Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. 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", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Surprising decision that changed Taylor Swift's whole life forever
ok.co.ukFrom a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania and dreams of being a stockbroker to Nashville and writing songs to deal with the bullies, Taylor Swift’s childhood wasn’t always plain sailing 1989 was a big year in music.
Kylie and Jason’s hit the UK top spot, George Michael’s album won a Grammy Award and Madonna caused controversy with her risqué music video.
But it was also the year that — on 13th December — Taylor Alison Swift was born to parents Scott, a stockbroker, and Andrea, who worked in marketing.
Growing up on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania with younger brother Austin, Taylor would perform karaoke and sing as much as she could. “She was always singing music when she was 3, 5, 6, 7, years old,” her dad, Scott, has said. “It’s Taylor doing what she likes to do.” Read More Related Articles How you can still buy tickets for Taylor Swift's sold-out Eras tour – and avoid the scammers Expecting their daughter to want to succeed in the corporate world, Taylor says her parents chose a deliberately gender-neutral name. “My mom thought it was cool that if you got a business card that said ‘Taylor’ you wouldn’t know if it was a guy or a girl,” she once revealed. “She wanted me to be a business person in a business world.” Before she decided on music as a career, Taylor wanted to be a stockbroker, admitting, “When I was five.
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