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Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter[1][2][3] and actress. Raised inWyomissing, Pennsylvania, she moved to Nashville, 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 theSony/ATV Music publishing house. The release of Swift's self-titled debut album in 2006 marked the start of her career as a country music singer. Her third single, "Our Song," made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Hot Country Songs chart.
Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008. Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me," Fearless became the best-selling album of 2009 in the United States. The album won four Grammy Awards, making Swift the youngest ever Album of the Year winner. Swift's third and fourth albums, 2010'sSpeak Now and 2012's Red, both sold more than one million copies within the first week of their U.S release. Speak Now's "Mean" won two Grammy Awards, while Red's singles "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and "I Knew You Were Trouble" were successful worldwide. Swift's fifth album, the pop-focused 1989, was released in 2014 and sold more copies in its opening week than any album in the previous 12 years, making Swift the first and only act to have three albums sell more than one million copies in the opening release week. Its singles "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
Swift is known for narrative songs about her personal experiences. As a songwriter, she has been honored by theNashville Songwriters Association and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Swift's other achievements include seven Grammy Awards, one Emmy Award, 22 Billboard Music Awards, 11 Country Music Association Awards, eight Academy of Country Music Awards, and one Brit Award. She is one of the best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 40 million albums—including 27.1 million in the U.S.—and 130 million single downloads. Swift has also had supporting roles in feature films including Valentine's Day (2010) and The Giver (2014). In 2015, she became the youngest woman ever to be included on Forbes' "100 Most Powerful Women" list, ranking at number 64
泰勒·艾莉森·絲薇芙特（又譯泰勒·絲薇芙特，英語：Taylor Alison Swift，1989年12月13日－）是美國唱作歌手和女演員，生於賓夕法尼亞州雷丁市，長於賓州懷奧米辛，14歲搬到田納西州納什維爾，投身於鄉村音樂事業。泰勒簽約獨立唱片公司大機器唱片，成為曾受僱於索尼/聯合電視音樂出版最年輕唱作歌手。2006年，泰勒發行個人同名首張專輯，確立了她的鄉村音樂明星之路。她的第三首單曲《我們的歌》，使她成為以一己之力創作並表演熱門鄉村單曲榜首歌曲的最年輕個人，這也讓她在2008年葛萊美獎上贏得最佳新人的提名。2015年，泰勒絲成為入選《富比士》雜誌最具影響力女性排行榜的最年輕個人，她在該年度榜單上位列第65。
絲薇芙特的第二張專輯《無懼的愛》於2008年發行。受單曲《愛情故事》和《與我同在》在流行樂壇上取得的跨界成功的支持，《無懼的愛》成為2009年美國最暢銷專輯。專輯贏得四項葛萊美大獎，使得絲薇芙特成為該獎最年輕的年度專輯大獎得主。2010年和2012年，絲薇芙特分別發行第三張專輯《愛的告白》和第四張專輯《紅色》，均在美國發行首周賣出超過100百萬張。《愛的告白》單曲《刻薄》贏得兩項葛萊美大獎，而《紅色》的單曲《永不復合》和《我知道你是大麻煩》成為全球熱門單曲。2014年，絲薇芙特發行第五張專輯《1989》，主打流行樂。專輯首周銷量超越12年來的所有專輯，使得絲薇芙特成為首位也是唯一一位有三張專輯在發行首周賣出超過100百萬張的藝人。單曲《通通甩掉》、《空格》和《敵對》均在公告牌百強單曲榜位列榜首。
絲薇芙特亦以自傳體歌曲著稱。身為作曲家的她先後獲得納什維爾詞曲作者協會和詞曲作者名人堂的嘉獎。絲薇芙特的其他成就包括7項葛萊美獎、22項公告牌音樂獎、11項鄉村音樂協會獎、8項鄉村音樂學院獎和1項全英音樂獎。她是有史以來銷量最好的藝術家之一，目前已售出超過4000萬張專輯——包括在美售出的2710萬張以及1億歌曲下載量。絲薇芙特還客串了劇情片《情人節快樂》（2010）和《記憶傳授人》（2014）。
2015年，絲薇芙特成為史上入選《富比士》雜誌世界百名權威女性榜單的最年輕女性，她在該榜單中位列第64
Early life
Taylor Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in Reading, Pennsylvania.[5][6][7] She was named after singer James Taylor.[8] Her father, Scott Kingsley Swift, is aMerrill Lynch vice president.[9] He was raised in Pennsylvania, and is the descendant of three generations of bank presidents.[10][11] Her mother, Andrea Gardner (Finlay) Swift,[12][13] is a homemaker who previously worked as a mutual fund marketing executive.[14] Swift's mother, though American, spent the first 10 years of her life in Singapore, before returning to the U.S. and settling in Texas; her own father was an engineer who worked throughout southeast Asia.[11] Swift has a younger brother named Austin.[15][16]
Swift spent the early years of her life on a Christmas-tree farm in Cumru Township, Pennsylvania.[17][18] She attended preschool and kindergarten at the AlverniaMontessori School, run by Franciscan nuns,[19] before moving to the Wyndcroft School.[20] Prior to Swift moving to Tennessee, the family moved to a rented house in the suburban town of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.[21] She attended Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School there.[22] Swift summered at her parents' oceanfront vacation home in Stone Harbor, New Jersey, and described it as the place "where most of my childhood memories were formed."[23]
At the age of nine, Swift became interested in musical theatre and performed in four Berks Youth Theatre Academy productions.[24] She also traveled regularly to Broadway for vocal and acting lessons.[25] Swift later turned her attention to country music—Shania Twain's songs made her "want to just run around the block four times and daydream about everything."[26] She spent her weekends performing at local festivals, coffeehouses, fairs, karaoke contests, garden clubs, Boy Scout meetings and sporting events.[11][14][27] At the age of eleven, after many failed attempts,[28] Swift won a local talent competition and was given the opportunity to appear as the opening act for Charlie Daniels at a Strausstown amphitheater.[29]
After watching a documentary about Faith Hill, Swift felt sure that she needed to go to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a music career.[30] At the age of eleven, she traveled with her mother to Nashville to submit a demo, of Dolly Parton and Dixie Chicks karaoke covers, with record labels along Music Row.[31] She received label rejections and realized that "everyone in that town wanted to do what I wanted to do. So, I kept thinking to myself, I need to figure out a way to be different."[32]
When Swift was about 12 years old, a computer repairman taught Swift how to play three chords on a guitar, inspiring her to write her first song, "Lucky You."[33][34]She had previously won a national poetry contest with a poem titled "Monster in My Closet," but now began to focus on songwriting.[35] In 2003, Swift and her parents started working with New York-based music manager Dan Dymtrow. With Dymtrow's help, Swift modelled for Abercrombie & Fitch as part of their "Rising Stars" campaign, had an original song included on a Maybelline compilation CD, and attended meetings with major record labels.[36] After performing original songs at an RCA Records showcase, Swift was given an artist development deal and began making frequent trips to Nashville with her mother.[37] To help Swift break into country music her father transferred to the Nashville office of Merrill Lynch when she was 14, and the family relocated to a lakefront house in Hendersonville, Tennessee.[10]
My parents took all the pressure off by saying, "We're just moving because we love the area, so don't worry." They knew nothing about the industry and had no involvement in entertainment, but I was obsessed with it and so they did their research and read up about it to help me in every way they could. They're amazing people.[38]
Swift wrote a non-autobiographical novel at the age of 14 entitled A Girl Named Girl which was never released. The novel talks about a mother who wants a son but instead has a girl.[39]
In Tennessee, Swift attended Hendersonville High School for her freshman and sophomore years.[40] Later, to accommodate her touring schedule, Swift transferred to the Aaron Academy, a private Christian school that offered homeschooling services. She maintained a 4.0 grade average, having completed her final two years of course work in twelve months by being homeschooled
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