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media type="custom" key="13408904" This website is a short bibliography of Taylor Swift because she is my favorite singer and songwriter. Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989 in Wyomissing Pennsylvania. She grew up on her family's christmas tree farm, and was soon introduced to singing by her grandmother who sang opera. By the age of ten, she began to sing locally at events. At eleven, she sang the National Anthemat a 76ers game. She taught herself how to play the guitar at age twelve, and started to write her own music and lyrics. The Swift family moved to Hendersonville, Tennessee soon after this, and began to pursue her professional music career.

In 2006, her first single, Tim McGraw, was released and became a top ten country hit. Less than a year later, she released her first, self-titled album which sold 2.5 million copies. Some of her most famous songs on this album were "Our Song", "Should've Said No", "Picture to Burn", and "Teardrops on My Guitar".

Only a year later, in 2007, she came out with a Holiday album that was popular among country fans, and won the Horizon Award from the Country Music Association (CMA), and the Academy of Country Music Award for Top New Female Vocalist. She was a hit in the popular eye. In 2008 and 2009, Taylor Swift had some extremely successful moments. She released her second album, "Fearless", which won Album of the Year at the Grammys. Following, she won the "Video of the Year" award, and "Female Video of the Year" for "Love Story" at the CMT Music Awards. She was the best selling country artist of 2008. In 2009, she was nominated for four CMA Awards, and six AMA Awards.

Her latest album, "Speak Now" was released in 2010 and managed to sell 1.47 copies within the first week in the United States. To date, this was the fastest selling new album in five years. Some of the most popular songs on this album were "Speak Now", "Dear John", and "Mean". Since the release of this album, she has still managed to sell out concert tickets in less that two minutes.

All of these albums, awards, and accomplishments have added to the success and popularity that Taylor Swift has accumulated over the last few years. She is a great song-writer, and writes quite a bit of her music which adds to her talents. In addition to all of her fame and fortune, Taylor is a great role model for young girls, and continues to hold my interest as a country music fan.