QUICK FACTS

NAME
Taylor Swift
OCCUPATION
Songwriter, Singer
BIRTH DATE
December 13, 1989 (age 27)
DID YOU KNOW?
Contrary to the norm, 13 is Taylor Swift's lucky number. Not only
was she born on the 13th, but her first album also went gold after
13 weeks and her first No. 1 song had a 13-second intro.
DID YOU KNOW?
During the 2010 Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift became the
youngest artist in history to win Album of the Year for her
sophomore album Fearless.
DID YOU KNOW?
For her albums Speak Now and Red, Taylor Swiift became the first
woman to sell more than one million copies of two albums in their
opening week.
EDUCATION
Hendersonville High School
PLACE OF BIRTH
Reading, Pennsylvania
AKA
Taylor Swift
FULL NAME
Taylor Alison Swift
ZODIAC SIGN
Sagittarius
 CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY STARS
FAMOUS GRAMMY WINNERS
FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN IN 1989
FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN IN PENNSYLVANIA
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QUOTES
I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something
to be happy about.
Taylor Swift
Synopsis
Born on December 13, 1989, in Reading, Pennsylvania, Taylor Swift's family moved to
nearby Wyomissing where she started crafting songs at age 5, and at age 16, released her debut
album. Hits like "Love Story" and "You Belong With Me" appealed to country and pop fans alike
and helped fuel the multiplatinum success of her albums, with Fearless the 2009 top-seller. Swift
later became a pop juggernaut with the 2014 album 1989. She has won many awards, including
several Grammys, and modeled for Cover Girl.

Early Life and Career

Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in Reading, Pennsylvania. Swift spent her
early years on her family's Christmas tree farm in nearby Wyomissing. Her grandmother had
been a professional opera singer, and Swift soon followed in her footsteps. By the age of 10,
Swift was singing at a variety of local events, including fairs and contests. She sang "The Star-
Spangled Banner" at a Philadelphia 76ers game at the age of 11, and began writing her own
songs and learning guitar at 12 years old.

To pursue her music career, Swift often visited Nashville, Tennessee, the country music capital.
There she co-wrote songs and tried to land a recording contract. Noting her dedication, Swift and
her family moved to nearby Hendersonville, Tennessee, in an attempt to further Swift's career.

Country Crooner
A stellar performance at The Bluebird Caf in Nashville helped Swift get a contract with Scott
Borchetta's Big Machine Records. She released her first single, "Tim McGraw," in 2006, and the
song became a Top 10 hit on the country charts. It also appeared on her self-titled debut album in
October of that same year, which sold more than 2.5 million copies. More popular singles soon
followed, including "Our Song," a No. 1 country music hit. "Teardrops on My Guitar," "Picture
to Burn" and "Should've Said No" were also successful tracks.
Swift also received critical praise for her debut effort. She won the Horizon Award from the
Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music Award for Top New
Female Vocalist in 2007. Swift next released Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday
Collection in 2007. Her renditions of "Silent Night" and "Santa Baby" were modest hits on the
country charts.

'Fearless'
In 2008, Swift was nominated for a Grammy in the Best New Artist category and won other
accolades, including the Academy of Country Music's Female Vocalist of the Year award.
Around this same time, Swift released her next album, Fearless (2008), which hit the top of both
the country and pop charts and stayed there for 11 weeks. By the end of the year, Swift had
become the highest-selling country artist of 2008.

2009 Video Music Awards

In 2009, Swift netted several awards for her work on Fearless, including Video of the Year and
Female Video of the Year for "Love Story" at the CMT Music Awards. On September 13, 2009,
Swift also won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video, making her the first
country music star to win an MTV Video Music Award. The win stirred controversy when
rapper Kanye West leaped to the stage during Swift's speech, took the microphone, and declared
that R&B singer Beyonc should have won Swift's award.

The stunned Swift was unable to make her acceptance speech, and West was removed from the
show. When Beyonc accepted her award for Best Video of the Year later in the show, she called
Swift to the stage to finish her speech. West later apologized to Swift privately, and made a
public apology on The Jay Leno Show.

Major Success
Swift soon became an even hotter commodity. Her concert tickets began selling out in less than
two minutes, and she also made her second appearance on comedy show Saturday Night Live,
this time as both the host and musical guest. Additionally, she became the youngest artist to win
the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2010 for Fearless.

In 2010, she released the album Speak Now, which featured the hit songs "Mean," "Ours" and
"Sparks Fly." The album was a success, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling
more than one million copies in its first week. She followed that album with Red (2012),
featuring the hit single "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and also selling more than
one million copies in its first week. With her fifth album 1989, Swift became the first woman in
history to release three albums that sold more than one million copies in their opening week.

She was ranked No. 1 as Forbes magazine's highest paid celebrity under 30 in 2012, beating
out Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Lady Gaga with a salary of $57 million. She has also been tapped
for four CMA nominations in 2009Female Vocalist, Music Video of the Year, Best Album and
Entertainer of the Yearas well as six American Music Award nominations.

The following year, Swift shared some of her fortune to help others. She funded the $4 million
Taylor Swift Education Center at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. The facility has
three classrooms, a learning lab and a space dedicated to exhibits for children. In an interview
with CMT Hot 20 Countdown, she explained that "music education is really such an important
part of my life. My life changed so completely when I discovered writing my own songs and
playing guitar, and that can't necessarily all be taught to you in school because there aren't
enough hours in the day."

In 2013, Swift was also honored with the CMA Pinnacle Award for her achievements as a
country music performer and for her "positive impact" on country music, according to the CMA
website. And she picked up two other wins for her collaboration with Tim McGraw and Keith
Urban at the CMA Awards ceremony held that November. Swift's winning streak continued at the
American Music Awards. For the third year in a row, she picked up the AMA Award for Artist of
the Year, among other wins.

Grammy-Winning '1989'
With her next effort, Swift seemed to step further away from her country music roots. She
released 1989, her most pop-sounding record to date, in October 2014. "Shake It Off" proved to
be one of the catchiest tracks of the year, reaching the top of the pop charts. Swift continued to
play with her public persona with the track "Bad Blood," which features Kendrick Lamar. In the
video for the song, which debuted at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards and doubles as a noir
action short, she appears as a tough, cutthroat character called "Catastrophe." Swift recruited a
number of top names to appear in the video as well, including Karlie Kloss, Cindy
Crawford and Lena Dunham. In an age of low album sales, 1989 has gone on to move more than
five million copies in the U.S. alone.

In February 2016, Swift opened up the 58th Annual Grammy Awards with another track
from 1989, "Out of the Woods." Having received awards pre-telecast for Best Music Video and
Best Pop Vocal Album, later in the evening Swift won another Grammy for Album of the Year,
making music history as the first woman to win the award twice.
In what was seen as a sharp rebuke to a new Kanye West song in which he took credit for her
fame, Swift used her acceptance speech to issue an empowerment statement. "I wanna say to all
the young women out there, there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut
your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame," she said. "But if you just
focus on the work, and you don't let those people sidetrack you, someday when you get where
you're going, youll look around and you will know that it was you and the people who loved
you who put you there. And that will be the greatest feeling in the world."

Romantic Relationships
During much of 2008, reports circulated that Swift was dating Joe Jonasfrom the popular musical
group The Jonas Brothers. Neither Swift nor Jonas has ever acknowledged the relationship. "He's
an amazing guy, and anyone would be lucky to be dating him," Swift said at the 2008 MTV
Video Music Awards. Whatever their relationship, it seemed to turn sour by the
time Fearless was released. The song, "Forever & Always," is reportedly about Jonas.

Swift was then romantically linked to actor Taylor Lautner, one of the stars of the
successful Twilight saga. The pair reportedly met while filming Swift's big screen
debut Valentine's Day, which hit theaters in February 2010. Unfortunately, the couple didn't
make it long enough to see the premiere as a couple, having broken up in late 2009. Swift then
dated singer John Mayer for a brief period, which ended on bad terms when she wrote the tell-all
song entitled "Dear John" about the womanizer.

From there, Swift was romantically linked to Glee star Cory Monteith and Jake Gyllenhaal in
2010, and Conor Kennedyson of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.in 2012. She dated another celebrity
at the tail-end of 2012, bringing in the new year with One Direction's Harry Styles, but the
relationship ended in 2013. In 2015, Swift dated Calvin Harris, a music producer, DJ and singer,
however, the couple reportedly broke up in June 2016. Shortly thereafter, Swift began dating
actor Tom Hiddleston, 35, but the couple split three months later.
FAKTA CEPAT

NAMA

Taylor Swift

PENDUDUKAN

Penulis lagu, Singer

TANGGAL LAHIR

13 Desember 1989 (umur 27)

TAHUKAH KAMU?

Bertentangan dengan norma, 13 adalah angka keberuntungan Taylor Swift. Tidak

hanya itu ia lahir pada tanggal 13, tapi album pertamanya juga pergi emas setelah
13 minggu dan dia Nomor pertama 1 lagu memiliki intro 13 detik.

TAHUKAH KAMU?

Selama 2010 Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift menjadi artis termuda dalam sejarah
untuk memenangkan Album of the Year untuk album sophomore nya Fearless.

TAHUKAH KAMU?

Untuk album-albumnya Speak Now dan Red, Taylor Swiift menjadi wanita pertama
yang menjual lebih dari satu juta kopi dari dua album di minggu pembukaan
mereka.

PENDIDIKAN

Sekolah Tinggi Hendersonville

TEMPAT LAHIR

Membaca, Pennsylvania

AKA

Taylor Swift

NAMA LENGKAP

Taylor Alison Swift

TANDA ZODIAK

Sagittarius
 STARS COUNTRY KONTEMPORER

PEMENANG TERKENAL GRAMMY

ORANG TERKENAL LAHIR DI 1989

ORANG TERKENAL LAHIR DI PENNSYLVANIA

Tampilkan Semua Grup

TANDA KUTIP

Saya memiliki prioritas ini benar-benar tinggi pada kebahagiaan dan menemukan
sesuatu yang harus senang.

-Taylor Swift

Ringkasan

Lahir pada tanggal 13 Desember 1989, di Reading, Pennsylvania, keluarga Taylor

Swift pindah ke dekat Wyomissing mana ia mulai menyusun lagu pada usia 5, dan
pada usia 16, merilis album debutnya. Hits seperti "Love Story" dan "You Belong
Dengan Me" mengajukan banding ke negara dan pop fans dan membantu bahan
bakar keberhasilan multiplatinum album-albumnya, dengan Fearless 2009 top-
seller. Swift kemudian menjadi raksasa pop dengan 2014 album 1989. Dia telah
memenangkan banyak penghargaan, termasuk beberapa Grammy, dan model
untuk Cover Girl.

Awal Kehidupan dan Karir

Taylor Alison Swift lahir pada tanggal 13 Desember 1989 di Reading, Pennsylvania.
Swift menghabiskan tahun-tahun awal pada Natal peternakan pohon keluarganya di
dekatnya Wyomissing. Neneknya pernah menjadi penyanyi opera profesional, dan
Swift segera diikuti jejaknya. Pada usia 10, Swift bernyanyi di berbagai acara lokal,
termasuk pameran dan kontes. Dia menyanyikan "The Star-Spangled Banner" di
pertandingan Philadelphia 76ers pada usia 11, dan mulai menulis lagu sendiri dan
belajar gitar pada usia 12 tahun.

Untuk mengejar karir musiknya, Swift sering dikunjungi Nashville, Tennessee,

ibukota musik country. Di sana ia ikut menulis lagu dan mencoba untuk mendarat
kontrak rekaman. Memperhatikan dedikasi, Swift dan keluarganya pindah ke dekat
Hendersonville, Tennessee, dalam upaya untuk memajukan karir Swift.
negara Crooner

Sebuah kinerja bintang di The Bluebird Caf di Nashville membantu Swift

mendapatkan kontrak dengan Scott Borchetta Big Machine Records. Dia merilis
single pertamanya, "Tim McGraw," pada tahun 2006, dan lagu menjadi hit Top 10 di
tangga lagu negara. Hal ini juga muncul di album debut self-titled-nya pada bulan
Oktober tahun yang sama, yang terjual lebih dari 2,5 juta kopi. single lebih populer
segera diikuti, termasuk "kami Song" a No 1 musik country hit. "Teardrops on My
Guitar", "Gambar Burn" dan "Harus sudah Kata Tidak ada" juga trek sukses.

Swift juga menerima pujian kritis untuk usaha debutnya. Dia memenangkan Horizon
Award dari Asosiasi Musik Negara (CMA) dan Akademi Musik Country Award untuk
Top New Vokalis Wanita pada tahun 2007. Swift berikutnya dirilis Suara Musim: The
Taylor Swift Holiday Collection pada tahun 2007. penafsiran nya dari "Silent Night
"dan 'Santa Baby' hits sederhana di tangga lagu negara.

'Tak kenal takut'

Pada tahun 2008, Swift dinominasikan untuk Grammy dalam kategori Artis Baru
Terbaik dan memenangkan penghargaan lainnya, termasuk Academy of Country
Music Vokalis Wanita of the Year. Sekitar waktu yang sama, Swift merilis album
berikutnya, Fearless (2008), yang menghantam bagian atas dari kedua negara dan
pop grafik dan tinggal di sana selama 11 minggu. Pada akhir tahun, Swift telah
menjadi artis negara penjualan tertinggi tahun 2008.

2009 Video Music Awards

Pada tahun 2009, Swift terjaring beberapa penghargaan untuk karyanya tentang
Fearless, termasuk Video of the Year dan Female Video of the Year untuk "Love
Story" di CMT Music Awards. Pada tanggal 13 September 2009, Swift juga
memenangkan MTV Video Music Award untuk Best Female Video, membuatnya
pertama bintang musik country untuk memenangkan MTV Video Music Award.
Kemenangan itu menimbulkan kontroversi ketika rapper Kanye West melompat ke
panggung selama pidato Swift, mengambil mikrofon, dan menyatakan bahwa
penyanyi R & B Beyonc seharusnya memenangkan penghargaan Swift.

Swift tertegun tidak mampu membuat pidato penerimaan, dan Barat telah dihapus
dari pertunjukan. Ketika Beyonc menerima penghargaan itu untuk Best Video of
the Year kemudian di acara itu, dia menelepon Swift ke panggung untuk
menyelesaikan pidatonya. Barat kemudian meminta maaf kepada Swift pribadi, dan
membuat permintaan maaf publik di The Jay Leno Show.

Sukses besar

Swift segera menjadi komoditas bahkan lebih panas. Tiket konser mulai menjual
keluar dalam waktu kurang dari dua menit, dan dia juga membuat penampilan
kedua di acara komedi Saturday Night Live, kali ini baik sebagai tuan rumah dan
tamu musik. Selain itu, dia menjadi artis termuda yang memenangkan Grammy
Award untuk Album of the Year pada tahun 2010 untuk Fearless.

Pada tahun 2010, ia merilis album Speak Now, yang menampilkan lagu-lagu hit
"Mean," "Kita" dan "S