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About Taylor Swift

Born wunderkind

The date of Taylor Alison Swift’s birth is December 13, 1989 and this happened in West Reading, Pennsylvania, USA. Her father, worked for as a financial advisor. Her mother was a housewife. She moved to the suburb of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. Then the songs in a country style attracted her attention. Country music performer Shania Twain inspired her. At 12, Taylor Swift tried to compose her own songs in the country style. The first song written by Taylor was "Lucky You". In 2003, Taylor Swift began working with a music manager from New York, Dan Dymtrow. Thanks to him, she was invited for the interview to RCA Records Studio and began working with it.

Prolific career

In 2005, Taylor Swift was noticed by the director of DreamWork Records, Scott Borchetta. They signed a contract. Taylor started her 1st album "Taylor Swift". She released it on October 24, 2006. Then followed the album "Fearless" on November 11, 2008. 7 songs from this album Swift composed herself. It received a huge success in the commercial sense. It got 4 Grammy Awards and made Taylor the youngest winner in the category "Album of the Year". The album also received well-deserved applauses at various awards ceremonies in the country style. In her 3rd album "Speak Now", she composed all the songs herself. In the first week after the release, more than a million copies were sold. The singles “I Knew You Were Trouble” and “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” from the album "Red" became worldwide hits. In the US, this album was sold out more than 1.2 million copies in its first week – this is the highest figure in the last ten years. "1989" (2014) is her 5th album. "Blank Space" and "Shake It Off" from it took the first line of the music chart US Billboard Hot 100.

Awards and honors

In January 2010, she was named the most successful digital performer in music history by Nielsen SoundScan. She is the winner of more than one hundred awards: seven "Grammy", fifteen “American Music Awards” and twelve “Billboard Music Awards” are among them.