TaylorAlisonSwift(December13,1989)isanAmericancountrypopsinger-songwriter,musicianandactress.

　　In2006,shereleasedherdebutsingle"TimMcGraw",thenherself-titleddebutalbum,whichwassubsequentlycertifiedmulti-platinumbytheRecordingIndustryAssociationofAmerica.InNovember2008,Swiftreleasedhersecondalbum,Fearless,andtherecordingearnedSwiftfourGrammyAwards,includingtheAlbumoftheYear,atthe52ndGrammyAwards.FearlessandTaylorSwiftfinished2008atnumber-threeandnumber-sixrespectively,withsalesof2.1and1.5million.FearlesstoppedtheBillboard200for11non-consecutiveweeks.SwiftwasnamedArtistoftheYearbyBillboardMagazinein2009.SwiftreleasedherthirdalbumSpeakNowonOctober25,2010,whichsold1,047,000copiesinitsfirstweek.Fromthisalbum,hersong"Mean"wasawardedBestCountrySongandBestCountrySoloPerformanceatthe54thGrammyAwards.

　　In2008,heralbumssoldacombinedfourmillioncopies,makingherthebest-sellingmusicianoftheyearintheUnitedStates,accordingtoNielsenSoundScan.ForbesrankedSwift2009's69th-mostpowerfulcelebritywithearningsof$18million,2010's12th-mostpowerfulcelebritywithearningsof$45millionand2011's7th-mostpowerfulcelebritywithearningsof$45million,too.Swiftwasrankedthe38thBestArtistofthe2000sbyBillboard.In2012NielsenSoundScanlistedSwiftasthefifthmostsuccessfuldigitalartistinmusichistorywithover41.8milliondigitaltrackssold.OnJune2011,renownedsiteTheBootnamedSwiftandCarrieUnderwoodTheCountryRoyalty,astheyweretheonlyfemalecountryartiststoberankedonRollingStone'sQueensofPoplist.AsofMarch2011[update],shehassoldover20millionalbumsand41.8millionsinglesworldwide.Shehasbeenlistedinthe2012GuinnessBookOfWorldRecordsastheFastestSellingDigitalAlbumbyaFemaleArtistforheralbumSpeakNow,andMostSimultaneousU.S.Hot100HitsbyaFemaleArtist.In2011,Billboardnamedherwomanoftheyear.

　　SwiftwasbornonDecember13,1989,inReading,Pennsylvania,andraisedinWyomissing,Pennsylvania.[1]SheisthedaughterofAndreaGardner(néeFinlay),ahomemakerwhopreviouslyworkedinfinance,andScottKingsleySwift,astockbroker.Hermaternalgrandmother,MarjorieFinlay(néeMoehlenkamp),wasanoperasinger.[20][21]Swifthasayoungerbrother,Austin.[22]ShegrewuponaChristmas-treefarm.[1]

　　WhenSwiftwasinfourthgrade,shewonanationalpoetrycontestwithathree-pagepoem,"MonsterinMyCloset".[21][23]Attheageoften,acomputerrepairmanshowedherhowtoplaythreechordsonaguitar,sparkingherinterestinlearningtheinstrument.Afterwards,Swiftwroteherfirstsong,"LuckyYou".[24]WhenSwiftwas12,shedevotedanentiresummertowritinga350-pagenovel,whichremainsunpublished.[25]Shebeganwritingsongsregularlyanduseditasanoutlettohelpherwithherpainfromnotfittinginatschool.Swiftwasavictimofbullying,andspenthertimewritingsongstoexpressheremotions.[26]Shealsostartedperformingatlocalkaraokecontests,festivals,andfairs.

　　SwiftbegantoregularlyvisitNashville,Tennessee,andworkwithlocalsongwriters.Whenshewas14,herfamilyrelocatedtoNashville.[27]Herfirstmajorshowwasawell-receivedperformanceattheBloomsburgFair.[28]InTennessee,SwiftattendedHendersonvilleHighSchool,butwassubsequ