Taylor Swift Biography

Fast Facts

• Grew up on a Christmas-tree farm in Pennsylvania
• Grandmother was a professional opera singer
• Won a national poetry contest while in 4th grade
• Began performing at age 10
• Became, at 14, the youngest staff songwriter ever hired by Sony Tree publishing house in Nashville
• Wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on her self-titled debut album
• Made her acting debut in a 2009 episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• Is an active philanthropist and supports disaster-relief efforts, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, St
• Jude Medical Center and Habitat for Humanity, among many other charitable organizations
• She has received recognition, including a Do Something Awards nomination and the Big Help Award (presented by Michelle Obama), for her charitable endeavors