Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 14 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 self-titled 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 Hot Country Songs chart. She received a Best New Artist nomination at the 2008 Grammy Awards.
Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008. Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", Fearless became the best-selling album of 2009 in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, with Swift becoming the youngest ever Album of the Year winner. Swift's third album, 2010's Speak Now, sold over one million copies in its first week of US release. The album's third single, "Mean", won two Grammy Awards. In 2012, Swift released her fourth album, Red. Its opening US sales of 1.2 million were the highest recorded in a decade, with Swift becoming the only female artist to have two million-plus opening weeks. The singles "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and "I Knew You Were Trouble" were worldwide hits. Her fifth album 1989, which has produced the number-one single "Shake It Off", will release on October 2014.
Swift is known for narrative songs about her personal experiences. 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, eleven Country Music Association Awards and seven Academy of Country Music Awards. To date, she has sold over 26 million albums and 75 million digital single downloads. In addition to her music career, Swift has appeared as an actress in the ensemble comedy Valentine's Day (2010), the animated film The Lorax (2012) and The Giver (2014). As a philanthropist, Swift supports arts education, children's literacy, natural disaster relief, LGBT anti-discrimination efforts, and charities for sick children.
Career
Taylor Swift fueled the experiences of teenage heartbreak, curiosity, and angst into writing and singing hit songs which brought her stardom at a young age.
Swift grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania. As a child, she was inspired to start singing by her grandmother, a professional opera singer. At age 9, she developed an interest in musical theater. She tried her hand at vocal and acting lessons in New York City but found little success so she set her sights on country music. When she was 10 she began performing locally at talent shows, karaoke contests, festivals, and county fairs. At a young age she knew that she needed to develop her own unique style. So, she picked up a guitar at age 12 and started to write her own songs. Although she enjoyed her hometown, she dreamed of moving to Nashville where she knew her dreams would come true. At age 13, she started working with a New York-based manager and landed an artist development deal with RCA Records as an eighth grader. So, her family relocated to Nashville when she was just 14 year old.
Swift grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania. As a child, she was inspired to start singing by her grandmother, a professional opera singer. At age 9, she developed an interest in musical theater. She tried her hand at vocal and acting lessons in New York City but found little success so she set her sights on country music. When she was 10 she began performing locally at talent shows, karaoke contests, festivals, and county fairs. At a young age she knew that she needed to develop her own unique style. So, she picked up a guitar at age 12 and started to write her own songs. Although she enjoyed her hometown, she dreamed of moving to Nashville where she knew her dreams would come true. At age 13, she started working with a New York-based manager and landed an artist development deal with RCA Records as an eighth grader. So, her family relocated to Nashville when she was just 14 year old.
As part of her RCA Records deal, she began sitting in on writing sessions with experienced Music Row songwriters. At just 14, she became the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Tree publishing house. When she was 15, she left RCA Records, who wanted her to release music by other songwriters and wait until she was 18 to release an album. She later said that she felt like she was running out of time because of her desire to capture her adolescent life on an album with songs that represented what she was going through.
Described as the diary of her early teens, her debut album Taylor Swift was released in 2006. It was wildly popular among young girls as Swift, a child of the Internet age, promoted the album herself including personally responding to fan's comments and writing her own blog. Her songs “Our Song,” “Tim McGraw,” “Teardrops on My Guitar,” “Picture to Burn,” and “Should've Said No” were all highly successful on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart. She debuted on the Grand Ole Opry House stage on September 1, 2006.
In 2007, Swift was the youngest person to be honored with the Nashville Songwriter Association's Songwriter/Artist of the Year. In 2008, she released her second album Fearless with the hit songs, “Love Story,” “Fifteen,” “White Horse,” and “You Belong with Me,” all of which propelled her career to a level not seen by many young country artists. In 2009, she became the youngest person to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year Award.
In 2010, she released her third studio album, Speak Now, which she wrote all 12 songs by herself. The album was very well received. Then in 2012, she released Red. Swift has received six Grammy Awards, ten American Music Awards, seven Country Music Association Awards, six Academy of Country Music Awards, and thirteen Broadcast Music, Inc. Awards.
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