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Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989 ) is an American country

pop[1]singer-songwriter, musician and actress.

In 2006, she released发布，发行her debut

初次登台single "Tim McGraw", then

her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently 随后certified multi-platinum白金 by the Recording Industry Association of America and was nominated for the Best New Artist award at 50th Grammy Awards. In November 2008, Swift released her second album, Fearless, and the recording earned Swift four Grammy Awards, including

the Album of the Year年度专辑奖, at

the 52nd Grammy

Awards. Fearless and Taylor Swift finished 2008 at number-three and number-six respectively分别，依次, with sales of 2.1 and 1.5 million.[5]Fearless topped

the Billboard 200 for 11 non-consecutive weeks;[6] no album has spent more time at No.

1 since 2000. Swift was named Artist of the

Year年度最佳歌手by Billboard Magazine in 2009.[7] Swift released her third album Speak Now on October 25, 2010 which sold

1,047,000 copies in its first week.

In 2008, her albums sold a combined four million copies, making her the best-selling musician of the year in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Forbes福布斯 ranked Swift 2009's 69th-most powerful celebrity with earnings of $18 million[8] and 2010's 12th-most powerful celebrity with earnings of $45 million.[9] Swift was ranked the 38th Best Artist of the 2000–10 decade

by Billboard.[10] In January 2010 Nielsen SoundScan listed Swift as the most commercially successful country (or

country/pop crossover) artist in music history with over 33 million digital tracks sold.[11] As of February 2011, she has sold over 20 million albums and 33 million singles

worldwide.[12][13]

Early life

Swift was born on December 13, 1989

in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Andrea Gardner (née Finlay),

a homemaker, and Scott Kingsley Swift,

a stockbroker. Her maternal grandmother, Majorie Finlay, was

an opera singer.[14][15] Swift has a younger brother, Austin.[16]

When Swift was in fourth grade, she won a national poetry contest with a three-page poem entitled "Monster In My Closet".[15][17] At the age of ten, a computer repairman showed her how to play three chords on a guitar, sparking her interest in learning the instrument. Afterwards, Swift wrote her first song, "Lucky You".[18] She began writing songs regularly and used it as an outlet to help her with her pain from not fitting in at school. She was a

victim of bullying, and often wrote songs to express her emotions.[19] She also started performing at karaoke contests, festivals, and fairs around her hometown. When Swift was 12, she devoted an entire summer to writing a 350-page novel, which remains unpublished.[20] Her first major show was a well-received performance at the Bloomsburg Fair.[21] Swift attended Hendersonville High School but was subsequently homeschooled for her junior and senior years. In 2008, she earned her high school diploma.[22]

Swift's greatest musical influence is Shania Twain.[23] Her other influences include LeAnn Rimes, Tina Turner, Dolly Parton, and her grandmother. Although her grandmother was a professional opera singer,[24] Swift's tastes always leaned more toward country music. In her younger years, she developed a love

for Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton.[25] She also credits the Dixie Chicks for demonstrating the