Swift was born in the city of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Scott, a stock broker, and Andrea Swift, a homemaker. She has a younger brother, Austin.
At age 10, Taylor had her first real performance on a stage
Taylors first guitar
Talor starts writing songs
16 year old Taylor releases “Tim McGraw” single
Self-titled debut album, “Taylor Swift” released
May 15, 2007: Taylor sings “Tim McGraw” to Mr. Tim McGraw himself at The Academy of Country Music Awards
“Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection” is released
“Our Song” is Taylor’s first number one single.
Taylor releases EP called “Beautiful Eyes”
Taylor graduates high school
Taylor’s second studio album, “Fearless” is released
Tickets to Los Angeles “Fearless” concert sells out in 2 minutes
The single, “Love Story” has the most paid downloads in history and the first country song to top the Mainstream Top 40 chart
Taylor Swift appears on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in her prime time television acting debut
Taylor becomes the youngest artist in history to win Album of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards.
Taylor’s self-titled album becomes the 2nd best-selling country album in history
Taylor gets “Kanye’d” during her acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards
Taylor and Zac Efron date briefly while promoting “The Lorax”, although Taylor denies it on Ellen
Taylor releases her third studio album, “Speak Now”. The album debuted number one on the US Billboard 200 chart. It sold over one million copies in one week