Taylor Alison Swift (born
December 13, 1989) is an
American
singersongwriter and actress.
Raised
in Wyomissing,
Pennsylvania, she moved
toNashville, Tennessee, at
the age of 14 to pursue a
career in country music.
She
signed with the
independent
label Big
Machine
Records and
became
the
youngest
songwriter ever hired by
the Sony/ATV
Music
publishing
house.
The
release of Swift's self-titled
debut
album in
2006
established her as a country
music star. Her third single,
"Our Song," made her the
youngest person to singlehandedly
write
and
perform a number-one song
on the Hot Country Songs
chart. She received a Best
New Artist nomination at
the 2008 Grammy Awards
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