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50 interesting facts about Taylor Swift
If you are a fan of Taylor Swift, an award-winning American talented, beautiful singer and songwriter, then you'll love knowing these interesting facts!
Her full name is Taylor Alison Swift.
Taylor Swift is 31 years old and was born on December 13, 1989 in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Taylor spent her early years growing up on her family's Christmas tree farm in Montgomery County.
Her mother's name is Andrea Finlay and her father is Scott Kingsley Swift.
Taylor's father attended college at the University of Manoa, Hawaii.
Andrea wanted to name her daughter Taylor because no one would know her gender just by reading her name.
Taylor's younger brother Austin, attends Vanderbilt University and is also a freelance photographer in his spare time.
Her grandmother is a professional opera singer who inspired Swift from a young age.
Over the years, Taylor's has had several nicknames, some of them: Tay, Swifty, T-Swift, T-Swizzle and T-Sweezy.
At the age of 10, Swift sang at many local events, including competitions and fairs.
11 years old, she performed at a Philadelphia 76ers game and hammock "The Star-Spangled Banner".
At the age of 12, a computer repairman taught Taylor how to play the three chords on the guitar, which inspired her to learn to play the guitar and start composing songs.
Taylor wrote a 350 page novel when she was 12 years old, which has never been published.
Taylor Swift is extremely talented, she can play guitar, piano, ukulele, electric guitar and banjo!
She is also a talented artist.
One of her favorite items is a pair of cowboy shoes.
Lucky number for Swifty is 13.
She says Shania Twain is her biggest musical influence, however she is also 'devoted' to Britney Spears.
After watching the Behind the Music special on Faith Hill, Taylor learned that she had to move to Nashville, Tennessee to continue her musical dreams.
At the age of 14, Taylor moved with her family to Nashville.
Taylor Swift started using Myspace to grow her fan base, which at the time was quite a unique industry in country music.
In 2005, Taylor was told by an interviewer: "If the music doesn't work, you can become a hair model."
In 2006, Taylor performed at The Bluebird Care in Nashville, where she signed with Scott Borchetta's Big Machine Records.
She is a close friend of Selena Gomez.
Taylor's first single, titled Tim McGraw, entered the top ten songs of the country chart in 2006.
Taylor's first album, released in October 2006, has sold over 2.5 million copies!
Her favorite dessert is cheesecake.
Swift dated singer Joe Jonas from July to October 2008, many songs on her Fearless album about her breakup, including ‘Forever and Always‘ and ‘You’re Not Sorry‘.
In 2009, Taylor Swift broke the world record for country music by selling more digital downloads than any other country music artist, selling more than 20 million times.
Taylor played a rebellious teenager named Haley Jones in an episode of CSI in 2009, for her love of the TV show, she also made a CSI remix of the song "You're Not.
At the end of 2009, Taylor dated Taylor… Lautner - an actor famous for his role in The Twilight Saga.
While at home, Taylor does not wear contact lenses but only glasses.
Swift owns an eight-bedroom summer house on the beachfront Watch Hill, Rhode Island.
She also owns a Dassault Falcon 900 private jet - and a hangar at Nashville International Airport!
To Kill A Mockingbird is one of her favorite books.
In 2010, Taylor Swift became the youngest artist ever to win a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
She starred in the 2010 movie Valentine's Day as Felicia.
In 2011, Swift was named the Woman of the Year by Billboard!
In 2012, Lady Michelle Obama presented Taylor with the "The Big Help Award" for her work in helping others.
She voiced the character Audrey in The Lorax.
She dated singer Harry Styles of One Direction in late 2012 to January 2013.
In 2013, she appeared in an episode of New Girl as Elaine.
As well as professional dancers, Taylor asked fans to star in her music video for ‘Shake it Off‘.
Taylor also played the role of Rosemary in the 2014 adaptation of The Giver.
1989 is Taylor's fifth studio album, released on October 27, 2014 through Big Machine Records.
Before her 1989 release, Swift invited 89 of her biggest fans over to her home to listen to her album, Taylor also bake cookies for her guests.
1989 was the best-selling album of 2014, beating the Disney's Frozen soundtrack.
Taylor Swift helped a 4-year-old girl with terminal brain cancer pass the last category on her bucket list, "Shake it of with Tay Tay".
She won her first BRIT for the International Female Solo Artist award in February 2015.
Her Twitter is @ taylorswift13.
