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Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1898. She was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. She lived with her parents, Scott and Andrea, and her brother, Austin in Hendersonville, Tennessee. She release her debut album "Taylor Swift" on October 24, 2006! She wrote or co-wrote all her songs on her CD. She has been at the top of the Billboard Charts for every song released by her! She is currently on tour and working on her next album that will come out late this year!
She was also named number 52 on Maxim's sexiest women of '08.
"I'm intimidated by the fear of being average." - Taylor Swift
Birth name: Taylor Alison Swift
Born: December 13, 1989 (1989-12-13) (age 18)
Origin: Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Genre(s): Country pop
Occupation(s): Singer-songwriter, musician
Instrument(s): Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active: 2006 – present
Label(s): Big Machine
Website: www.taylorswift.com
Early life
Taylor Swift was born in Reading, Pennsylvania and lives with her parents, Scott and Andrea, and her brother, Austin, in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Swift's influences include her grandmother and LeAnn Rimes. Although her grandmother was a professional opera singer, Taylor's tastes always ran more toward country and she developed a love for Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton at an early age. She also credits the Dixie Chicks and Shania Twain for demonstrating how much impact can be made by "stretching boundaries". At the age of ten, Swift began to perform around her home town, Wyomissing, singing at karaoke contests, festivals, and fairs, and also started writing songs. Her first exposure to the music business consisted of recording demo tapes at a studio. At age 11, Swift made her first trip to Nashville in hopes of obtaining a record deal by handing out a demo tape she had made of her singing along to karaoke songs. She handed this tape to receptionists at every label on Music Row. After Swift returned to Pennsylvania, she was asked to sing at the U.S. Open tennis tournament, when her rendition of the national anthem moved the crowd. Swift signed to a record label when she was 13 years old, but walked away because it "wasn't where she wanted to be."[citation needed]
Swift began to regularly visit Nashville, where, at age 12, she wrote songs with local songwriters. Eventually, her family decided to move to an outlying Nashville suburb. Taylor Swift performed at Nashville's premier songwriters' café, The Bluebird Café, catching the attention of Scott Borchetta who signed her to his newly-formed record label, Big Machine Records.
Swift plays a Taylor Grand Auditorium acoustic guitar made of koa wood.
Upcoming album
Swift's second studio album is slated for a fall 2008 release. In a repeat of her debut album, Swift is expected to have at least a co-writing credit on every track; John Rich and Colbie Caillat contributed writing to the album's early songs, according to Billboard Magazine.
Charity
On September 21, 2007, Swift launched a campaign to protect children from online predators. Swift has teamed up with Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen to combat internet sex crimes.
The year-long campaign, launched in partnership with the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police, will distribute Internet safety information and materials to parents and students across the state.
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