Taylor Alison Swift born December 13, is an American country - pop singer-songwriter. In , she released her debut single " Tim McGraw ", which peaked at number six on the Billboard country charts. According to Nielsen SoundScan , Swift was the biggest selling artist of in America with combined sales of more than four million albums. Swift's Fearless and her self-titled album finished at number three and number six respectively, with sales of 2.
It also the first album by a female artist in country music history to log eight weeks at 1 on The Billboard In mid-January , Swift became the first country artist to top the 2 million mark in paid downloads with three different songs.
Swift was born in the city of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Scott, a stock broker , and Andrea Swift, a stay-at-home mother. She has one younger brother, Austin. During one summer, Swift devoted herself to writing a page unpublished novel. After seeing her karaoke performance at one of the cast parties, it was Cremer's mother who first suggested that Swift seemed more of a natural to pursue a career in country music, rather than theatrical performing.
Cremer soon leased space at a local mall and began to showcase his young protege in weeknight performances of country songs with karaoke backing tracks. Emboldened by her performances and growing audiences, she began to perform in other local open mike and karaoke nights.
Her first major show was a well-received performance at the Bloomsburg Fair , arranged by local performer Pat Garrett. Swift's singing influences include her grandmother and LeAnn Rimes. At age eleven, Swift made her first trip to Nashville hoping to obtain a record deal by distributing a demo tape of her singing with karaoke songs.
