Name

Melissa Daniela Gutiérrez Alarcón

Prof.
Silvia Alicia Saucedo Barrón

Esc. Sec. Morning Stase

Subject
Spanish

Issue
Biographies

Ambit
Study

Degree
2°

Cluster
"F"
 Taylor Swift

Taylor Alison Swift was born in Wyomissing (Pennsylvania), on December 13,

1989 , daughter of Scott Swift, an agent (economics), a very important stockbroker,
and Andrea Swift, a housewife . He has a brother 2 years younger named Austin
Swift.When he was in fourth grade he won a national poetry contest with a three-
page poem titled "Monster In My Closet."][]

At the age of fourteen he began to write simple songs and sing in karaoke contests
and fairs in his hometown. During the summer he wrote a 350-page novel which
was not published. Taylor began visiting Nashville , where at the age of twelve he
began to write songs with some composers in the area, an activity that was
consolidated when his family settled on the outskirts of the city. He performed in a
contest at "The Bluebird Café" that caught the attention of Scott Borchetta , who
offered him a record deal with Big Machine Records.[] Her musical influences
include LeAnn Rimes and her grandmother, although she was a professional opera
singer, Taylor's style has always been that of country music.

In July 2008 , Taylor graduated from Aaron Academy, a Christian distance learning
school in Hendersonville, Tennessee . His favorite singer and inspiration is Tim
McGraw .

She was rumored in October to be dating Jonas Brothers group vocalist Joe
Jonas . Swift confirmed in interviews on November 6 and 11, 2008 with Ryan
Seacrest and Ellen DeGeneres respectively, that she had a relationship with Joe
Jonas and that he broke up with her "over the phone in 27 seconds." American
singer Joe Jonas declared days later on his official Myspace that he broke up with
Taylor because his life did not allow him to maintain a stable relationship.[] She
talks about this event in her song Forever and Always.

At the end of 2009 and after having filmed the film Valentine's Day (film) together,
rumors began to appear of a possible relationship with actor Taylor Lautner from
the Twilight saga. The relationship was confirmed weeks later, and soon ended
definitively. This is recounted in the single from their third album Back to
December.

Since then and in recent months, many rumors have emerged of Taylor's possible
relationships with John Mayer , Jake Gyllenhaal , Cory Monteith and Toby
Hemingway .

In November 2010, it was confirmed that Swift was in a relationship with actor Jake
Gyllenhaal . However, in January 2011 Gyllenhaal ended the relationship.
According to him "the relationship had no future due to the permanent intervention
of the press." Sources close to Taylor said she had been left very hurt and
depressed by the separation.
Their first single, Tim McGraw , was released in the summer of 2006, while their
first album was released at the end of October. She wrote either alone or in
collaboration with all the songs on the album, which made its appearance on the
BillBoard 200 charts at number nineteen and sold more than 39,000 copies during
its first week on the market. It also reached number one on the Billboard Top
Country Albums , fifth on the Billboard 200, occupied number one on the country
charts for eight consecutive weeks, and as of August 2010 had sold more than
7,000,000 copies.

According to the singer, she wrote her single/debut Tim McGraw when she was in
school:

"I was dating a guy and about to move. I knew we were going to break up, so I
started thinking about the things I knew would remind me of him. Mysteriously, the
first thing that popped into my head was my favorite country singer Tim McGraw."
The single went to number two on June 27, 2007. His video set a record by
appearing for thirty consecutive weeks on "GAC's fan-voted weekly Top 20 music."

On May 15, 2007, Tim McGraw sang at the ACM (Academy of Country Music)
Awards before the singer, in whose honor he had titled his first single.

Their second single, Teardrops on My Guitar , was released on February 24, 2007.
It reached its peak position in the summer of 2007, reaching number two on the
country charts and number thirty-three on the Billboard Hot 100 .

In October 2007, she won the Nashville Songwriters Association Award for Best
Singer and Songwriter, being the youngest artist to receive it to date.

On November 7, 2007 , he released the third single Our song, which reached
number one in the week of December 22, 2007, where it rose from sixth place. Our
song spent six weeks at the top of the country charts, even reaching number
sixteen on the Billboard Hot 100. Taylor also recorded a Christmas EP called
Sounds of the Season, which went on sale on October 16, 2007. which was
available exclusively at Target Corporation and did not have the success of their
debut album. She was nominated in 2008 for a Grammy in the category of Best
Newcomer, but the award went to Amy Winehouse . Their fourth single, Picture to
Burn, was released in early 2008 and ranked third on the Billboard Country Chart
in the spring of the same year. Big Machine Records announced on March 19 the
release of Should've Said No, the fifth and final single from the Taylor Swift album.

In the summer of 2008, Beautiful Eyes was released, an EP that was sold
exclusively at Wal-Mart .] In its first week on sale, it sold 45,000 copies, debuting at
#1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart and #9 on the Billboard 200.

The second studio album , Fearless, was released in the United States on
November 11, 2008 . All songs on the album are again written or co-written by
Taylor. To date, the album has been one of the best-selling in the United States
with 6,173,000 copies sold between November 2008 and May 2010 and exceeds
10,000,000 in the world. In addition, he performed at Madison Square Garden with
this album as well.

The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 700,000 copies in
its first week, making it the best-selling country music album, and the fourth best-
selling of 2008. Their first single Love Story quickly became a hit on the pop and
country charts.

During the first week, more than 1,029,000 copies of Fearless were sold online,
making it the best-selling music album digitally during its first week on sale. Being
the second album with the most copies sold digitally in its first week since Nielsen
SoundScan began in 2004. After eight weeks, Fearless had sold more than
4,768,467 copies across the Internet. Surpassing their debut album which had sold
236,046 as of April 18, 2009.[]

In its first week, seven songs from Fearless entered the Billboard Hot 100, tying
Hannah Montana as the female artist with the most songs on the Billboard Hot 100
in a week. The single White Horse was ranked thirteenth, being Swift's sixth single
to reach the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 in its debut; of the thirteen songs from
Fearless, a total of eleven reached the Billboard Hot 100.

The single "Change" was selected as part of the soundtrack to support the
American delegation at the 2008 Beijing Olympics . On September 12, Love Story,
the most successful single from the album, debuted. The song's video is based on
Romeo and Juliet . The song was the second most downloaded song on iTunes
Store Top Downloaded Songs and fourth on the Billboard Hot 100. Fifteen weeks
after being charted on pop music stations, Love Story became the first country
music song to reach number one on the Nielsen BDS CHR/Top 40 chart in the
chart's sixteen-year history, as well. reached number one on Mediabase Top 40
Chart. Fearless' second single, White Horse, debuted on December 8, 2008. The
video premiered on CMT on February 7, 2009. Although it did not reach first place
on Billboard's Hot Country Songs, it did reach first place on the USA
Today/Country Aircheck chart in April 2009.] "Forever and Always", another song
from Fearless is based on Swift's relationship with handsome guy Joe Jonas .

Swift placed at number seven on Nielsen SoundScan Canada's top-10 selling

artists in 2008. The same year, her albums Taylor Swift and Fearless occupied the
top positions on the Year-End Canadian Country Albums Chart. In 2009 she made
her first appearance on Saturday Night Live , being the youngest country music
singer to appear in the show's thirty-three-year history. When it appeared, the
program had the highest audience in two months.

At the forty-fourth Academy of Country Music Awards, Swift received the "Album of
the Year" award for Fearless, becoming the youngest artist to receive it. Swift also
won the Crystal Milestone Award, for outstanding achievements in Country music.
The academy praised her achievements including selling more albums in 2008
than any other artist in any musical genre, the enormous success of her debut
album (which had five Top 10 singles, more than any other artist on its debut), and
for the worldwide success of his single Love Story. The Academy also praised her
for bringing country music to young people.

In June 2009 at the CMT Music Awards she won the awards for best female video
of the year and video of the year, for her single Love Story. It is the most awarded
country album in history.
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In January 2009, Swift announced her first tour, during which she visited fifty-two
cities in thirty-eight provinces and states in the United States and Canada in a span
of six months. Opening acts included Kellie Pickler and Gloriana , a new country
music group. The show was divided into three acts that included a theatrical
presentation of graphics, sets and visual elements designed by the singer, who
played guitar and piano . Multiple costume changes and a fairytale castle were also
elements of the program. The tour began on April 23 in Evansville, Indiana .

On February 6, 2009, tickets for the free May 22 performance at the Staples
Center in Los Angeles sold out in just two minutes. Tickets for other shows also
sold quickly, including the performance at Madison Square Garden .

In 2010, Taylor Swift was nominated for 8 Grammy Awards , being the second
artist with the most nominations, only behind Beyoncé 's 10. Of them she won half,
4, in the categories: Best Female Country Performance ( White Horse ), Best
Country Song ( White Horse ), Best Country Album ( Fearless ). And finally, the
considered most important award: Best Album of the Year ( Fearless ), being the
youngest singer to ever achieve it.

For the Teen Choice Awards 2011 Swift receives the Ultimate Choice Award,
considered the greatest award, it is not given every year, it is awarded only in
years in which a certain artist makes a great effort, Swift had this occasion For its
part, Fox said in this regard: 'it is given to him for his extraordinary contribution to
the entertainment industry.']