Taylor Swift Biography

Fast Facts

• Became the youngest ever winner of the Grammy Award for album of the year with 2008's "Fearless․"
• Donated $100,000 to the Red Cross to aid victims of the 2008 Iowa flood
• Helped raise more than $750,000 during a benefit concert for the victims of tornadoes that affected the southeast region of the United States in 2011
• Supports several charities and organizations including Children in Need, Family Health International, Habitat for Humanity and Music for Relief
• Became the first artist in history to occupy all of the top 10 spots of the Billboard Hot 100 in 2022
• Is the first and only musician to have five albums sell more than one million copies each in their first week
• She was signed by Big Machine Records, owned by Scott Borchetta after performing at Nashville's Bluebird Café
• Took homemade demo tapes to Nashville at the age of 11 to look for a record deal
• Quote: "[on feminism] "It's an issue every day that I read a headline that says, 'Careful, guys․ She'll write a song about you' ․․․ Male musicians and songwriters, who write songs about ․․․ their ex-girlfriends ․․․ that joke is never made about them․""
• Quote: "People haven't always been there for me, but music always has․"
• Quote: "My life now is really abnormal ․․․ I'm looked at as sort of public property․ And there's nothing I can do about that perception except control my mental perspective on it, which is, I need to treat people well․ I need to be grateful․"
• Known as a country and pop singer and songwriter whose hit songs include "Love Story" and "Shake It Off․"
• She became the youngest songwriter to sign a publishing deal with Sony/ATV Tree Music Publishing in 2005
• Taught herself to play the guitar after a computer repairman taught her to play three chords