Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in Reading, Pennsylvania. She spent most of her early years on her families Christmas tree farm. I wasn’t long before Taylor started to take after her grandmother who had been a professional opera singer. As early as age nine Taylor was taking vocal and acting lessons. By age ten Swift was singing in a variety of local events, fairs and contests. At age 11 she sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a Philadelphia 76ers game. When Swift was about 12 years old, a computer repairman taught Swift how to play three chords on a guitar. This performance leapfrogged her singing and songwriting career.
Taylor Swift’s first song, Lucky You, was inspired by this repairman. Shortly after this swift receives …show more content…
Taylor had to strike development deal with a recording company. When she was fourteen she signed a deal with RCA Records this deal was short lived due to the face that they want Taylor to be 18 before releasing her first album. In 2004 Swift became the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Tree publishing house. This didn’t last either. At a performance at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe in 2005, Swift caught the attention of Scott Borchetta, a DreamWorks Records executive who was preparing to form his own independent record label, Big Machine Records. She became one of the labels first signings. On October 24, 2006 she released her self-titled album. Jon Caramanica of The New York Times described it as "a small masterpiece of pop-minded country, both wide-eyed and cynical, held together by Ms. Swift's firm, pleading voice." Big Machine Records was still in its infancy and Taylor and her mother helped stuff the cd’s in to envelopes to send to radio stations. She then went on a six month long radio tour. Through her determination she quickly gained a fan base. The album sold thirty nine thousand copies with in the first week and as of march 2011 it has sold five and a half million worldwide. On February 19, 2007 her hit single Teardrops on My Guitar was released. It hit number 13 on billboard’s top 100 songs nationwide.
On November 11, 2008 Swift's second studio album, Fearless, was released. 592,000 copies
Taylor Swift’s first song, Lucky You, was inspired by this repairman. Shortly after this swift receives …show more content…
Taylor had to strike development deal with a recording company. When she was fourteen she signed a deal with RCA Records this deal was short lived due to the face that they want Taylor to be 18 before releasing her first album. In 2004 Swift became the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Tree publishing house. This didn’t last either. At a performance at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe in 2005, Swift caught the attention of Scott Borchetta, a DreamWorks Records executive who was preparing to form his own independent record label, Big Machine Records. She became one of the labels first signings. On October 24, 2006 she released her self-titled album. Jon Caramanica of The New York Times described it as "a small masterpiece of pop-minded country, both wide-eyed and cynical, held together by Ms. Swift's firm, pleading voice." Big Machine Records was still in its infancy and Taylor and her mother helped stuff the cd’s in to envelopes to send to radio stations. She then went on a six month long radio tour. Through her determination she quickly gained a fan base. The album sold thirty nine thousand copies with in the first week and as of march 2011 it has sold five and a half million worldwide. On February 19, 2007 her hit single Teardrops on My Guitar was released. It hit number 13 on billboard’s top 100 songs nationwide.
On November 11, 2008 Swift's second studio album, Fearless, was released. 592,000 copies