Taylor Swift

Taylor Allison Swift (December 13, 1989) is an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress.  She is the daughter of Andrea Gardner and Scott Kingsley Swift. Her maternal grandmother, Marjorie Finlay, was a opera singer. Taylor had a young brother  ,Austin.  She grew up on a Christmas-tree farm.
    When Taylor was in fourth grade, she won a national poetry contest with a three page poem, Monster in my closet. At ten a computer repairman showed her how to play three cords on the guitar. Afterwards, Taylor wrote her first song, ”Lucky You”

    Taylor began to visit Nashville, Tennesse and work with local songwriters. When she was 14 her family relocated to Nashville. Taylor attended Hendersonville High School. But was home schooled for her junior years and senior years. In 2008, she earned her high school diploma.

    Taylor’s greatest musical influence is Shania Twain. Her other influences include LeAnn Rimes, Tina Tuner and Dolly Parton and Taylor’s grandmother. Taylor’s always leaned more toward country music. In  her younger years, she build a love for Pasty Cline and Dolly Parton(Miley‘s Godmother).

    At age 11, Taylor made her first trip to Nashville, hoping to obtain a record deal by distributing a demo tape of her singing with karaoke songs. She gave a copy to every label in town, but was rejected. After Taylor returned to Pennsylvania, she was asked to sing at the US Open tennis tournament, where her rendition of the national anthem received much attention.

    When Taylor was 15, she rejected RCA Records because the company wanted to keep her on an artist development deal. After performing at Nashville’s songwriters’ venue, The Bluebird café, she caught the attention of Scott Borchetta, who signed her to his newly formed record label, Big Machine Records. At age 14, she became the youngest staff songwriter ever hired be the Sony/ATV Tree publishing house.