Bronchitis Sidelines Taylor Swift in Atlanta, Louisville, Charlotte : July 07, 2011

Taylor Swift, for the very first time since rising to the top of the country-pop music world, has had to go to the sidelines due to sickness. Swift has...

Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum Reign at ACM Awards : April 03, 2011

Taylor Swift, the young singer-songwriter, only won one award on Sunday at the Academy of Country Music Awards 46th annual ceremony. However, it was a big one. Fans voted Swift...

Keith Urban, Taylor Swift, Toby Keith Set to Perform at ACM Awards : March 03, 2011

Toby Keith, who is rarely seen at award shows, indicated that he would attend a show if he could also sing at the same show. As a result, Toby Keith...

Jason Aldean Hops Taylor Swift for Number 1 Country Album : February 10, 2011

After 14 weeks of taking the back seat to Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now”, Jason Aldean’s “My Kinda Party” finally rules the Billboard charts, and it is not the only thing...

Taylor Swift Preps 2011 World Tour to Support Speak Now : November 23, 2010

Taylor Swift's “Speak Now” 2011 tour will consist of 87 shows across 19 countries on four different continents.  The trek will kick off in Singapore on February 9 and include...

Taylor Swift Slates Third Album for October Release : July 20, 2010

“Speak Now” is the title of Taylor Swift’s newest album, which also marks the third release for the award-winning pop-country sensation. She confirmed that the said record, which she worked...

Grammys Award Big Night to Beyonce, Taylor Swift : January 31, 2010

Taylor Swift wasn’t exactly on her game when performing an offkey disaster with Stevie Nicks at the 2010 Grammys, but it didn’t seem to matter as she went home with...

Taylor Swift Charts Tour Dates for 2010 : November 02, 2009

Is there anything hotter than Taylor Swift these days? She's everywhere you turn around from awards shows across the gamut of musical genres to selling out arenas from coast-to-coast. It...

Kid Rock, Taylor Swift Take Part in BamaJam Festival : May 29, 2009

The countryside of Alabama will be hosting headliners Kid Rock, Taylor Swift, The Black Crowes, and Brooks & Dunn among others at the BamaJam Music & Arts Festival this year. The...

Jason Aldean, Taylor Swift On Board for CMA Fest : April 25, 2009

Jason Aldean, Taylor Swift, Jamey Johnson, Rodney Aktins and Jake Owen are new additions to the lineup for the CMA Music Festival. The event was formerly called Fan Fair and lasts...

Rascal Flatts Ready ‘Bob That Head Tour’ with Taylor Swift : April 17, 2008

Rascal Flatts, who have been touring since January, is continuing their trek across North America through to the fall. The band will resume their outing at Stagecoach Country Music Festival in...

Lori McKenna, Taylor Swift to Join Tim McGraw, Faith Hill Tour : June 01, 2007

With the launch of this year's Faith Hill/Tim McGraw tour starting in just a few days, the two superstars have chosen the opening acts for the main stage and have...

taylor swift Biography

Taylor Swift, the American country and pop songwriter-singer, musician and actress, was born on December 13, 1989 in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. In 2006, Swift released “Tim McGraw” her debut single along with her debut self-titled album. The set was subsequently certified by the RIAA as multi-platinum. Swift also received a Grammy Awards nomination as Best New Artist. She released “Fearless,” her second album, in November 2008. Swift earned four Grammy Awards, which included Album of the Year.

In 2008, “Fearless” finished at number three with 2. 1 million in sales and “Taylor Swift” at number six with 1.5 million sales. For 11 weeks in a row “Fearless” was No. 1 on Billboard's 200 chart. Since 2000, no other album has been at No. 1 for that long. In 2009 Billboard named Swift Artist of the Year. In October 2019, Swift released “Speak Now,” her third album. During its first week out, the album sold a total of 1,047,00 copies.

In 2008, Swift's album sold four million copies combined to make her that year's best selling musician in the U.S. She was ranked by Forbes as the 69th most powerful of celebrities in 2009 with $18 million in earnings and in 2010 as 12th most powerful with $45 million in earnings. Billboard ranked Swift as 38th Best Artist for the decade of 2000-2010. Nielsen SoundScan in January 2010 named Swift as country music's (or pop/country crossover) artist ever, with sales in digital tracks of more than 28 million. Swift has sold more than 16 million worldwide albums through December 2010.