Taylor Alison Swift is her full name.1)
Taylor Swift, 32, was born on December 13, 1989, in Reading, Pennsylvania.2)
Taylor spent her childhood on her family's Christmas tree farm in Montgomery County.3)
Andrea Finlay is her mother's name, and Scott Kingsley Swift is her father.4)
Swift was influenced by her grandmother, who was a professional opera singer, from a young age.5)
Taylor has had various nicknames throughout the years, including Tay, Swifty, T-Swift, T-Swizzle, and T-Sweezy.6)
Swift began singing in local events, such as competitions and fairs, when she was ten years old.7)
During the age of 11, she sang 'The Star-Spangled Banner' at a Philadelphia 76ers game.8)
A computer repairman showed Taylor how to play three chords on the guitar when she was 12 years old, which prompted her to learn to play the guitar and begin composing. 'Lucky You' was the title of her debut song.9)
Taylor wrote a 350-page novel when she was 12 years old, but it was never published.10)
Taylor Swift is a multi-instrumentalist who can play the guitar, piano, ukulele, electric guitar, and banjo! She is also an accomplished painter.11)
She considers Shania Twain to be her main musical inspiration, although she is also 'devoted' to Britney Spears.12)
Taylor realized she had to travel to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue her musical aspirations after watching a Behind the Music feature on Faith Hill. Taylor and her family relocated to Nashville when she was 14 years old.13)
Taylor Swift began utilizing Myspace to build her fan base, which was unusual in country music at the time.14)
An interviewer told Taylor in 2005, “If music doesn't work out, you might be a hair model.” The same woman interviewed her again in 2012 and apologized for stating it.15)
Taylor's performance at The Bluebird Care in Nashville in 2006 secured her a deal with Scott Borchetta's Big Machine Records.16)
Selena Gomez is a good friend of hers.17)
Taylor's debut single, Tim McGraw, charted in the top 10 on the country charts in 2006.18)
Taylor's debut album, published in October 2006, sold over 2.5 million copies!19)
Swift dated singer Joe Jonas from July to October 2008, and several of the songs on her Fearless album, including 'Forever and Always,' were about their split.20)
Taylor played a rebellious girl named Haley Jones in an episode of CSI in 2009, and she also performed a CSI remix of her song “You're Not Sorry”.21)
Taylor dated Taylor Lautner, an actor well known for his part in The Twilight Saga, in late 2009.22)
Swift has an eight-bedroom vacation home in Watch Hill, Rhode Island, on the shore.23)
She also has a Dassault Falcon 900 private jet, as well as a hangar at Nashville International Airport!24)
Taylor Swift became the youngest artist ever to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2010. She was 20 years old.25)
Lady Michelle Obama honored Taylor with 'The Big Help Award' in 2012 for her commitment to helping others.26)
In addition to professional dancers, Taylor invited her followers to appear in her music video for 'Shake it Off'.27)
1989 is Taylor Swift's fifth studio album, released on October 27, 2014 through Big Machine Records.28)
Swift invited 89 of her closest admirers over to her house before the release of 1989 to listen to the album. Taylor also cooked cookies for her visitors.29)
1989 outsold Disney's Frozen soundtrack to become the best-selling record of 2014. “I can't thank you enough for making 1989 the best-selling album of 2014”, she tweeted on New Year's Eve. LET'S GO CELEBRATE!“30)