Taylor Alison সত্বর was born on December 13, 1989 in পাঠ করা Pennsylvania to Scott and Andrea Swift. Taylor was named after James Taylor, her mother believed that if she had a gender neutral it would help her forge a business career. Taylor spent most of her childhood on an 11 acre বড়দিন বৃক্ষ farm in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. When Taylor was nine years old, the family moved to Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, where she attended West পাঠ করা Elementary Center and Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School. Taylor spent her summers at her parent's vacation প্রথমপাতা at the Jersey Shore. Swift's first hobby was English horse riding. Her mother put her in a saddle when she was nine months old and সত্বর later competed in horse shows. At the age of nine, Taylor turned her attention to musical theatre and performed in Berks Youth Theatre Academy productions of Grease, Annie, Bye Bye Birdie and The Sound of Music. She traveled regularly to Broadway, New York for vocal and অভিনয় lessons. However, after a few years of auditioning in New York and not getting anything she became interested in country music. At the age of eleven, after many attempts Taylor won a local talent competition দ্বারা গান গাওয়া a rendition of LeAnn Rimes's "Big Deal", and was প্রদত্ত the opportunity to appear as the opening act for Charlie Daniels at a Strausstown amphitheater. This interest in country সঙ্গীত isolated সত্বর from her middle school peers. At the age of twelve, সত্বর was shown দ্বারা a computer repairman how to play three chords on a guitar, inspiring her to write her first song, "Lucky You". She had previously won a national কবিতা contest with a poem entitled "Monster in My Closet" but now began to focus on songwriting. Taylor moved to Nashville at the age of fourteen, having secured an artist development deal with RCA Records. Taylor left RCA Records when she was fifteen, the company wanted her to record the work of other songwriters and wait until she was eighteen to release an album, but she felt ready to launch her career with her own material. At an industry showcase at Nashville's The bluebird Café in 2005, সত্বর caught the attention of Scott Borchetta, a Dreamworks Records executive who was preparing to form his own independent record label, Big Machine Records. Taylor was one of the new label's first signings. Taylor released her debut album "Taylor Swift" in October of 2006 and received generally positive reviews from সঙ্গীত critics. The New York Times described it as "a small masterpiece of pop-minded country, both wide-eyed and cynical, held together দ্বারা Ms. Swift's firm, pleading voice". Her single "Our Song" made সত্বর the youngest sole writer and singer of a number one country song. The album sold 39,000 copies during its first week. In 2008 Taylor released her সেকেন্ড studio album "Fearless". The lead single from the album, "Love Story", was released in September 2008 and became the সেকেন্ড best-selling country single of all time, peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Four আরো singles were released throughout 2008 and 2009: "White Horse", "You Belong with Me", "Fifteen" and "Fearless". "You Belong with Me" was the album's highest-charting single, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 Album Chart. It was the top-selling album of 2009 and brought সত্বর much crossover success. In September 2009, সত্বর became the first country সঙ্গীত artist to win an এমটিভি Video সঙ্গীত Award when "You Belong with Me" was named Best Female Video. Her acceptance speech was interrupted দ্বারা rapper Kanye West, who had been involved in a number of other award প্রদর্শনী incidents. West declared Beyoncé's video for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", nominated in the same category, to be "one of the best চলচ্ছবি of all time". When Beyoncé later won the award for Video of the Year, she invited Taylor onstage to finish her speech. In November 2009, Taylor became the youngest ever artist, and one of only six women, to be named Entertainer of the বছর দ্বারা the Country সঙ্গীত Association. Taylor released her third studio album in October 2010 "Speak Now" and she wrote all the songs herself. She originally intended to call the album এনচ্যান্টেড but Scott Borchetta, her record label's CEO, felt the শিরোনাম did not reflect the album's আরো adult themes. সত্বর toured throughout 2011 and early 2012 in support of Speak Now. As part of the thirteen-month, 111 তারিখ world tour, সত্বর played seven shows in Asia, twelve shows in Europe, 80 shows in North America and twelve shows in Australasia. Three dates on the US tour were rescheduled after সত্বর fell ill with bronchitis. The stage প্রদর্শনী was inspired দ্বারা Broadway musical theatre, with choreographed routines, elaborate set-pieces, pyrotechnics and numerous costume changes. সত্বর invited many musicians to যোগদান her for one-off duets during the North American tour. Appearances were made দ্বারা James Taylor, Jason Mraz, Shawn Colvin, Johnny Rzeznik, Andy Grammer, Tal Bachman, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Nicki Minaj, Nelly, B.o.B., Usher, Flo Rida, T.I., Jon Foreman, Jim Adkins, Hayley Williams, Hot Chelle Rae, Ronnie Dunn, Darius Rucker, Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney. Taylor contributed two original songs to The Hunger Games Soundtrack called "Safe & Sound ft. The Civil Wars" and "Eyes Open". In May 2012 Taylor featured in B.o.B's song "Both of Us". Taylor's unnamed fourth studio album is set to come out in October of 2012.