Name - Taylor Alison Swift

Profession - Singer/Songwriter

Claim to Fame - Nominated in 2008 by the Country Music Association for Female Vocalist of the Year, won the 2008 CMT Music Awards for Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year, won the 2008 Academy of Country Music Award for Best New Female Vocalist, won the 2008 Teen Choice Award for Choice Breakout Artist, won the 2008 Young Hollywood Award for Superstar of Tomorrow, won the 2007 CMA Horizon Award

Hometown - Wyomissing, PA

Current home - Nashville, Tennessee

Born - December 13, 1989

Star sign: Sagittarius

Favorite color: Purple

Favorite pet: Cat

Favorite milk: 2% reduced fat milk

Favorite sport: Hockey

Favorite TV show: Grey's Anatomy

Favorite outfit: Sun dress and cowboy boots

Coolest celebs: Keri Russell and Ellen DeGeneres

Fun fact: Taylor had a tread mill installed in her tour bus so she couldn't talk herself out of exercising

In her spare time: Taylor likes to conduct random baking experiments in her kitchen and write letters to people

Bio:
Widely hailed as the first bonafide country music star of the MySpace generation,18-year-old Taylor Swift currently has singles climbing both the country and pop radio charts. At the age of 17, Taylor became the youngest person to single-handedly write and sing a number-one country single entirely on her own ("Our Song" spent 6 consecutive weeks at #1 atop Billboard's Country Singles Chart), and she is the first female solo artist in country music history to write or co-write every song on a platinum-selling debut CD. At 14, she signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music, and in 2006 released her self-titled debut CD on Big Machine Records. Taylor Swift has surpassed triple-platinum (3 million sales) status and has spent 20 weeks so far in the #1 position atop Billboard's Country CD Sales Chart. Taylor is consistently ranked Country's #1 artist on MySpace, and was named Country Music's Hottest Female Artist of 2007 by AOL Music and Best New Artist of 2007 by the editors of iTunes.

Taylor was named this year's Top New Female Vocalist by the Academy of Country Music, and won 2008 CMT Music Awards for Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year. She was recently named Choice Breakout Artist at the 2008 Teen Choice Awards, and was honored earlier this year as the Superstar of Tomorrow at the 10th Annual Young Hollywood Awards, making her the first musician to ever receive this prestigious award. She is the reigning CMA Horizon Award winner, as well as the Nashville Songwriters Association International's Songwriter / Artist of the Year. She is currently nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year by the Country Music Association. Taylor was featured on the covers of the June, 2008 issues of Seventeen and Southwest Airlines Spirit magazines, and has also recently appeared on the covers of Rolling Stone, Billboard, Blender, and USA Weekend. Taylor was named one of People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People of 2008, and was featured on Maxim's 2008 Hot 100 list. She is on tour this year with Rascal Flatts, and has also toured with George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw & Faith Hill and Brad Paisley.

Taylor will release her sophomore studio album, FEARLESS, on November 11, 2008. The album's first single, "Love Story," is rapidly ascending the charts.