Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee at the age of fourteen to pursue a career in country music. She signed with the independent label Big Machine Records and became the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house. The release of Swift's eponymous debut album in 2006 established her as a country music star. "Our Song", her third single, made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number one song on the country chart. She received a Best New Artist nomination at the 2008 Grammy Awards.
Swift is known for her narrative songs about her experiences as a teenager and young adult. As a songwriter, she has been honored by the Nashville Songwriters Association and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Swift's other achievements include seven Grammy Awards, twelve Billboard Music Awards, fifteen American Music Awards, eleven Country Music Association Awards and six Academy of Country Music Awards. She has sold over 26 million albums and 75 million digital single downloads worldwide.
She can play guitar, banjo, piano, ukulele and electric guitar
The Swift's know a thing or two about money: her father was a financial advisor and Taylor's mom was a mutual fund marketing exec who worked overseas in Singapore before coming to Texas.
Always interested in music, she appeared in several musicals as a kid and would travel to New York for voice and acting lessons
Her father is descended from three generations on bank presidents
At 11-years-old she won a local talent competition singing LeAnn Rimes' "Big Deal"
Taylor knew she need to go to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue her musical dreams after watch a Behind the Music special on Faith Hill
Before she strapped on a guitar, Taylor strapped into a saddle to compete in horse shows. Her mother first introduced Taylor to horses at only 9 months old. Can you imagine how different music would be if Taylor had stuck with riding horses? Our iTunes accounts would look completely different.
In 2012, Taylor pledged $4 million to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to fund the building of an education center. The center is officially named the Taylor Swift Education Center, and it will allow the Country Music Hall of Fame to educate more than five times the students they do now. It will open in 2014 and is just one example of Taylor Swift’s philanthropic efforts. The center could even educate the next Taylor Swift!
Taylor says her ex-boyfriends are the greatest inspiration for her music. She has dated John Mayer, Jake Gyllenhaal, Taylor Lautner, Joe Jonas.
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