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Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Signed to the independent Big Machine Records label in 2006, Taylor made her debut on the maps of the U.S. Billboard country with the release of her debut single "Tim McGraw".

His eponymous debut album was released in late 2006 and has since been certified double platinum by the RIAA for selling more than two million copies in the United States. To date, he has produced three Top Ten singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs, including the number one single "Our Song ", all three of her singles have also reached Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was reissued in late 2007 with a set of bonus tracks. She was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

In 2007, Swift won the Country Music Association Horizon, which is attributed to back-and-forth acts of country music. She was nominated for a Grammy for Best New Artist.

Taylor Swift was born in Reading, Pennsylvania and lives with her parents in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Swift influences include her grandmother, who was an opera singer, 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. At the age of ten, Swift began singing at karaoke contests, festivals, fairs and she also began writing songs at 10 years. His first exposure to the music industry was to record demos in a studio. At 11, Taylor made his first trip to Nashville in hopes of getting a recording contract by delivering a demo she had made of her singing along to songs karaoke. She handed this tape to receptionists at every label on Music Row. When she performed at coffee Nashville songwriters Premier The Bluebird Café, she caught the attention of Scott Borchette. Scott signed her to his newly formed label, Big Machine Records.

Taylor Swift first single, "Tim McGraw", was released to radio in the summer of 2006. On October 24, 2006, his self-titled CD was released. The album, on which Swift wrote or co-wrote all the songs, debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard 200 and has sold more than 61,000 during its first week. Later, it peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and No. 5 on the Billboard 200. He also spent eight consecutive weeks atop the Top Country Albums. Swift has surpassed the 20 million music streams on MySpace, she managed to rise to the surface where it is currently ranked at No. 15 for the most MySpace visits for all genres of music.

Swift's first single, "Tim McGraw", was released in the summer 2006. "I wrote the song in my freshman year of high school," she said. "I was dating a guy named Brandon Borello, and I was about to move. I knew we were going to break so I started thinking about all the things I knew him remember me. Surprisingly, the first thing that comes to mind was that my favorite is country artist Tim McGraw. "Clip of the song established a record by appearing for 30 consecutive weeks on GAC fan-voted weekly Top 20 music countdown show, and reached # 1 on video cards CMT, the movie has also won Swift a "Breakthrough Video of the Year" at the 2007 CMT Music Awards. Her quest for fame Country music has been the subject of "GAC Short Cuts", part documentary, part music-video series aired since the summer 2006 on Country Music Television.

On May 15, 2007, Swift performed "Tim McGraw" at the Academy of Country Music Awards. It sang the song Tim McGraw in the audience, and came first to him. Swift has been an opening act for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Soul2Soul 2007 tour on their. It opened in the past for George Strait, Brad Paisley and Rascal Flatts as well. On August 21, 2007, Taylor Swift performed live on the season finale of America's Got Talent.

Taylor Swift boasts wrote or co wrote every song on her album. She wrote "more 200 songs "and has been writing since the age of 12. In October 2007 Swift's songwriting peers Nashville Songwriters Association International has honored with their interpreter / Artist of the Year, making her the youngest artist to win the award.

On November 7, 2007, Swift won the 2007 CMA Horizon Award and performed "Our Song", which would become his first No. 1 song the week of December 22, 2007.

Taylor also recorded a holiday album "Sounds of the Season" which was released October 16, 2007 and exclusively at Target stores. Although not as successful as his eponymous debut, the album contains both traditional holiday such as "Last Christmas" and the songs she has written herself.

Swift's second studio album is scheduled for a fall 2008 release. In a repeat his debut album, Swift should have at least one co-writing credit on every track, John Rich and Colbie Caillat contributed to writing the first songs the album, according to Billboard magazine. On September 21, 2007, Swift launched a campaign to protect children against online predators. Swift has teamed Phil Bredesen of Tennessee Governor's fight against Internet crime. The yearlong campaign, launched in partnership with the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police, to distribute Internet safety information and materials for parents and students across the state.
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