1. Taylor Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in Reading, Pennsylvania.
2. Swift’s father, Scott Kingsley Swift, is a Merrill Lynch financial advisor, and her mother, Andrea Gardner Swift, is a homemaker who previously worked as a mutual fund marketing executive.
3. Swift has a younger brother named Austin.
4. Swift’s family moved to Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, when she was nine years old.
5. Swift was educated at Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School.
6. Swift’s favorite subjects in school were English and writing.
7. Swift began writing her own songs at the age of five.
8. Swift signed with Sony/ATV Music Publishing at the age of 14.
9. Swift’s first single, “Tim McGraw,” was released in 2006.
10. Swift’s self-titled debut album was released in 2006.
11. “Our Song” was Swift’s first number one single on the Country Airplay chart.
12. “Teardrops on My Guitar” was Swift’s first Top 40 single on the Billboard Hot 100.
13. “Picture to Burn” and “Should’ve Said No” were both Top 10 Country singles.
14. “Picture to Burn” was also a Top 40 single on the Billboard Hot 100.
15. Swift’s second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
16. Fearless was the best-selling album of 2009 in the United States.
17. “Love Story” was a Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100.
18. “White Horse” was a Top 40 single on the Billboard Hot 100.
19. Swift won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for Fearless at the 2010 ceremony.
20. Swift was the youngest artist ever to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
21. Swift’s third album, Speak Now, was released in 2010.
22. “Mine” was a Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100.
23. “Back to December” was a Top 40 single on the Billboard Hot 100.
24. “Mean” won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song.
25. Swift’s fourth album, Red, was released in 2012.
26. “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” was a Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100.
27. “I Knew You Were Trouble” was a Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100.
28. “22” was a Top 40 single on the Billboard Hot 100.
29. Red won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album.
30. Swift’s fifth album, 1989, was released in 2014.
31. “Shake It Off” was a Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100.
32. “Blank Space” was a Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100.
33. “Style” was a Top 40 single on the Billboard Hot 100.
34. “Bad Blood” was a Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100.
35. 1989 won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
