On the Cover – Taylor Swift

April/May 2008 – April/May 2008—In Charge

Label: Big Machine Records
Booking: William Morris Agency
Management: Firefly Entertainment
Producers: Nathan Chapman
Current Single: “Picture To Burn”
Current Album: Taylor Swift
Current Video: “Picture To Burn”

Birth Date: December 13, 1989
Interests: Her grandmother, LeAnn Rimes, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Dixie Chicks, Shania Twain
Interesting Facts: A line of fashion dolls based on Swift is expected at retail this fall Special TV/Film Appearances: TRL, The Today Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Live with Regis & Kelly, Good Morning America, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, Christmas At Rockefeller Center, and more.
Awards: 2008 CMT Award Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year, nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award in the all-genre Best New Artist category, 2007 NSAI Songwriter/Artist of the Year (the youngest artist winner to date), 2007 CMA Horizon Award, 2007 CMT Music Award Breakthrough Video of the Year, 2007 Music Row Critics Pick
Hits: “Our Song,” “Teardrops On My Guitar,” “Tim McGraw”
RIAA Certifications: Triple Platinum album—Taylor Swift; Digital Platinum Singles—“Our Song,” “Teardrops On My Guitar”

Taylor Swift continues to stretch the boundaries of country music, reaching new audiences by popping up in unexpected places, like most recently the covers of Rolling Stone and Blender magazine. These were just a few of the all-genre outlets cheering for Swift during the last year. She was the only Country performer on Daily Variety’s Youth Impact List, iTunes editors named her Best New Artist, and AOL Music hailed her Country’s Hottest Female Artist.

All of this success wasn’t won overnight for the eighteen-year-old. She began following the path of her grandmother, a professional opera singer, at a very young age. By ten she was writing songs and performing in karaoke contests, festivals, and fairs around her Pennsylvania hometown. Swift and her family made their first trip to Nashville when she was 11 and eventually moved to Music City. Sony/ATV Music Publishing signed her to its songwriter staff when she was 14, and a year later she joined the roster of start-up Big Machine Records. Her self-titled debut, released in October 2006, spent more weeks at No. 1 in 2007 than any other country title. She is the youngest female solo artist to write or co-write every song on a Platinum country debut. “Teardrops On My Guitar,” just one of the hits on the project, was the bestselling country song on iTunes in 2007.

Swift’s second studio album is slated for a fall 2008 release, and once again, she will have a writing credit on every track. John Rich and pop songstress Colbie Caillat are among her collaborators for the new project.