At the age of 16, Taylor Swift was becoming a nationally recognized country music singer. She launched her career with hits like "Love Story" and "You Belong With Me," which appealed to both country and pop fans and helped her achieve multi-platinum success with albums like Fearless (2008). 

In Reading, Pennsylvania, Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989. During her childhood, Swift helped her family farm Christmas trees near Wyomissing. Swift followed in the footsteps of her grandmother, who was a professional opera singer.  Taylor Swift Height

Swift began performing at local events at the age of 10, including fairs and contests. Her first songwriting experience began when she was 11 when she sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a Philadelphia 76ers basketball game. She learned guitar when she was 12 years old, and performed for the first time at 14.

The album also spawned the top-performing singles "Shake it Off" and "Blank Space"—both of which won Swift Grammy awards for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album. The albums she released following reputation (2018) and Lover (2019) was equally successful.

At the CMT Music Awards in 2009, Swift won one award for Fearless and a second for Female Video of the Year for "Love Story". She became the first country music singer to win an MTV Video Music Award on September 13, 2009, for "Best Female Video."

 As Swift was accepting her award, Kanye West jumped up on stage, took the microphone, and criticized Swift for forgetting to mention Beyonce. West was also removed from the show after Swift's stunning acceptance speech. She later called Swift to the stage to complete her speech when Beyonce accepted the "Best Video of the Year" award. In addition to publicly apologizing to Swift, West apologized privately to her.