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1、Taylor Alison Swift(born December 13, 1989 ) is an Americancountry pop1singer-songwriter,musicianandactress.In 2006, she released发布,发行 her debut初次登台 single Tim McGraw, then herself-titled debutalbum, which was subsequently 随后certifiedmulti-platinum白金by theRecording Industry Association of Americaand
2、 was nominated for theBest New Artistaward at50th Grammy Awards. In November 2008, Swift released her second album,Fearless, and the recording earned Swift fourGrammy Awards, including theAlbum of the Year年度专辑奖, at the52nd Grammy Awards.FearlessandTaylor Swiftfinished 2008 at number-three and number
3、-six respectively分别,依次, with sales of 2.1 and 1.5 million.5Fearlesstopped theBillboard200for 11 non-consecutive weeks;6no album has spent more time at No. 1 since 2000. Swift was namedArtist of the Year年度最佳歌手byBillboard Magazinein 2009.7Swift released her third albumSpeak Nowon October 25, 2010 whic
4、h sold 1,047,000 copies in its first week.In 2008, her albums sold a combined four million copies, making her the best-selling musician of the year in the United States, according toNielsen SoundScan.Forbes福布斯ranked Swift 2009s 69th-most powerful celebrity with earnings of $18 million8and 2010s 12th
5、-most powerful celebrity with earnings of $45 million.9Swift was ranked the 38th Best Artist of the 200010 decade byBillboard.10In January 2010Nielsen SoundScanlisted Swift as the most commercially successful country (or country/pop crossover) artist in music history with over 33 million digital tra
6、cks sold.11As of February 2011, she has sold over 20 million albums and 33 million singles worldwide.1213Early lifeSwift was born on December 13, 1989 inWyomissing,Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Andrea Gardner (neFinlay), ahomemaker, and Scott Kingsley Swift, astockbroker. Her maternal grandmo
7、ther, Majorie Finlay, was anoperasinger.1415Swift has a younger brother, Austin.16When Swift was in fourth grade, she won a national poetry contest with a three-page poem entitled Monster In My Closet.1517At the age of ten, a computer repairman showed her how to play three chords on a guitar, sparki
8、ng her interest in learning the instrument. Afterwards, Swift wrote her first song, Lucky You.18She began writing songs regularly and used it as an outlet to help her with her pain from not fitting in at school. She was a victim ofbullying, and often wrote songs to express her emotions.19She also st
9、arted performing atkaraokecontests, festivals, and fairs around her hometown. When Swift was 12, she devoted an entire summer to writing a 350-page novel, which remains unpublished.20Her first major show was a well-received performance at theBloomsburg Fair.21Swift attendedHendersonville High School
10、but was subsequently homeschooled for her junior and senior years. In 2008, she earned her high school diploma.22Swifts greatest musical influence isShania Twain.23Her other influences includeLeAnn Rimes,Tina Turner,Dolly Parton, and her grandmother. Although her grandmother was a professional opera
11、 singer,24Swifts tastes always leaned more toward country music. In her younger years, she developed a love forPatsy Clineand Dolly Parton.25She also credits theDixie Chicksfor demonstrating the impact you can make by stretching boundaries.26Music career200005: Musical beginningsAt age 11, Swift mad
12、e her first trip toNashville, hoping to obtain a record deal by distributing a demo tape of her singing with karaoke songs. She gave a copy to every label in town,27but was rejected.28After Swift returned toPennsylvania, she was asked to sing at theU.S. Open tennistournament, where her rendition of
13、thenational anthemreceived much attention.29Swift started writing songs and playing 12-string guitar when she was 12. Swift began to regularly visit Nashville and wrote songs with local songwriters. By the time she was 14, her family decided to move to an outlying Nashville suburb.30When Swift was 1
14、5, she rejectedRCA Recordsbecause the company wanted to keep her on anartist development deal.31After performing at Nashvilles songwriters venue,The Bluebird Caf, she caught the attention of Scott Borchetta,32who signed her to his newly formed record label,Big Machine Records. At age 14, she became
15、the youngest staff songwriter ever hired by theSony/ATV Tree publishing house.33Swift performing at a caf with akoa woodguitar in June 2006. Swift continues to perform with custom-madeTaylor guitars.34Swift released her debut single, Tim McGraw, in mid-2006, reaching #6 onBillboardmagazinesHot Count
16、ry Songschart.35Herself-titled debut albumwas later released on October 24, 2006.36Debuting high on theBillboard200, the album sold 39,000 copies during its first week.37It peaked at #1 on the BillboardTop Country Albumsand #5 on theBillboard200.38Her debut album spent eight consecutive weeks at the
17、 top of theTop Country Albumscharts39and remained at the top for 24 out of 91 weeks.40The only other country artists this decade to achieve the number-one sales position for 20 weeks or more areThe Dixie ChicksandCarrie Underwood.41The music video for Tim McGraw won Swift an award for Breakthrough V
18、ideo of the Year at the 2007 CMT Music Awards.42Her pursuit of country music stardom was the subject of GAC Short Cuts, a part-documentary, part-music-video series airing since the summer of 2006.43On May 15, 2007, Swift performed Tim McGraw at theAcademy of Country Music Awards. Swift has been an o
19、pening act for Tim McGraw andFaith Hillon theirSoul2Soul 2007tour. She has opened in the past forGeorge Strait,Brad PaisleyandRascal Flattsas well.44The second single from theTaylor Swiftalbum, Teardrops on My Guitar, was released February 24, 2007. In mid-2007, the song peaked at #2 on BillboardsHo
20、t Country Songschart and #33 on theBillboardHot 100. The song was re-released with apopremix that brought Teardrops on My Guitar to #13 on the Hot 100 and #11 on the Pop 100. In October 2007, Swift was awarded Songwriter/Artist of the Year by the Nashville Songwriters Assn. Intl., making her the you
21、ngest artist ever to win the award.45Her third song off her debut album, Our Song spent six weeks at #1 on the Country charts, peaked at #16 on theBillboardHot 100, and rose to #24 on theBillboardPop 100. Swift recorded a holiday album,Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection,which
22、was released exclusively atTargetin late 2007. Swift was nominated for a 2008Grammy Awardin the category of Best New Artist, but lost toAmy Winehouse. Swifts successful single, Picture to Burn, was the fourth single from her debut album. The song debuted and soon peaked at #3 on the Billboard Countr
23、y chart in spring 2008.Swift performing atYahooHQ in 2007.Shouldve Said No became Swifts second #1 single. In Summer 2008, Swift releasedBeautiful Eyes, an EP sold exclusively atWal-Mart.46In its first week of release, the album sold 45,000 copies, debuting at #1 onBillboards Top Country Albums char
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