Taylor Alison Swift born December 13, is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 14 to pursue a career in country music.
The release of Swift's self-titled debut album in established her as a country music star. Her third single, "Our Song," made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Hot Country Songs chart.
Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me," Fearless became the best-selling album of in the United States. Swift's third and fourth albums, 's Speak Now and 's Red, both sold more than one million copies within the first week of their U.
S release. Swift's fifth album, the pop-focused , was released in and sold more copies in its opening week than any album in the previous 12 years, making Swift the first and only act to have three albums sell more than one million copies in the opening release week.
Swift is known for narrative songs about her personal experiences. She is one of the best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 40 million albumsβincluding Swift has also had supporting roles in feature films including Valentine's Day and The Giver In , Swift became the youngest woman ever to be included on Forbes' " Most Powerful Women" list, ranking at number Swift spent the early years of her life on a Christmas-tree farm in Cumru Township, Pennsylvania.
