Taylor Alison Swift was born on:
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December 13, 1989 in Wyomissing
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Pennsylvania.

Taylor Swift’s family is her dad, Scott Swift, her
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mom, Andrea Swift, and her younger
brother, Austin Swift. She grew up on a Christmas
Tree Farm. Her singing influences came from her
grandma and LeAnn Rimes.

In fourth grade, she won a Nation Poetry Contest
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for her 3 page long poem ‘Monster In My Closet’.
Her music video ‘Tim McGraw’, won her an award
for Breakthrough video of the year at 2007 CMT
music awards. In October 2007, she was given the
Songwriter/Artist of the Year award, making her the
youngest person to win it. She was nominated for
a 2008 Grammy Award in the category Best New
Artist, but she lost to Amy Winehouse.

Her first performance was when she was
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11 years old. It was either at a 76ers
game, or at the U.S. Open Tennis
Tournament. I have gotten info from
different places that say one or the
other. I’m not really sure which one it is.

When she was 10 she started singing at karaoke
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contests, festivals, and fairs. She also started writing
songs. When she was 11 years old went to Nashville
Tennessee to get a record deal by handing out a
karaoke tape of her singing to every label on Music
Row. When she was 12 years old she started playing a
12-string guitar and going to Nashville often to write
songs with local songwriters. When Taylor was 14 her
family moved to Nashville. When she was 15, she
rejected a development deal with RCA Records
because they would not let her record her own songs.
Then, she performed at The Bluebird Cafe, catching the
attention of Scott Borchetta who signed her to the
newly-formed record label, Big Machine Records. She
also became the youngest person ever hired by the
Sony/ATV Tree publishing house.

On October 24, 2006, her first self-titled album came out. She
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was 16 years old. The album sold 39,000 copies in the first
week. On September 21, 2007, she launched a program to
protect children from online predators. She was also an
endorser of Body By Milk, a campaign to get teens to drink
low fat milk to maintain a healthy weight. In July of
2008, Taylor graduated from Aaron Academy, a Christian
School which offers a home schooling program that Taylor
used. On January30, 2009, L.e.i. clothing made a deal to
make a line of clothes based of Taylor Swift’s style.

Taylor’s first single, Tim McGraw came out on radio
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in the summer of 2006. She sang the Star Spangled
Banner at game three of the World Series on
October 25, 2008. As of November 2008, Taylor has
sold over 3 million copies of her albums, and has
7.5 million single downloads of her songs. Her latest
album, Fearless, was released on November 11,
2008. Taylor has written or co-written all of her
songs. She is now currently working on her new
tour, Fearless.

Taylor’s favorites are:
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Favorite Food: Cheesecake
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Favorite Season: Summer
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Favorite Thing To Do: Write Songs
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Favorite Artists: Miranda Lambert & Tim McGraw
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Favorite Quality In Other People: Honesty & Sarcasm
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Favorite Memory: Living On A Farm
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Favorite Place: Any Place Around A Creek
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Favorite Holiday: Christmas
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Favorite Color: White
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The source used for this PowerPoint are:
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 Wikipedia.org
 Taylorswift.com
 www.fansoftaylorswift.com/bio/taylors-
favorite-things/