Compassionate_Conservative Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country music singer-songwriter. At only 16 years of age, she released a self titled album, Taylor Swift. The debut single from this album, "Tim McGraw," peaked at #6 on the Billboard's Hot Country Songs in 2007. She recently released another single, entitled "Teardrops On My Guitar", which debuted at #46 and currently ranks at #26. ==Biography== Swift was born in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania in 1989 and had musical influences in her life from an early age. Her maternal grandmother was a professional opera singer and was one of her key inspirations in her musical career during her early life. At the age of ten, Swift began to perform around her hometown, singing at karaoke contests, festivals, and fairs. Her first exposure to the music business consisted of recording demo tapes at a studio. When Swift was eleven, she sang the national anthem at a Philadelphia 76ers game. At twelve, she gained interest in the guitar and began to write songs. During this time she also took trips with her family to Nashville, Tennessee, to perform her music. In Nashville she wrote songs with local songwriters. Swift moved to Hendersonville, Tennessee with her family in 2003. When she performed at a local restaurant called the Bluebird Cafe, she caught the attention of Scott Borchetta. Borchetta wanted to put her on his new label called Big Machine Records, which is partially owned by country music star Toby Keith. Professional career Swift's first single, "Tim McGraw", was released to radio in Summer of 2006.The video debuted in July 2006 on Great American Country. On October 24, 2006, her self-titled CD was released. The CD, on which Swift wrote or co-wrote all of the songs, peaked at #19 on the sales charts and sold more than 40,000 during its first week. The song "Tim McGraw" peaked at #6 on January 27, 2007. The video set a record by appearing for 30 consecutive weeks on GAC's fan-voted weekly Top 20 music countdown show, and the video reached #1 on CMT's video charts. Her follow up, "Teardrops On My Guitar", debuted at #46 on the February 24, 2007 country charts. Since her success, she has appeared on Good Morning America, and at the 2006 Academy of Country Music Awards. Her pursuit of country music stardom was the subject of "GAC Short Cuts", a part-documentary, part-music video series airing since the summer of 2006 on the country music channel Great American Country. Swift sang the national anthem at the November 12, 2006 Nascar race and at the November 23, 2006 Thanksgiving Day football game between the Miami Dolphins and Detroit Lions. She also performed at halftime at a recent Pittsburgh Steelers game. She also appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Tuesday February 13, 2007, where she performed her single, "Tim McGraw." Three songs not on her album I'd Lie, Come in With the Rain, and Permanent Marker are playing on YouTube. Source:Wikipedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninanina19 Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 I talked with someone who went to school with her and she said Taylor was really quiet and nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compassionate_Conservative Posted April 9, 2007 Author Share Posted April 9, 2007 ^ Do you know her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey_K Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Taylor Swift at the Country Music Awards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Red_XIII Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 shes beautiful, im not in blondes or curly/wavy hair but she does it extremely well! her cd is very catchy, i like it a ton. i went to brad paisleys concert and she opened, shes great live! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaXcupcake Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 She's cute (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Star1 Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Hot! Cute! Hot! Cute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirrtyXtina87 Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 I love her! She's cute! And I usually don't like country music, but hers is AWESOME!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lola390 Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 http://www.imeem.com/people/sO5EBK/video/pAb5pe7U/tnt_summer_2007_tv_video/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patroler Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Please avoid hotlinking. Hotlinking causes bandwidth to be taken away from the linked site, which then increases their server bill. You may upload images from a host site such as imageshack, imagevenue, photobucket, tinypic...instead. ~ Post Edited by Joe > Average Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokert Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 wow she looks amazing in that white dress. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 A nice portrait of Taylor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Devil Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 She is a fantastic musician and looks like a supermodel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 She looks great, thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swiftly Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 i like her dress sense. thanks for posting the pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Another good portrait of Taylor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Devil Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 I'm happy about her successes, because she is really nice and simply great... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Beautiful set, thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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