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The Girls of Country. Taylor Swift. Taylor Alison Swift was born in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania on December 13, 1989, to Scott and Andrea Swift. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift was born in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania on December 13, 1989, to Scott and Andrea Swift.
Taylor Swift started writing songs when she was twelve. She wrote
songs with local songwriters, and
became the youngest staff songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV
Tree Publishing House.
Taylor Swift learned to play a guitar when she was 12 years old. She plays her guitar whether she is in a video shoot, or a concert.
"I started listening to female country artists non-stop: Faith Hill, Shania Twain, The Dixie Chicks, and LeAnn Rimes.“
-Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift became one of Country &
Pop's brightest and
youngest faces in 2006.
Taylor signed with Big Machine Records, and in November, 2008, she
released 2 studio albums; Taylor Swift ,and Fearless, voted 2009 Album of The Year by the A.C.M. association.
Swift's first single, "Tim McGraw", was released in the summer of 2006, and on October 24, 2006, her self-titled album was released.
Taylor Swift has been nominated
22 times , including
nominations from the CMT Music Awards, and MTV Video Music Awards,
and has received 12 awards for
her music.
Taylor Swift was also an endorser of
Body By Milk, a campaign calling for
teenagers to drink low fat
milk to maintain a
healthy weight.
Miranda Lambert
Miranda Lambert was born
November 10, 1983,
in Lindale, Texas, to
Richard and Beverly Lambert.
Miranda’s Father taught
her how to shoot at an
early age, and she became an avid deer
hunter.
Miranda Lambert is an American country music artist who gained fame as a finalist on the 2003
season of Nashville Star.
Miranda finished in 3rd place on Nashville Star and later signed with Epic Records.
After the closure of Epic's Nashville division, Lambert was transferred to Columbia Records Nashville for her second album, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, which was released in early 2007.
“Gunpowder & Lead" became her first Top 10 country hit in July 2008.
Miranda Lambert has been nominated
17 times for a variety of music
awards . She won Top New Female
Vocalist and Album of the Year for
“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”
at the Academy of Country Music
Awards.
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Marie Underwood born March 10, 1983 in Muskogee, OK. Carrie is classified as a
country/pop artist. She is a singer-songwriter and plays the piano
and guitar.
During her childhood, Carrie sang at The Free Will Baptist Church.
In the summer of 2004, Carrie
Underwood auditioned for
American Idol’s season 4.
On May 25, 2005,
Underwood was crowned the winner of
the 4th season of American
Idol.
Carrie has been honored with 27 nominations, and has won a total of
59 awards. She has been to
the American Music Awards , Billboard Music
Awards, Grammy Awards, and The
Academy of Country Music Awards, and
she was voted Entertainer of The
Year in 2009 by the ACM
association.
Carrie Underwood performed for the U.S. Army Troops
on a USO tour in Iraq.
Carrie received a
gift from the 25th Infantry Division Task
Force “Lightning”
after performing.
Carrie Underwood was also asked to
be an endorser
of Body By Milk.
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
COUNTRY MUSIC’S 2009 ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
GOT COUNTRY?