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Real Name : Taylor Swift
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Taylor Swift is a multi-Grammy award-winning American singer/songwriter who, in 2010 and at the age of 20, became the youngest artist in history to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. In 2011, Swift was named Billboard's Woman of the Year. Additionally Swift has been named the American Music Awards Artist of the Year, as well as the Entertainer of the Year for both the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music, among many other accolades. As of this writing, she is also the top-selling digital artist in music history. Swift is only beginning to emerge as an acting talent, having voiced the role of Audrey in the animated feature _The Lorax (2012)_ (qv). She also made appearances in the theatrical release _Valentine's Day (2010/I)_ (qv) and in an episode of _"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000)_ (qv) She contributed two original songs to _The Hunger Games (2012)_ (qv) soundtrack: "Safe & Sound featuring The Civil Wars" and "Eyes Open". Born 13 December 1989 in Reading, Pennsylvania, Swift spent most of her childhood on an 11 acre Christmas tree farm. Her family moved to Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, when she was age 9. At age 12, Swift was shown by a computer repairman how to play three chords on a guitar, inspiring her to write her first song, "Lucky You". Swift's family moved to Nashville when she was age 14 as part of her father's job transfer. Once she was in Nashville, Swift secured an artist development deal with RCA Records. Swift left RCA Records when she was age 15 because she was ready to release an album using her own material, while RCA wanted her to record the work of other songwriters and wait until she turned 18 to release an album. At an industry showcase at Nashville's The Bluebird Café in 2005, Swift caught the attention of 'Scott Borchetta' (qv), a Dreamworks Records executive, who was in the process of forming independent label Big Machine Records. Swift was one of Big Machine's first signings. In addition to winning the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2010, Swift also took home the awards for Country Album of the Year, Best Country Song and Best Country Female Vocal Performance. Her six-time-platinum "Fearless" album is the most awarded album in country music history. Swift released her first-ever concert CD and DVD set, _Taylor Swift: Speak Now World Tour Live (2011) (V)_ (qv) on November 21, 2011. Her fourth studio album is scheduled to be released in October 2012.
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Taylor Swift
- 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards
- Tim Tebow's Wild Rise
- The Lorax
- Criança Esperança 2012
- Teen Choice Awards 2012
- The 2012 Billboard Music Awards
- Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2012
- 2012 MTV Video Music Awards
- The 54th Annual Grammy Awards
- Stand Up to Cancer
- Taylor Swift Behind the Video Mean
- CMT: 40 Greatest Love Songs
- CMT: What's Your 20? 20 Greatest Women, 20 Years
- Countdown to the American Music Awards
- Story of Us: Europe
- The Joy of Country
- CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock
- Girls' Night Out: Superstar Women of Country
- The 45th Annual CMA Awards
- The 37th Annual People's Choice Awards
- Taylor Swift: Speak Now World Tour Live
- Teen Choice 2011
- Music Builds: The CMT Disaster Relief Concert
- The 2011 Billboard Music Awards
- On the Set with Taylor Swift: Mean
- Big Morning Buzz Live
- American Music Awards 2011
- Piers Morgan Tonight
- 2011 CMT Music Awards
- Country at the BBC
- TeenNick Halo Awards
- 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards
- Hamish & Andy's Gap Year
- Dish Nation
- Taylor Swift: Journey to Fearless
- The 36th Annual People's Choice Awards
- Piper's QUICK Picks
- The 44th Annual CMA Awards
- Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
- NRJ 12 Grammys Awards 2010
- On the Set with Taylor Swift: Fifteen
- Paul O'Grady Live
- 2010 CMT Music Awards
- Teen Choice Awards 2010
- 2010 American Music Awards
- Taylor Swift: Speak Now
- Taylor Swift: Fearless
- MTV Video Music Awards 2010
- Top 20 Under 25
- Todd vs. High School
- CMT Artists of the Year 2010
- CMA Music Fest 2010
- Covergirl Commercial: Taylor Swift Behind the Scenes
- ACM Presents: Brooks & Dunn -- The Last Rodeo
- Fearless
- The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards
- WWE Tribute to the Troops
- Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief
- Valentine's Day
- VMA 09: What You Didn't Know
- Acesso MTV
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
- The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
- The Teen Choice Awards 2009
- The Jay Leno Show
- The 51st Annual Grammy Awards
- The 43rd Annual Country Music Association Awards
- Live from Studio Five
- Campfire Stories;Comes Around Gos Around
- Hannah Montana: The Movie
- Band Hero
- George Strait: ACM Artist of the Decade All Star Concert
- All Access Grammy Special
- CMT Star: Young and Rich
- CMT Star: Style
- CMT Star: Parties
- CMT Star: Nashville Mansions
- Best of CMT Music Awards
- 2009 American Music Awards
- Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience
- 2009 CMT Music Awards
- 2009 CMT Music Awards Live Red Carpet Special
- On the Set with Taylor Swift: White Horse
- NBC's People of the Year
- MTV Video Music Awards 2009
- On the Set with Taylor Swift: You Belong with Me
- MTV Movie Awards 2009 Pre-Show
- 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards
- Battleground Earth: Ludacris vs. Tommy Lee
- A Night for Vets: An MTV Concert for the Brave
- Nashville at Nite
- 42nd Annual Country Music Association Awards
- 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards
- 2008 American Music Awards
- CMA Music Festival: Country Music's Biggest Party
- Once Upon a Prom
- On the Set with Taylor Swift: Picture to Burn
- On the Set with Taylor Swift: Love Story
- New Year's Rockin' Eve 2009
- MTV Video Music Awards 2008
- Live from the Red Carpet: The 2008 Grammy Awards
- Top 50 Videos of 2008
- Total Finale Live
- CMT Online Awards
- The 50th Annual Grammy Awards
- CMT 100 Greatest Videos
- 41st Annual Country Music Association Awards
- Christmas in Rockefeller Center
- 2007 CMT Music Awards
- Chelsea Lately
- 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards
- GAC Short Cuts
- 41st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards
- Rachael Ray
- America's Got Talent
- CMT Giants
- The Megan Mullally Show
- Dancing with the Stars
- DeLuxe
- CMT Star
- Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
- On the Streets
- CMT Insider
- Top 20 Country Countdown
- Le grand journal de Canal+
- The Paul O'Grady Show
- Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Punk'd
- Country Music Across America
- CMT Crossroads
- Last Call with Carson Daly
- American Idol: The Search for a Superstar
- CMT Top 20 Countdown
- Breakfast
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Loose Women
- The Early Show
- T4
- Total Request Live
- MuchOnDemand
- The View
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Extra
- Late Show with David Letterman
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Later with Jools Holland
- Australia's Funniest Home Video Show
- Live with Regis and Kathie Lee
- This Morning
- Grand Ole Opry
- Entertainment Tonight
- Children in Need
- Good Morning America
- Saturday Night Live
- 60 Minutes
- Today
- Girls Like Us
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- * (2007: Music video: Appears in 'Brad Paisley' (qv)'s video "Online", directed by and co-starring 'Jason Alexander (I)' (qv). It also features 'William Shatner' (qv), 'Estelle Harris' (qv), 'Maureen McCormick' (qv), 'Kellie Pickler' (qv) and 'Patrick Warburton' (qv).
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- Curly blonde hair
- Cowboy boots
- Writes most of her songs about her exes
- Glittery guitars
- Long gowns/princess dresses
- Her songs usually tell a story
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- [on working with 'David Copperfield (I)' (qv) at the 2009 CMA awards] Working with David was a lot of fun, especially being sawed in half. A couple of my friends were there watching us rehearse the sawing. After David had cut me in two and pushed my halves apart, he invited them up on stage to take a closer look at me and they were totally blown away, because they could see right inside the boxes and see that I wasn't curled up inside the top one. One of them looked at me laying there in two pieces in front of them and said "Whoa, Taylor - He really has sawn you in half, hasn't he??!!".
- [on the 'Britney Spears' (qv) perfume she wore] The coolest girl in school wore Britney Spears' Fantasy, and I had to copy her.
- People haven't always been there for me, but music always has.
- I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me.
- When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he's not easy to spot; he's really funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair.
- There's more to life than dating the boy on the football team.
- I'm intimidated by the fear of being average.
- Everyone I know has had fair warning! I've always written about who's spending time with me, so if they get into any kind of a relationship with me, they know what they're getting into.
- There is a strength in letting bygones be bygones. It was therapeutic to write and perform. Sometimes it's best not to say anything. I just save it for the music.
- Love is fascinating. Wishing for it, pining for it and the anger that comes when you lose it. I used to think that I could figure out some pattern to love, like if you don't text a guy back for a half-hour, he'll like you more. But there is no pattern. Absolutely nothing is predictable in love.
- No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.
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