Article from 2012: http://www.savingcountrymusic.com/once-and-for-all-does-taylor-swift-use-auto-tune

I think the take from this is:

a) Taylor does not use auto-tune in live concerts (if backing tracks are used, they may be auto-tuned).

b) all engineers and mixers use auto tune in the major studios on everybody's albums these days. There may be a few artists that forbid the use of auto-tune on their voice, but AT is used on layered vocals at the minimum. By the way, the studio use of auto-tune is just not for pitch control. It does a lot of other things that make the vocals rise above the mix. Is that case it is just like adding reverb or compression.

Edit: or this http://www.bustle.com/articles/37178-taylor-swifts-vmas-performance-with-isolated-vocals-sounds-pretty-good-for-a-live-show


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