 and was a ratings success. All the family members attained varying levels of celebrity, with Kim—who was known for her good looks and curvaceous figure—becoming a pop culture phenomenon. Although some derided her popularity, alleging that she was simply famous for being famous, her canny self-promotion—which also included a strong social media presence—helped create a hugely profitable brand. In addition to endorsement deals, Kardashian was involved in numerous business ventures, including a series of fitness DVDs, a credit card, various beauty products, and a game app that allowed users to create a celebrity.
In 2019, she launched the shapewear company Skims. Her immense popularity also led to film roles—she made her big-screen debut in Disaster Movie (2008)—and other TV appearances. She notably starred in the spin-off series Kourtney and Kim Take New York (2011–12).
In 2020, Kim and other members of the family signed a production deal with the streaming service Hulu, and the following year, Keeping Up with the Kardashians ended. In 2022, the reality series The Kardashians began airing on Hulu. In the late 2010s, Kardashian became involved in prison reform, and, through her efforts, various incarcerated individuals were released. Notably, in 2018, she helped secure a presidential commutation for Alice Marie Johnson, a nonviolent drug offender who was serving a life sentence.
In 2002, the TV documentary Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project aired.Kim Kardashian at Vanity Fair’s Oscar party in Beverly Hills, California, 2020. Kardashian was a fixture in the tabloids, and much attention was devoted to her relationships. In 2011, she married basketball player Kris Humphries—the ceremony was videotaped and later broadcast on E!—but 72 days later she filed for divorce, which was finalized in 2013.
In 2012, Kardashian began dating rapper Kanye West, and their daughter, North (“Nori”) West, was born the following year. In May 2014, Kardashian and West were married. The pair had a second child, son Saint West, in 2015. Their daughter, Chicago West, and son, Psalm West, were born in 2018 and 2019, respectively, via a surrogate. In 2021, it was announced that Kim and Kanye were divorcing; their divorce was finalized the following year.