Taylor Swift (American)

Biography:

Birthday: 13th December, 1989

Father's name: Scott Kingsley Swift

Mother's name: Andrea Gardner Swift

Born In: Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Nationality: American

Introduction:

Taylor's complete name is Taylor Alison Swift. She is well known for her song-writing which is sort of about her life-based narrations. Her iconic voice has received tons of appraisals not just in the states but all over the world, with vast media coverage. She commenced her career at a very young age of 14 years, from country music, which she pursued when she moved to Nashville, Tennessee from her hometown place reading, Pennsylvania.

She holds the record of being the youngest artist that is signed by Sony/ATV Music publishing house. She also launched an album "Speak Now," which was solely written by her in the year 2010. The album also got her two Grammy awards for its mind-blowing performance. Taylor Swift's albums and music have been so popularized that more than 50 million albums have been sold till date that includes 32 million in the United States and 150 million singles.

In addition to the awards from Nashville Songwriters Association, she has also received the awards from Songwriters Hall of Fame, Grammy Awards, Emmy Awards, American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, etc.

Early Life:

Taylor's birth took place in Reading city of Pennsylvania. Her father, Scott Kingsley Swift, was a stockbroker (a person who buys and sells and maintains the same) for Merrill Lynch. Her mother, Andrea Gardner Swift, was a homemaker who had served as a mutual fund marketing administrator. Swift, who is also supposed to have Scottish heritage, was titled after the songwriter-singer, James Taylor. Her younger brother Austin also pursued her career in the entertainment industry as an actor. Swift filled her early years with a Christmas tree farm, which was given to her by her father, who purchased it from one of his clients. She used to attend preschool and then kindergarten at the Alvernia Montessori School, which was run by Franciscan nuns before she moved to The Wyndcroft School. 

Later, their family moved to a rented house in the local town of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, where she started attending Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School. At the age of nine years, Taylor started to show her interest in musical theater and presented to her audience in four Berks Youth Theatre Academy productions. She also visited regularly to New York City for vocal and acting lessons. Taylor later turned her focus towards the country music, which was an inspiration taken by Shania Twain's songs. This act also made her launch "want to just run around the block four times and daydream about everything." She used to spend her weekends working at local festivals and events. 

After viewing a documentary about Faith Hill, Taylor decided that she needed to go to Nashville, Tennessee, to follow a music career. She went there with her mother at the age of just eleven years to attend Nashville record labels, and there she presented a demo tape of Dolly Parton and Dixie Chicks karaoke covers. Though in the end, She was rejected for this cover.

When Taylor turned to about 12 years old, the computer repairman and a local musician Ronnie taught her how to play guitar. He helped with her first struggles as a songwriter, driving to her writing "Lucky You". In the year 2003, Taylor and her parents began operating with New York-based music manager Dan Dymtrow. With the help of Dan Dymtrow, Taylor modeled for Abercrombie Fitch as an element of their "Rising Stars" drive. Further, it also had an entire song that was included on a Maybelline compilation CD, and then she accompanied meetings with influential record labels. After playing original songs in an RCA Records showcase, Taylor was granted an artist development deal where she also worked and started making regular trips to Nashville with her mother.

To assist Taylor break into country music, her father shifted to Merrill Lynch's office that was centered in Nashville when she was 14 years old, and the whole family moved to a lakefront house in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Taylor used to attend Hendersonville High School. Still, later after her two years of transfer to the Aaron Academy, which through homeschooling, could include her touring schedule, she finished a year early.

Career Commencement:

In the city of Nashville, Swift operated with experienced Music Row songwriters such as Mac McAnally, Brett Beavers, Troy Verges, Brett James, and the Warren Brothers. Later, she formed a long-lasting working relationship with Liz Rose. They started meeting for two-hours of writing sessions every Tuesday afternoon right after finishing their school. Rose had a feeling that the meetings were some of the easiest she has ever done.

She referred herself to as if she was just her editor. Taylor used to write about what occurred in the school that day. She had a crystal-clear vision of everything she was trying to say. Also, she'd come in with the most unbelievable hooks. Taylor was signed by the Sony/ATV Tree publishing house, but later she left RCA Records when she was at the age of 14 years. She then said: that she genuinely felt that she was going out of time. She wanted to catch these years of her life on an album while they still described what she was going through.

Swift established herself as one of Big Machine's first signings, and her father bought about a three-percent stake in the organization for an estimated 120 thousand US dollars. After that, She started working on her eponymous debut album shortly. Taylor convinced Big Machine to pick her demo producer Nathan Chapman, with whom she believed she had the best chemistry. She drafted three of the album's songs "alone," and co-wrote the dwelling eight with Robert Ellis Orrall, Brian Maher, Rose, and Angelo Petraglia.

Awards and Achievements:

• She received Grammy Award for Album of the Year in the year 1989, 2010 and 2016.
  
• She received Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album in the year 1989 and 2016.
  
• She received MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video in the year 2015.
  
• She received Billboard Music Award for Top Country Artist in the year 2011 and 2013.
  
• She received Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance in the year 2012.