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“BIOGRAPHY TAYLOR SWIFT”

Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989, age 21 years, She is the daughter of Andrea
Gardner (née Finlay), a homemaker, and Scott Kingsley Swift, a stockbroker. The
grandmother of her mother, Majorie Finlay, is an opera singer. Swift has The younger
brother, Austin. Blood flowed from her grandmother's art that an opera singer, Taylor Swift
also idolized singer Shania Twain and make it a role model in the singing. It is a singer-
songwriter genre of music Country and American actress, best known by the media Swift for
curly golden hair and blue eyes cat.

Taylor Swift loves singing since childhood. At the age of 3 years he never sang in front of a
bunch of tourists when sightseeing with both parents. When Swift was in fourth grade, she
won a national poetry contest with a three-page poem entitled "Monster in My Closet". At the
age of ten., A computer repairman showed him how to play three chords on the guitar, which
later sparked his interest in learning the instrument. After that, Swift wrote her first song,
"Lucky You" She began writing songs regularly and used it as a place to help with the pain of
discomfort in her school ..

He was a victim of bullying, and often writes songs to express his emotions. He also began
performing at karaoke contests, festivals, and fairs around her hometown .. When Swift was
12, he devoted the entire summer to write a novel of 350 pages, which are not published.
Performing his first major well-received performance at the Bloomsburg Fair. Taylor Swift is
also a songwriter reliable. As inspiration to write, Taylor admitted often pours a variety of
themes ranging from personal problems that happened to other interesting things. For Taylor,
writing and creating songs are the ingredients to relieve stress. Taylor was a victim of
bullying during school, so write the lyrics is his strategy to pour all of resentment and sadness
that is in his head at the time.

His family fully supports the desire of Taylor Swift for a career in the art world of sound. In
2005, they moved and settled in Nashville. At that moment Taylor Swift managed to amaze a
number of local labels with the songs. In 2006, he released his debut single "Tim McGraw",
then the debut of his self-titled album, which was awarded a multi-platinum by the Recording
Industry Association of America and was nominated for the Best New Artist at the 50th
Grammy Awards. In November 2008, Swift released her second album, Fearless, and bring
Swift won four Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, at the Grammys 52. Fearless
and Taylor Swift up in 2008 respectively in the order of number three and saved additional
six, with sales of 2.1 and 1.5 million. Fearless topped the Billboard 200 for 11 weeks non-
consecutively

Finally in 2006, Taylor Swift had the opportunity to show the appearance on the music scene
after releasing single "Tim McGraw". The single successful enough bears his name at the
time. Before long, her first album Taylor Swift titled supply. This album can be sold up to
61,000 copies in its first week. Shortly thereafter, the album became the champion in the
Billboard Top Country. The songs in the album itself was written entirely by him.

In 2007, Taylor Swift re-released the album titled Sounds Of The Season, but the album did
not succeed in the market. But not Taylor Swift when to give up. In the summer of 2008, he
was re-released the album Fearless, which was a great success. The album sold over 330
thousand copies in its second week after it was released. The album earned him Grammy
award in the category including Album of the Year and Best Country Album. Success in the
music world opened the way for Taylor Swift to explore the world of acting. Recorded had
starred in several films, including Valentine and Hannah Montana: The Movie. In 2008, he
earned his high school diploma, he graduated from high school in July 2008 from Aaron
Academy, a Christian school High School in Hendersonville, Tennessee. '

Taylor Swift's success is apparently not always positive results. He often dicibir by others
more senior colleagues. The most frontal incidence is at the MTV VMA awards 2009. At that
time Taylor won the award for Best Video Clip for the song "You Belong With Me". At the
time of the victory speech, sudden senior rapper Kanye West took the stage and
'blasphemous' Taylor Swift. Kanye said that Taylor did not deserve to win the award, which
he thinks is more appropriate given to Beyonce Knowles with video "Single Ladies (Put a
Ring on It). Taylor was deeply shocked and disappointed with the treatment, but he accepted
it with an open heart. Some time later, Kanye West is directly approached Taylor Swift to
apologize for his behavior.
Swift then released her second album, Fearless in November 2008 and immediately very
successful. At the beginning of its opening, the album sold over 592.300 copies, the highest
number for the entire female artist in 2008. In just two months, the album successfully sold
2.2 million copies. The album is also listed in the first rank of the Billboard 200 for 11 non-
consecutive weeks and also ranked first in the Billboard Hot Country Albums for 35 non-
consecutive weeks. Four singles released as a promotional single from Fearless, and four get
a very festive. The single is "Change", "Fearless", "You're Not Sorry", and "You Belong with
Me", which immediately entered in the top 10, 9, 11, and 12, respectively. Swift is the first
artist to be able to do this.

In February 2010, he earned eight Grammy Award nominations and get four of them,
including Album of the Year and Best Country Album for Fearless, as well as Best Female
Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song for "White Horse". He was also
nominated as Best New Artist in 2008 (escapes on Amy Winehouse), and was nominated for
four other categories, namely Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop
Vocal Performance for "You Belong with Me" and Best Pop Collaborations with Vocals for
"Breathe", together with Colbie Caillat.

Swift then appeared in the film Valentine's Day, and sang the main song in the soundtrack,
titled "Today Was a Fairytale". This song is very powerful reaction, and within a week the
song has sold 325,000 copies, and instantly get the position 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Beating the previous record held by Britney Spears and her song "Womanizer" which sold
280,000 copies in its first week.

Outside of music, Taylor Swift is soft and understated personal. he had a romance with
several celebrities, including Joe Jonas and Taylor Lautner. His relationship with Joe Jonas
ended 'tragically' when Joe decided via telephone. Taylor perpetuate the incident through a
song called 'Forever and Always' which became one of the songs in the album 'Fearless'.