The Taylor Swift Story

Born on December 13, 1989 in Pennsylvania and named Taylor Alison Swift, this beautiful young lady started performing in her hometown of Reading at the age of 10. She would sing at fairs, festivals and at karaoke contests. By the time she was 12, she started writing songs and her parents got her a guitar. She loved the country music style of music; especially admiring those had gone before like Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton.

Taylor’s mother and father traveled to Nashville and through her determination, Taylor was the youngest songwriter to sign with Sony/ATV. Her parents then moved to Hendersonville, Tennessee to support her with her music. A talent scout, Brochetta, discovered her at the Bluebird Café and her career was born.

The song “Our Song” was written by Taylor for a talent show in the ninth grade. She humbly admits she never thought it would be such a success.

Her MySpace page gained a huge following early in her career. She would personally connect with her fans until she surpassed over 40 million streams and became the No. 1 Country artist online. She has always been so good to her fans, even letting them pose with the CMT Video award that she won in 2007.

She now plays a 12-string guitar and has a passion that shows through in her songs, one of which is a Top 20 hit. Most of the songs she has written are taken from her personal life experiences. Her first album has sold over 3 million copies.

Upon winning the CMA Horizon Award, Taylor Swift was quoted as saying "This has definitely been the highlight of my senior year!"

Taylor gives tribute to her grandmother, who was an opera singer, Garth Brooks, LeAnn Rimes, and Tim McGraw. She says that Garth Brooks was the inspiration of how she should treat her fans.

Taylor is a self-proclaimed tomboy, but she is beautiful, has style and even has a doll designed in her likeness. Designers have created doll clothes that match the ones Taylor has worn on tour and on stage. She has been featured on magazine covers (InStyle and Rolling Stone) and has been on several television talk shows. She was spotted with Twilight’s Taylor Lautner, but claims that he is just a friend.

We can only hope that she does not lose her charm and innocence, but that may be too much to expect of someone who has found so much success in a short time.

Even though her songs are basically country, pop radio stations around the world have accepted and played her songs. They are considered contemporary country.