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Taylor Swift
A child prodigy, Taylor Swift (born December 13, 1989, in West Reading,
Pennsylvania) first visited Nashville at age eleven, handing out demo tapes to
labels. Her family later moved there, and she became the youngest staff
songwriter ever signed by Sony/ATV Tree Publishing. At 16, she scored her first
hit with “Tim McGraw” (2006), followed by her self-titled debut album with four
more hits. Her second album Fearless (2008) sold over 4 million copies, making
her the year’s best-selling artist in the US. Speak Now (2010) debuted at number
3 on the Hot 100 with its lead single “Mine...
