Taylor Swift

By: Michelle Marek

Taylor's life• Taylor swift is an American country pop singer-

songwriter.• In 2006, she release her self-titled debut album.• Taylor Swift was born December 13, 1989 in

Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.• Age ten swift was singing at a variety of local.• She sang “The star spangled banner,” at a

Philadelphia 76ers game at age 11.• She began writing her own songs and learning

guitar at 12 years old.

Fearless album released in 2008

Taylor's music• A steller performance at the Bluebird Café in

Nashville helped swift ger a contract with Scott Borchetta’s Big machine records.

• She released her first single, “Tim McGraw,” in 2006, and the song became a top 10 hit on the country charts.

• Her first album sold 2.5 million copies.• More popular singles soon followed, including

our song, a number 1 country hit.• Teardrops on my guitar, picture to burn, and

shoul’ve said no were also successful tracks.

Holiday album

• In addition to commercial success, Swift received a lot of critical praise for her debut effort.

• She won the horizon award from country music association.

• Swift released sounds of the season: the taylor swift holiday collection in 2007.

• Her renditions of silent night and santa baby were modest hits on the country charts.

Speak now album released in 2011

Stardom

• In 2008, swift was nominated for a grammy award in the best new artist category, and won the academy of country music’s association’s award. Around this same time, swift released her next album, fearless 2008, which hit the top of both the country and pop charts and stayed there for 11 weeks.

• By the end of the year, swift had become the highest selling country artist of 2008.

Taylor swift album released in 2006

CMT and MTV awards

in 2009, swift netted several awards for her work on fearless including “Video of the year” and “Famale wider of the year” for “love story” at the CMT music awards. On september 13, 2009, swift also won the MTV video music award for “Best Female video,” making her the first country music star to win an MTV video music award. The win stirred controversy when rapper kanye west leaped to the stage during Swift’s speech, took the microphone, and declared that R&B singer Beyonce should have won Swift’s award.

Taylor swift holiday album released in 2007