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This article is about the musician. For her self-titled debut album, see Taylor Swift (album).

Taylor Swift
Swift at the Hollywood premiere of Hannah Montana: The Movie in April 2009.
Background information
Birth name	Taylor Alison Swift
Born	December 13, 1989 (age 20) Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, United States(1989-12-13)
Genres	Country,[1] pop[2]
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress
Instruments	Vocals, Guitar, Piano,[3]ukulele,[4] 12-string guitar
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Big Machine Records
Website	Official Website

Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country-pop^[1] singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. In 2008, her albums sold a combined four million copies, making her the best-selling musician of the year in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", then her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently certified Platinum several times by the Recording Industry Association of America.

In November 2008, Swift released her second album, Fearless. Fearless and Taylor Swift^[5]Fearless has topped the Billboard 200 in 11 non-consecutive weeks;^[6] no album has spent more time at No. 1 since 2000. Forbes, ranked Swift 2009's 69th-most powerful celebrity, earning $18 million.^[7] Swift was named Artist of the Year by Billboard Magazine in 2009. ^[8] finished 2008 at number three and number six respectively, with sales of 2.1 and 1.5 million.

In January 2010, Nielsen SoundScan lists Swift as the top-selling digital artist in music history with over 24.3 million digital tracks sold to date.^[9]