Taylor Alison Swift [born December 13th 1989 in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania] is a Platinum-selling, American country music singer-songwriter. In 2006, she had her first hit at 16, 'Tim McGraw', about a summer love. Since then, she has risen to fame, with an especially large Internet following. She has a soft and clean voice that appeals to most country music fans. She won CMT'* 'Breakthrough Video of the Year' award in 2007 for her hit 'Tim McGraw', and was also nominated by the Academy of Country Music for 'Top New Female Vocalist'.

'Taylor Swift' is the self-titled, platinum debut album from American country music singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.
The self-titled album debuted at No.3 on the Top Country Albums chart and at No.19 on the Billboard Top 200. In 2007 it eventually peaked at No.1 and No.13 respectively. As of August 2nd 2007, the album has sold 1,350,000 copies in the US.