the truth about Taylor Swift number26 inspiration do you ever wonder who the
lucky person was who first taught Taylor how to play guitar totally unexpected
but it was actually a computer repairmen probably wouldn't have guessed that one
a computer repairman taught Taylor how to play three chords on the guitar when
she was 12 which is what inspired her to write her song lucky you number 25
Holmes she left her childhood home in
Pennsylvania and since she became so successful she has bought homes from
coast to coast some of her houses are down-to-earth and reasonable but some
are more extravagant she moved to Nashville Tennessee when she was 14
years old where she bought two houses a modern penthouse style condo in downtown
and a large fancy brick estate style home in 2011 Taylor Swift moved on from
Nashville to live in Beverly Hills California she purchased a 4-bedroom
house for 3.97 million dollars after that she ended up buying homes in Rhode
Island Massachusetts and of course New York City she's definitely living the
good life number 24 family it's hard to believe
that Taylor Swift has been winning people over for 11 years already what a
lot of people probably don't know is that Taylor's grandmother was a
professional opera singer when Taylor was just 10 years old she was singing at
local events while living in Redding Pennsylvania when she was 11 she sang
the star-spangled banner at a Philadelphia game by the time she was 12
she started taking guitar lessons and writing her own song lyrics
number 23 who a fun fact about Taylors name is the reason her mom wanted to
name her daughter Taylor was because she thought if you saw the name somewhere on
a business card people would know if it was a boy or a girl number 22 wins
Taylor signed her first contract with Scott Borchetta with Big Machine Records
after she gave a fantastic performance at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville that's
when she released her first single Tim McGraw which came out in 2006 the song
made it up to the top 10 on the country charts and was also a part of her debut
album the album was very successful selling more than 2.5 million copies
number twenty-one breaking records Taylor Swift is a multi record-breaking
superstar who has earned a spot in the Guinness World Records 2016 for the most
million-selling weeks on the US album charts she is also the only singer to
sell 3 million copies in the Billboard Top 200
albums list her album speak now sold over 1 million copies in 2010 in 2012
she topped the charts again with her album red selling 1.2 million copies
when her album called 1989 came out in 2014 it was number one on the charts and
sold one point 287 million copies number twenty following Taylor Swift has an
enormous following on social media she landed in second place for having the
most followers on Twitter in 2015 for a female pop star in June 2015
Taylor had nearly 52 million followers as of now she has 84 million followers
on Twitter and 112 million followers on Instagram and that number keeps on
growing she usually tweets to promote her new
songs that are coming out or commercials or other upcoming work she has going on
- let her fans know to keep a lookout for her new stuff number 19 Sagittarius
Taylor's birthday is December 13 1989 which makes her zodiac sign of
Sagittarius and it seems to fit her well Sagittarius is are known to have a great
sense of humor and for being generous a Sagittarius also loves to travel and if
you're following Taylor on social media you'll already know that she enjoys
traveling and loves being outdoors one of her favorite spots to be during the
summer is at her home in the Hamptons Sagittarius is are mostly compatible
with Leo and Aries so it's no wonder why she is best friends with Carly class who
is a Leo number 18 Saturday Night Live when Taylor Swift hosted Saturday Night
Live she wrote her own monologue she decided to write a song called
my monologue song that was about Joe Jonas and Kanye West plus a kiss from
her ex-boyfriend Taylor Lautner props to Taylor for being able to shake off the
knots of great things that have happened to her
number 17 reading if you didn't know already Taylor loves to read and write
poetry her favourites when she was growing up or dr. Seuss and shel
silverstein she often also cites things from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
because it's one of her favorite books in 2014 Scholastic headquarters in New
York City had Taylor Swift talked to children about the importance of writing
and reading she told them about how she wrote a 400 page book about her friends
and her life when she was just 14 years old number 16 TV and film other than
singing Taylor has been seen on the big screen and on TV quite a bit in 2009 she
played a teenager on a episode of CSI and in 2012 she played
the voice of Audrey in the lorax movie she has also appeared on the show the
new girl in 2013 and we can't forget her big cameo in the Valentine's Day movie
that came out in 2010 in the film she played a high school student on the
dance team who had a crush for Willy which was played by Taylor Lautner
number 15 Austin Swift something a lot of people probably don't know is that
Taylor has a younger brother named Austin he goes to school and is a
freelance photographer he also has a cute nickname for her he calls her taffy
who knows maybe that'll be a future album named for her one time Taylor
skipped the MTV Europe Music Awards to watch her brother in a play he was
performing in she also mentioned him in her song the best day when she says God
smiles on my little brother inside and out he's better than I am number 14 ed
Sheeran it's no secret that Taylor admires her co-worker a friend and
fellow singer ed Sheeran she told E I live for the moments he would burst into
my dressing room with a new song to play for me most of had surance songs that he
wrote he would play them for Taylor first before anyone else she mentioned
how much it meant to her that he wanted to hear her songs first she also said
that she doesn't think he realizes how much he inspires her with his drive and
passion to always create new art number 13 the first lady in 2012 the first lady
Michelle Obama gave Taylor Swift the big help award she earned the award for
inspiring fans to take action in her dedication to help other people she won
the award specifically for her work in assisting American people who have
survived a tornado or flood Michelle Obama said Taylor is someone who has
rocketed to the top of the music industry but still keeps her feet on the
ground and someone who has shattered every expectation of what a 22 year old
can accomplish number 12 girl gang over the years
Taylor has made up a solid group of gorgeous models singers and actresses
that she does almost everything with this impressive group of friends include
Cara Delevingne Karlie Kloss Martha hunt Selena Gomez Gigi Hadid Ellie Goulding
zendaya and Hailee Steinfeld with a big list of names like that who wouldn't
want to be in her girl gang number 11 Awards Taylor Swift has won a whopping
275 Awards and has been nominated 572 times that's impressive and she has won
ten Grammys and is also the youngest to win the album of the Year award on
top of all of that she is the first woman to win album of the year more than
once at the Grammy Awards Taylor's winnings also include eight Academy of
Country Music Awards number 10 Kanye West just about
everybody knows about the Kanye West and Taylor Swift feud
it all started in 2009 when Taylor went on stage to accept her award for Best
Female music video for her song you belong with me and Kanye walked on stage
and said imma let you finish but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time
when Kanye finally gave up the microphone Taylor didn't even get a
chance to say anything she was pretty in shock and caught off
guard just like anybody would be Taylor later talked about what was going
through her mind when that happened she said my overall thought process was
something like wow I can't believe I won this is awesome don't trip don't fall
I'm gonna get to thank the fans this is so cool
Oh Kanye West is here cool haircut what are you doing there and then ouch and
then I guess I'm not gonna get to thank the fans I think anyone would handle the
situation in the same way number 9 all is good by the time 2015 came around it
seems like Taylor and Kanye are on good terms and have cleared the air six years
after the ordeal Taylor Swift even presented Kanye with the video Vanguard
Award which is what showed the world that they're cool with each other now
now let's hope it stays that way with no more rude interruptions number 8 Forbes
Forbes ranked Taylor Swift is number 1 for the highest paid celebrity under 30
years old in 2012 Swift even topped significant stars like Rihanna Justin
Bieber and Lady gaga just to name a few and they all came in with salaries over
57 million since Taylor's latest album was so successful she ranked in 170
million dollars which is what put her at the top of the top earning celebrities
in the world number 7 writing in case you didn't know that
Taylor Swift writes a lot of her own songs now you know Taylor wrote all of
the songs in her third album called Speak Now and she wrote nine out of the
16 songs on her fourth album called red the other song she wrote with the help
of Ed Sheeran Dan Wilson Max Martin and Liz Rose pretty impressive when an
artist writes their own songs instead of just singing them number six Hunger
Games Taylor Swift is a big fan of The Hunger
Games series she even wrote and sang two songs for the movie that came out in
2012 the song are called eyes open and safe and sound
one of the songs plays during the slower more sad moments in the movie some
people say it has a lullaby feel to it and the other song she wrote was for the
faster paced moments in the film the safe and sound song even got her a
nomination for original song at the gold Derby Awards number five interruptions
Taylor told Rolling Stone magazine that she has a spot in her Nashville home for
her 2009 BMA incident with Kanye West she said that a buffer fireplace she has
a picture of Kanye stealing the stage with a caption underneath saying life is
full of little interruptions sitting next to the actual award that she won
that day at least we know she has a sense of humor and doesn't take life's
interruptions too seriously number four the Big Apple after buying a
seven-bedroom penthouse in New York City that's what inspired her to write the
song welcome to New York the house was previously owned by the director of the
Lord of the Rings Peter Jackson this lavish penthouse in the heart of the Big
Apple has a warehouse feel to it and has beams in exposed brick it costs a
whopping twenty million dollars and looks just like something you'd expect
to find in New York City hey guys if you're enjoying the video so far please
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that Taylor is known for writing songs about her past lovers and romantic
relationships she kisses and tells and puts it into a song for the world to
hear her first celebrity boo was Joe Jonas in 2008 they ended things over the
phone and we're both starting out in their careers so they had too much going
on to be together at the time a year after that Taylor Swift and Taylor
Lautner had a spark for each other while working on the set for Valentine's Day
it's been said that they split up because Lautner was more into the
relationship than Swift was and wasn't as serious as him within a month of them
breaking up Taylor was involved with Sean Maher and even though it hasn't
been confirmed a lot of fans think her song Dear John is about him number two
besties Taylor and Selena Gomez have been best friends all the way back to
the Disney Channel days Selena said in an interview that Taylor has always been
there for her and is one of the closest people in her life when Selena and
Justin Bieber broke up Taylor made her cookies and brought her over junk food
to comfort her as a best friend Taylor sounds like the ultimate best friend
anybody would be lucky to have number one topping the charts it seems like she
is always on the top of the music list with every song she puts out but did you
know when we're never getting back together came out in 2012 it was the
fastest selling digital single which made her hit go straight to the number
one spot on iTunes just 50 minutes after it was released and she continues to WoW
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