TAYLOR SWIFT

By: Jessica Farebrother

BIOGRAPHY
She was born on December 13 1989 in
Reading, Pennsylvania
Her full name is Taylor Allison Swift
When she was 14 she moved to
Hendersonville, Tennessee to have a
career in country music
She has released 5 albums since 2006
She has been in the films: The Giver,
The Lorax and Valentines Day
She started off as a country singer but
in 2014 she released her first pop
album

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Taylor has been nominated for 470 award
and won 230
She has won 25 Teen Choice Award out of
48 She has 7 Grammy Awards, 11
American Music Awards, and 6 Country
Music Association Awards
She is the only artist in history to have an
album hit the 1 million first-week sales
figure three times
(2010sSpeakNow,2012sRED and
2014s1989)
Taylor became the youngest solo writer and
singer of a no.1 country song through her
single "Our Song"

INTERESTING FACTS
Taylor's favorite TV shows are the crimedramas Law and Order: SVU and CSI. She
considers herself an expert on the shows, and
would want to be a forensic detective if she
didnt have a music career
Her lucky number 13
at the age 12, a computer repairman taught
Taylor how to play three chords on the guitar,
which inspired her to learn to play the guitar
and start song-writing
Over the years, Taylors had many
nicknames, some of which are: Tay, Swifty, TSwift, T-Swizzle and T-Sweezy
At age 10, Swift was singing at a variety of
local events, including contests & fair

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MUSIC VIDEOS
These two songs I have chose to show you are Mean and
wildest Dreams. The first song Mean shows how everyone
is equal and no one should be judged for who they are. It is
one her country singles.. The second music video is her of her
song wildest dreams it came out in 2015. The proceeds
made for the song are going to an animal conservation. It is
one of her new pop songs. These two videos show how Taylor
has changed over the years. They also show how much Taylor
cares about the world and the people and the animals live on
it.

GOALS AND ASPIRATION

She wanted to become a musician
from the age of 12
Her grandmother was a professional
opera singer, which inspired Swift
from a young age.
She would want to be a forensic
detective if she didnt have a music
career
Shes a household name whose
insanely catchy yet deeply personal
self-penned songs transcend music
genres, and a savvy businesswoman
who has built a childhood dream into
an empire.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY
The proceeds made from Taylors Wildest Dreams video will
be donated to wild animal conservation efforts through the
African Parks Foundation of America
In 2009, she donated $250,000 to various schools around
the country that she had either attended or had other
associations with. The money was used to buy books, fund
educational programs and help pay teachers' salaries
she donated the proceeds from her merchandise sales at the
Country Music Festival to the Red Cross's disaster relief fund
donated $100,000 to the Red Cross to help the victims of
the Iowa flood of 2008
In 2011, as the Academy of Country Music's Entertainer of
the Year, Swift donated $25,000 to St. Jude Children's
Research Hospital, Tennessee
In 2014, she donated $100,000 to the V Foundation for
Cancer Research and $50,000 to Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia
Taylor stand up for feminism, she believes that everyone
should be treated equally

SUMMERY
Taylor swift is a 25 year old young women who
moved to Nashville to pursue singing as a career
in country music. She wanted to become a
musician since she was 14 and in 2006 Taylor
released her first album. From then she has
released 4 albums. Taylor started as a country
singer but in 2014 she released her first pop
album. Taylor has won 25 Teen Choice Award out
of 48. She has 7 Grammy Awards, 11 American
Music Awards, and 6 Country Music Association
Awards. At age 10, Taylor was singing at a
variety of local events, including contests & fair.
She has given a lot back to our society. Taylor
has contributed to many charities and donated
millions of dollars. Taylor also stands up for
feminism and she believes everyone should
have equal rights. Taylor Swift is an amazing
artist and a human being