Taylor Swift was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA on 1989 12 13. He spent his childhood at the Christmas tree farm in montgomery county 1 1 acre, Pennsylvania, and attended kindergarten at Montessori Education School in Irvine. [ 1]
At the age of 9, Taylor moved to Wyoming, Pennsylvania with his family; /kloc-At the age of 0/0, Taylor began to write songs and sang in karaoke competitions, festivals and around her hometown. She wrote a 350-page novel, but it was not published [2]; Inspired by saturday night live, Taylor joined the children's short comedy team TheatreKids Live and became a member of it. In the team, she showed her innate talent for comedy. Kirk Kramer's mother saw her karaoke performance and suggested Taylor devote herself to country music instead of drama. Taylor also won the national poetry competition with a three-page poem "Monster in My Wardrobe", but she was more focused on songwriting. [46]
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200 1 After watching the video of country singer Faith Hill, Taylor begged her mother to go to Nashville, Tennessee, the hometown of country folk songs, to pursue her musical dream. I started learning guitar as a computer repairman and was inspired to write my first song, Lucky You. [3]
In 2003, Taylor and her parents started working with new york's music director Dan Demjo. After showing his original songs to RCA records in the United States, Taylor got a contract and began to travel to Nashville frequently, and moved to Henderson, Tennessee with his family. [4] I studied at Hendersonville High School and was transferred to Aaron College to adapt to the schedule. In 2008, Taylor obtained a high school diploma from this student and completed two years of course study within twelve months. [5]
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In 2003, Taylor Swift moved to Nashville at the age of 14. As part of the contract with RCA Records, she wrote songs with experienced songwriters such as Troy Verges, Brett Beavers and Brett James. In the end, she and Liz Ross formed a lasting partnership. Taylor saw Liz's performance at RCA's songwriting activity and suggested that they write songs together. Every Tuesday afternoon after school, they will spend two hours writing songs. It's basically about what happened at school that day. At the same time, Taylor also recorded the audition song with producer Nathan Chapman. Taylor signed a contract with Sony /ATV Tree Publishing House after the composer's performance of body mass index. [6]
On June 24th, 2006, the album Taylor Swift was released. [7] The album first appeared on the Billboard Top 200 album chart as 19, and sold 39,000 albums in the first week. After that, it reached the first place in the billboard country music album list and the fifth place in the billboard top 200 album list. After that, it remained in the country music album list for 8 consecutive weeks, maintaining 9 1 week before 24. By the end of June, 2008, Taylor had sold more than 3 million copies and downloaded 7.5 million singles. [8]
When the first tim mcgraw was released in June 2006, this big machine was still in its infancy. Taylor and her mother helped put the CD in an envelope and sent it to major radio stations. Taylor appeared in many TV programs, including Grand Ole Opry, Good Morning America and so on. "tim mcgraw" MV set a record for 30 consecutive weeks in the top 20 music voting list of GAC fan weekly list, and ranked first in the video of American Country Music Television Awards. The MV also won Taylor the most breakthrough video award at the 2007 CMT Music Awards. [9]
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In May 2007, Taylor sang "tim mcgraw" at the American Country Music Association Awards Ceremony. She sang to tim mcgraw in the audience. In the same year, Taylor made the opening performance in the Soul2Soul tour of tim mcgraw and faith hill. [ 10]
On August 2, 2007, Kloc-0, Taylor performed live at the America's Got Talent Finals. The second single of Taylor Swift's album "Tears on My Guitar" was released on February 24th, 2007. This song first appeared in the charts in mid-2007, ranking second on the billboard's hottest country music list and 33rd on the billboard's top 100 singles list. This song was released again after being mixed with pop music at the end of 2007, and reached the top 100 list 13, pop music list 1 1. From June 5438 to 10, 2007, Taylor was awarded the best songwriter/artist of the year by Nashville Songwriters International Association, which made him the youngest singer to win the award. 165438+1On October 7th, Taylor won the Best Newcomer Award of the Country Music Association in 2007 and sang Our Song, the third single in her album. On February 22nd of the same year, 12, this song became the first in the billboard's hottest country music list, and jumped from 6th place to 1. This is the highest jump from 1998 to 1, while tim mcgraw's "Just to See You Laugh" jumped directly from the 6th to 1. "Our Song" occupied 1 in the country rankings for six weeks,100 in the Billboard Hot 100 rankings, and 24th in the billboard pop rankings. 10 On June 6th, Taylor also released the holiday album The Sound of the Season: Taylor Swift's Holiday Collection, which was sold exclusively in the target store.
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In 2008, Taylor was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Newcomer, but lost to amy winehouse. In the same year, 654381October 29th, Taylor released the fourth single picture in her album of the same name. Big Machine Records released "Should Say No" on May 65438, 2009. This song is the fifth and last single of the first album [1 1]. She sang this song at the 43rd Country Music Association Awards Ceremony. On August 23rd of the same year, "Should Say No" became Taylor's second country music champion single. In August of the same year, Taylor continued to sign autographs at CMA Music Festival in Nashville for 8 hours. [12] This is the longest signature activity since 1996 Garth Brooks 23 Hours Marathon. In the summer of the same year, Taylor released "Beautiful Eyes", and this EP is only available in. Wal-Mart. In the first week after its release, the album has sold 45,000 copies, ranking first in the billboard country chart and ninth in the Billboard 200 chart. Taylor is the first singer after LeAnn Rimes 1997 won the second place in the country album chart in the same week. [ 13]
Taylor's second album, Huo Yuanjia, was released in the United States in June 2008165438+1October1. Taylor sang "You Only Belong to Me" at the Let Go Love concert, and got the first place on the Billboard 200. In 2008, this album sold 592,304 country music albums. Including other kinds of music, it is also the most popular album for American female artists. Followed by Lil Wayne, AC/DC band and coldplay. The first list is also on the country and pop music list. In the first week after its release, Taylor sold more than 129000 digital copies. This is the best album that has ever become the number one online seller of country albums. Nielsen Sound Scan has been tracking data since 2004, and this album makes Taylor the fourth highest-selling digital album every week. After eight weeks of sales, Fearless sold more than 338,467 paid downloads, making it the best-selling album in the history of digital sales. Followed by Taylor's debut album "Taylor Swift", as of April 18, 2009, the sales volume was 236,046 downloads. Love Story is the first single in the album. Officially released in September of the same year, it became the second best-selling country single and ranked fourth on the bulletin board hottest 100.
In 2008-2009, four singles were released, namely White Horse, You Belong to Me, Fifth and Fearless. Among them, "You belong to me" is the best album, the hottest 100 on the bulletin board, and the highest ranking is second. During the concert tour in Huo Yuanjia, Taylor invited john mayer, Faith Hill, Katy Perry and others as special guests. Taylor Swift: Journey to Fearless is a documentary about Taylor's concert, which was broadcast on TV and released on Blu-ray DVD. Taylor also has a lot of cooperation with other singers. In 5 1 Grammy, he performed the 15th with miley cyrus, and in the American Country Music and Television Award [14], he collaborated with T-Pain to perform the satirical rap song The Story of the Mob. She sang the single "My Half Heart" from John's fourth album with john mayer. Sing "Two is Better than One" with boys who like girls. Kellie pickler and I wrote "The Best Days of Your Life" and made a guest appearance on the MV. He also wrote two songs "You can always find your way home" and "Mader" for the movie "My Girl is a Big Star" starring Miley Cyrus. [ 15]
At the MTV Music Video Awards Ceremony held on September 13, 2009, the MV "You Belong to Me" won the best female singer video of the year, which was the first time that a country singer won an award in VMA. Just as Taylor delivered her acceptance speech on the stage, singer kanye omari west rushed to the stage and grabbed Taylor's microphone, saying that the MV of Beyonce's "Single Lady" (putting a ring on it), which was also nominated, was the best ever. Next, she performed You Belong to Me outside the Radio City Concert Hall. [16] Later, when Beyonce won the annual video, she didn't give a thank-you speech, but pointed out on the stage that she still remembered winning the first MTV award as a member of Destiny's Child at the age of 17, which was one of the most exciting moments in her life. So she wanted Gentelle to come back to the stage and finish her speech. Taylor was then invited to the stage to complete her acceptance speech.
20 10, the 52nd Grammy Awards Ceremony was held at Staples Center in Los Angeles, USA. Taylor I received eight Grammy nominations and finally won four awards: best album of the year, best country female singer, best country song and best country album. [17] On February 14, the romantic comedy Valentine's Day was released in North America, and Taylor made a guest appearance in the film. On March 7th, Taylor gave a concert in Florida, USA. On May 3rd, Taylor attended the 20 10 fashion celebration at the Metropolitan Museum of New York. On May 4th, Time magazine held a party in new york for 65,438+000 of the most influential celebrities in the world. Taylor attended the party, and she ranked ninth in the artist list that year [18]. On June 9, Taylor attended the American Country Music Association Awards Ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. On September 28th, Taylor appeared at Milan Fashion Week. 10 year1On October 25th, Taylor released her third solo album Speak Now. 165438+1October 22nd, 20th10the American Music Awards ceremony was held in Nokia Center in Los Angeles, and Taylor won the most popular female singer award. [ 19]