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Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift



Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress.
In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", then her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. In November 2008, Swift released her second album, Fearless, and the recording earned Swift four Grammy Awards, including the Album of the Year, at the 52nd Grammy Awards. Fearless and Taylor Swift finished 2008 at number-three and number-six respectively, with sales of 2.1 and 1.5 million.[5] Fearless topped the Billboard 200 for 11 non-consecutive weeks; no album has spent more time at No. 1 since 2000. Swift was named Artist of the Year by Billboard Magazine in 2009. Swift released her third album Speak Now on October 25, 2010 which sold 1,047,000 copies in its first week.
In 2008, her albums sold a combined four million copies, making her the best-selling musician of the year in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Forbes ranked Swift 2009's 69th-most powerful celebrity with earnings of $18 million,[8] 2010's 12th-most powerful celebrity with earnings of $45 million[9] and 2011's 7th-most powerful celebrity with earnings of 45 million too. Swift was ranked the 38th best selling Artist of the 2000–10 decade by Billboard. In January 2010 Nielsen SoundScan listed Swift as the most successful digital artist in music history with over 34 million digital tracks sold. On June 2011, renowned site The Boot named Swift and Carrie Underwood The Country Royalty, as they were the only female country artists to be ranked on Rolling Stone's Queens of Pop list.[13] As of March 2011, she has sold over 20 million albums and 34 million singles worldwide.


Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me



Taylor Swift - Mine


Taylor Swift - Back To December



Taylor Swift - The Story Of Us


Taylor Swift - Fifteen






Early life

Swift was born on December 13, 1989 in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Andrea Gardner (née Finlay), a homemaker, and Scott Kingsley Swift, a stockbroker. Her maternal grandmother, Marjorie Finlay, was an opera singer.[16][17] Swift has a younger brother, Austin.[18]
When Swift was in fourth grade, she won a national poetry contest with a three-page poem, "Monster In My Closet".[17][19] At the age of ten, a computer repairman showed her how to play three chords on a guitar, sparking her interest in learning the instrument. Afterwards, Swift wrote her first song, "Lucky You".[20] When Swift was 12, she devoted an entire summer to writing a 350-page novel, which remains unpublished.[21] She began writing songs regularly and used it as an outlet to help her with her pain from not fitting in at school. Swift was a victim of bullying, and spent her time writing songs to express her emotions.[22] She also started performing at local karaoke contests, festivals, and fairs.
Swift began to regularly visit Nashville, Tennessee, and work with local songwriters. When she was 14, her family relocated to Nashville.[23] Her first major show was a well-received performance at the Bloomsburg Fair.[24] In Tennessee, Swift attended Hendersonville High School, but was subsequently homeschooled for her junior and senior years. In 2008, she earned her high school diploma.[25]
Swift's greatest musical influence is Shania Twain.[26] Her other influences include LeAnn Rimes, Tina Turner, Dolly Parton, and Swift's grandmother. Although her grandmother was a professional opera singer,[27] Swift's tastes always leaned more toward country music. In her younger years, she developed a love for Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton.[28] She also credits the Dixie Chicks for demonstrating the impact that one can have by "stretching boundaries".[29]
Music career

2000–05: Musical beginnings
At age 11, Swift made her first trip to Nashville, hoping to obtain a record deal by distributing a demo tape of her singing with karaoke songs. She gave a copy to every label in town,[30] but was rejected.[31] After Swift returned to Pennsylvania, she was asked to sing at the U.S. Open tennis tournament, where her rendition of the national anthem received much attention.[32]
When Swift was 15, she rejected RCA Records because the company wanted to keep her on an artist development deal.[33] After performing at Nashville's songwriters' venue, The Bluebird Café, she caught the attention of Scott Borchetta,[34] who signed her to his newly formed record label, Big Machine Records. At age 14, she became the youngest staff songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Tree publishing house.[35]


Swift performing at a café with a koa wood guitar in June 2006. Swift continues to perform with custom-made Taylor guitars.[36]
2006–08: Taylor Swift
Swift released her debut single, "Tim McGraw", in mid-2006, reaching No.6 on Billboard magazine's Hot Country Songs chart.[37] Her self-titled debut album was later released on October 24, 2006.[38] Debuting high on the Billboard 200, the album sold 39,000 copies during its first week.[39] It peaked at No.1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and No.5 on the Billboard 200.[40] Her debut album spent eight consecutive weeks at the top of the Top Country Albums charts[41] and remained at the top for 24 out of 91 weeks.[42] The only other country artists this decade to achieve the number-one sales position for 20 weeks or more are The Dixie Chicks and Carrie Underwood.[43] The music video for "Tim McGraw" won Swift an award for Breakthrough Video of the Year at the 2007 CMT Music Awards.[44] Her pursuit of country music stardom was the subject of "GAC Short Cuts", a part-documentary, part-music-video series airing since the summer of 2006.[45] On May 15, 2007, Swift performed "Tim McGraw" at the Academy of Country Music Awards. Swift has been an opening act for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill on their Soul2Soul 2007 tour. She has opened in the past for George Strait, Brad Paisley and Rascal Flatts as well.[46] The second single from the Taylor Swift album, "Teardrops on My Guitar", was released February 24, 2007. In mid-2007, the song peaked at No.2 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart and No.33 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was re-released with a pop remix that brought "Teardrops on My Guitar" to No.13 on the Hot 100 and No.11 on the Pop 100. In October 2007, Swift was awarded Songwriter/Artist of the Year by the Nashville Songwriters Assn. Intl., making her the youngest artist ever to win the award.[47] Her third song off her debut album, "Our Song" spent six weeks at No.1 on the Country charts, peaked at No.16 on the Billboard Hot 100, and rose to No.24 on the Billboard Pop 100. Swift recorded a holiday album, Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection, which was released exclusively at Target in late 2007. Swift was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award in the category of Best New Artist, but lost to Amy Winehouse. Swift's successful single, "Picture to Burn", was the fourth single from her debut album. The song debuted and soon peaked at No.3 on the Billboard Country chart in spring 2008.


Swift performing at Yahoo HQ in 2007.
"Should've Said No" became Swift's second No.1 single. In Summer 2008, Swift released Beautiful Eyes, an EP sold exclusively at Wal-Mart.[48] In its first week of release, the album sold 45,000 copies, debuting at No.1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart and No.9 on the Billboard 200. With her self-titled debut album sitting at No.2 during the same week, Swift became the first artist since 1997 to hold the Top 2 positions of the Top Country Albums chart.[49] In October 2008, Swift performed a duet with best selling rock band Def Leppard in a taped show in Nashville, Tennessee, and their collaboration was up for both Performance of the Year and Wide Open Country Video of the Year at the CMT Music Awards in 2009.[50]
2008–2010: Fearless and MTV VMA incident
Swift's second studio album, Fearless, was released in the United States on November 11, 2008.[51] The album debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart. Its sales of 592,304 were the highest debut of any country artist in 2008. This is also the largest opening U.S. sales week in 2008 by a female artist in all genres of music, and the fourth biggest overall behind Lil Wayne, AC/DC and Coldplay.[52] Its lead single "Love Story" became a hit on both the country and pop charts. During the first week of release, more than 129,000 of Swift's sales were sold digitally. This gives Swift the best online start for any country album in history.[53] It also makes Swift the fourth biggest week for a digital album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking them in 2004.[54] Through its eighth week of release, Fearless has sold more than 338,467 downloads, making it the bestselling country album in digital history. In second place is Swift's debut Taylor Swift with sales of 236,046 downloads as of April 18, 2009.[55] In its debut week, seven songs in total on Fearless were charted on Billboard Hot 100, tying Swift with Miley Cyrus for the most by a female artist in a single week. With "White Horse" charted at #13, this gave Swift her sixth top 20 debut of 2008, a calendar year record for any artist in the history of the Billboard Hot 100. Of the 13 tracks on Fearless, 11 have already spent time on the Hot 100.[54] "Change", a song from the album, was selected as part of a soundtrack supporting Team USA's efforts in the 2008 Summer Olympics.[56] The song was also featured as part of the soundtrack of NBC's broadcast package of the Olympics. The lead single from the album, "Love Story", was released on September 12, 2008. The Fearless album includes the "Love Story" music video which is based on Romeo and Juliet. The song has reached No.2 on iTunes Store Top Downloaded Songs and No.4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Fifteen weeks after being added to pop radio, "Love Story" also became the first country crossover recording to hit number one on the Nielsen BDS CHR/Top 40 chart in the 16-year-history of the list, as well as number one on the Mediabase Top 40 Chart.[57] The second single from Fearless, "White Horse", was released on December 8, 2008. The music video for the song premiered on CMT on February 7, 2009. Though it missed the No.1 spot on Billboard's Hot Country Songs as of the week April 11, 2009, "White Horse" claimed the No.1 spot atop the USA Today/Country Aircheck chart (powered by Mediabase) in that week.[58] "Forever & Always", another song from the album, was based on Swift's relationship with singer Joe Jonas.[59] She was the first artist in the history of Nielsen SoundScan to have two different albums in the Top 10 on the year end album chart.[5] It also was the first album by a female artist in country music history to log eight weeks at No.1 on The Billboard 200. In mid-January 2009, Swift became the first country artist to top the 2 million mark in paid downloads with three different songs.[60] Swift is Billboard's Top Country Artist and Hot Country Songwriter of 2008; she is also country music's best-selling artist of 2008.[61] Swift ranked seventh on Nielsen SoundScan Canada's top-10 selling artists across all genres in 2008. Fearless and Taylor Swift took the No.1 and No.2 slots on 2008 Year-End Canadian Country Albums Chart.[62] Swift sang the Star-Spangled Banner at game three of the World Series in Philadelphia on October 25, 2008.


Swift performing as the headlining act at the 2010 Cavendish Beach Music Festival in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
In January 2009, Swift announced her North American Fearless Tour planned for 52 cities in 38 states and provinces in the US and Canada over the span of 6 months.[63] The tour kicked off April 23 in Evansville, Indiana. In the same month, Swift made her first musical guest appearance on Saturday Night Live.[64][65] On February 8, 2009, Swift performed her song "Fifteen" with Miley Cyrus at the 51st Grammy Awards. As of the week ending February 8, 2009, Swift's single "Love Story" became the country song with the most paid downloads in history.[66][67] Since the release of Swift's second album, Fearless, she has released one new song "Crazier" for the soundtrack of the feature film Hannah Montana: The Movie. At the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, Swift picked up Album of the Year honors as a performer and producer for Fearless. Swift is the youngest artist in history to win the ACM Album of the Year award. The Academy lauded her for career achievements including selling more albums in 2008 than any other artist in any genre of music, the breakthrough success of her debut album, and the worldwide crossover success of her No.1 single "Love Story". The Academy also cited Swift's contribution to helping country music attract a younger audience.[68] As of late April 2009, Swift has sold more than 14 million downloads, as well as three Gold Mobile Ringtones.[69] On April 28, 2009, Swift gave a free, private concert to students at Bishop Ireton High School, a small Catholic school in Alexandria, Virginia after the school won a national "TXT 2 WIN" contest from Verizon Wireless.[70] The students sent over 19,000 text messages to Verizon during a roughly one month long contest. Swift played for about an hour during the school's field day, an annual day-long recess with games and activities. On October 8, 2009 Swift's official website announced that her sold-out Fearless Tour would return to North America for 37 additional dates in 2010.


West taking the microphone from Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
Scheduled to perform on September 13, 2009, Swift attended the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. This was her first VMA performance, where she became the first country music artist to win an MTV Video Music Award.[71] During the show, as Swift was on stage accepting the award for Best Female Video for "You Belong with Me," singer/rapper Kanye West came on stage and took the microphone from Swift, saying that Beyoncé's video for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", nominated for the same award, was "one of the best videos of all time," an action that caused the many audience members to boo West.[72][73] He handed the microphone back to a stunned and reportedly upset Swift, who did not finish her acceptance speech.[72][74] When Beyoncé later won the award for Best Video of the Year for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", she called Swift up on stage so that she could finish her acceptance speech.[72][75] Following the awards show, West apologized for his verbal outburst in a blog entry (which was subsequently removed).[72] He was criticized by various celebrities for the outburst,[73][76][77][78][79] and even by President Barack Obama in an "off the record" comment.[80][81][82][83] He later posted a second apology on his blog and made his first public apology one day after the incident on the debut episode of The Jay Leno Show.[73] On September 15, 2009, Swift talked about the matter on The View, where she said she was at first excited to see West on stage and then disappointed once he acted out.[84][85] She said West had not spoken to her following the incident.[85] Following her appearance on The View, West contacted her to apologize personally; Swift said she accepted his apology.[71][85] However, on November 8, 2010, in an interview with a Minnesota radio station, West seemed to recant a bit of his past apologies by attempting to describe the act at the 2009 awards show as "selfless" and downgrade the perception of disrespect it created.[86][87]


Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards with her award.
On November 11, 2009, Swift became the youngest artist ever to win the Country Music Association Award for Entertainer of the year, and is one of only six women to win the Country Music Association's highest honor.[88] On the chart week of November 14, 2009, Swift set a record for the most songs on the Billboard Hot 100 by a female artist at the same time with eight singles from the re-release of her 2008 album Fearless namely five debut new songs in the top 30: "Jump Then Fall" at #10, "Untouchable" at #19, "The Other Side of the Door" at #22, "Superstar" at No.27 and "Come in With the Rain" at No.30 and three already-charted songs that were released as singles—"You Belong with Me" (#14), "Forever & Always" which re-entered the chart at #34, and "Fifteen" (#46).[89] In addition, the song "Two Is Better Than One" by Boys Like Girls which features Swift, debuted at No.80 in the same issue. This gives Swift six debuts in one week, the biggest number of debuts by any female artist of all time. It also lifts the number of her simultaneously-charting songs to nine, setting another record for the biggest number of charting songs by the same female artist in the same week.[90] When "Fifteen" reached No.38 on the chart week of November 21, 2009, Swift became the female artist with the most Top 40 singles this decade, surpassing Beyoncé. "Fifteen" became Swift's twentieth Top 40 single overall.[91] "Two Is Better Than One" by Boys Like Girls and John Mayer's "Half of My Heart" both featured Swift, peaking at No.40 and No.25 respectively. The two songs are her 21st and 22nd Top 40 singles. Fearless was the best-selling album of 2009 in the US with more than 3.2 millions copies sold in that year. Swift claimed both the No.1 and No.2 positions atop Nielsen's BDS Top 10 Most Played Songs chart (all genres), with "You Belong With Me" and "Love Story," respectively. She also topped the all format 2009 Top 10 Artist Airplay chart with over 1.29 million song detections, and the Top 10 Artist Internet Streams chart with more than 46 million song plays.[92]
2010–present: Speak Now
Swift released the track "Today Was a Fairytale" as a digital download on iTunes on January 19, 2010. The song was featured on the soundtrack for the film Valentine's Day, in which she made her feature-film acting debut. The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 2,[93] becoming her sixth Top 10 and 23rd Top 40 single on that chart. According to Nielsen SoundScan, with sales of "Today Was a Fairytale" more than 325,000 in its first week, Swift has broken the record for first-week download sales by a female artist.[94] The song also debuted at number one on the Canadian Hot 100, making it Swift's first number one hit in Canada. In February 2010, Swift brought her Fearless Tour to 5 cities in Australia. Opening acts included Gloriana.[95] In mid-July 2010, Billboard revealed that Swift's new album is called Speak Now. It was released on October 25, 2010.[96] She has written the album completely by herself in Arkansas, New York, Boston and Nashville with Nathan Chapman serving as co-producer. On Wednesday, August 4, 2010, the lead single from the album, "Mine," was leaked onto the internet. Big Machine Records decided to rush the release of the song to counteract the leak. Swift appeared at the 44th Annual Country Music Awards on November 10, 2010.[97] In 2011, Swift visited Singapore as the first stop of the Asian leg of her first world tour.[98] Hong Kong is the last stop of the Speak Now World Tour and Swift will begin the European and American leg afterwards.[99] Taylor Swift sold approximately 4,470,000 albums in the US in 2010 (more than any other artist) and sold 9.9 million digital tracks.[100]
Songwriting style

Swift's lyrics are highly autobiographical; she has said that "If you listen to my albums, it’s like reading my diary."[101] For example, the song "Forever & Always" was inspired by her relationship with Joe Jonas,[102] while the song "Hey Stephen" was written about a boy whom she toured with in the past.[101] "Fifteen" was written about her freshman year of high school. It has been said that her lyrics "can be tinged with acid: the quiet loner girl getting one over on the cheerleaders, or a caustic payback for the boy who dumped her."[103] She has also indicated that she tries to write so her fans can relate to the lyrics, saying "My goal is to never write songs that my fans can't relate to."[104] She parodied her confrontational style of songwriting during her appearance on Saturday Night Live; during her opening monologue, she performed an original song that featured lines such as "You might think I'd bring up Joe, that guy who broke up with me on the phone/ Hey, Joe, I'm doing real well, tonight I'm hosting 'SNL'" referring to her highly publicized relationship with Joe Jonas.[105]
The intensely personal nature of the songs has drawn her attention in the music industry. Swift once said, "I thought people might find them hard to relate to, but it turned out that the more personal my songs were, the more closely people could relate to them."[106] Due to the autobiographical nature of her songs, some fans have researched the songs' origins. Swift once said, "Every single one of the guys that I’ve written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans."[107] The New York Times described Swift as "one of pop's finest songwriters, country’s foremost pragmatist and more in touch with her inner life than most adults".[108]
Other work

Acting
In 2008, Swift made her acting debut in Brad Paisley's music video "Online". In that same year Swift filmed a documentary for MTV entitled MTV's Once Upon a Prom and a documentary with Def Leppard for CMT entitled CMT Crossroads, which premiered on November 7, 2008.[109] Swift collaborated with the Jonas Brothers in their 3D Concert Film, Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience. The film was released on February 27, 2009 in North America and brought in $12.7 million on its opening weekend.[110] Swift made her primetime television acting debut on CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation "Turn, Turn, Turn" as Haley Jones on March 5, 2009 in the U.S. and Canada. The episode was watched by 20.8 million viewers.[111] Swift made a cameo appearance in Kellie Pickler's music video "Best Days of Your Life". Swift also appeared in Hannah Montana: The Movie credited as "woman singing in the barn". The film was released on April 10, 2009 in North America.[112] The television show Dateline NBC showcased an hour on Swift on May 31, 2009. The episode titled Dateline NBC: On Tour With Taylor Swift included scenes from her tour bus, concert footage, and rehearsals.[113] Swift both hosted and performed as the musical guest for the November 7, 2009 episode of Saturday Night Live.[114] In 2010, Swift made her feature film acting debut as Felicia in the film Valentine's Day. For this role she won the Teen Choice Award for Movie Female Breakout.[115] She has been cast to voice the role of Audrey in the animated film The Lorax, set to be released in 2012.[116]
Cover model and recognition
Swift has been featured on the cover of a number of magazines. She has been a cover girl for Blender, for which she was one of two country artists during the magazine’s fifteen year run to be a cover subject.[117] She was included in People's annual "100 Most Beautiful People" 2008, 2009, and 2010 lists.[118][119] Additionally, she was named number fifty-seven on Maxim's sexiest women of 2008, number fifty on the 2009 list[120] and number thirty-one on the 2010 list.[121] CosmoGirl voted Swift as the "2008 Girl of the Year".[122] Swift was named by Rolling Stone magazine as one of "The RS 100: Agents of Change".[123] She was nominated as a candidate for TIME's "2009 The Time 100 Finalists" list, which is determined by online voting.[124] People magazine named Swift one of 25 Most Intriguing People of 2009.[125]
Merchandise
Jakks Pacific released a celebrity doll of Swift in late 2008.[126] Swift has been the face of L.E.I. Jeans (Life Energy Intelligence) since 2008.[127] Swift and the L.e.i. Clothing Line made a deal to create a line based on Swift's style of dressing, which will appear in Wal-Mart in the coming months.[128] However, Swift said she does not want to be called a designer. Instead, she says she will inspire the clothing company's dress line based on her own style. "I don't look at it like I'm branching out as a designer... It's not the Taylor Swift designer line."[129] In 2009, Swift became the National Hockey League's newest celebrity spokesperson. She appears in commercials for the Nashville Predators.[130]
In May 2009, Swift filed a lawsuit (kept sealed until August 2010) against numerous sellers of unauthorized counterfeit merchandise bearing her name, likeness, and trademarks, where she demanded a trial by jury, sought a judgement for compensatory damages, punitive damages, three times the actual damages sustained, and statutory damages, and sought for recovery of her attorney's fees and prejudgement interest.[131] Nashville's U.S. District Court granted an injunction and judgment against the sellers, who had been identified at Swift's concerts in several states. The court ordered merchandise seized from the defendants to be destroyed.[132][133][134]
Philanthropy


Swift at the premiere of Hannah Montana: The Movie, April 2009
On September 21, 2007, Swift helped launch a campaign to protect children from online predators.[135] She has teamed up with Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen to combat internet sex crimes.[135] The year-long campaign, in partnership with the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police, will distribute Internet safety information and materials to parents and students across the state.[135] In early 2008, Swift donated the pink Chevy pick-up truck given to her by her record label to the children’s charity, the Victory Junction Gang; in June, 2008, Swift donated all the proceeds from her merchandise sales at the 2008 Country Music Festival to Red Cross, the Nashville Area Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund and the National American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.[136]
Swift donated $100,000 to the Red Cross in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to help the victims of the Iowa flood of 2008.[137] Swift has teamed up with Sound Matters to make listeners aware of listening "responsibly".[138] Swift supports @15, a teen-led social change platform underwritten by Best Buy to give teens opportunities to direct the company's philanthropy through the newly-created @15 Fund. Swift's song, "Fifteen", is featured in this campaign.[139] Swift lent her support to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal by joining the lineup at Sydney's Sound Relief concert,[140] reportedly making the biggest contribution of any artist playing at Sound Relief to the Australian Red Cross.[141] Swift donated her prom dress, which raised $1,200 for charity, to DonateMyDress.org.[142] On November 20, 2009 after a live performance on BBC's Children in Need night Swift announced to Sir Terry Wogan she would donate £13,000 of her own money to the cause.[143]
On December 13, Swift's own birthday, she donated $250,000 to various schools around the country which she had either attended or been involved with.[144] Swift has donated a pair of her shoes – a gently-worn pair of black Betsey Johnson heels with her autograph on the sole – to the Wish Upon a Hero Foundation's Hero in Heels fundraiser for auction to raise money to benefit women with cancer.
In response to the May 2010 Tennessee floods, Swift donated $500,000 during a flood relief telethon hosted by WSMV, a Nashville television station.[145]
Personal life

In 2008, Swift was in a relationship with pop singer Joe Jonas, which ended in October of that year.[146] Swift indicated that her heartbreak song, "Forever & Always", on her album Fearless was inspired by Jonas.[146]
In late 2010, Swift briefly dated actor Jake Gyllenhaal.[147][148][149] They split in early 2011.[150]
Swift has also been linked to singer/guitarist John Mayer. There has been speculation that the songs "Dear John" and "The Story of Us" from her album Speak Now is about Mayer.[151][152]
Filmography

Year Film/TV show Role Notes
2007 America's Got Talent Herself Guest; Episode: Season 2 Finale
2009 Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience Cameo
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Haley Jones Episode: "Turn, Turn, Turn"
Hannah Montana: The Movie Girl Singing at the Barn Cameo
Saturday Night Live Herself Host/Musical Guest
Dancing with the Stars Guest; Episode: Week 6 results
2010 Valentine's Day Felicia Movie acting debut
Taylor Swift: Journey to Fearless Herself Main Role
Dancing with the Stars Guest; Episode: 200th episode
2012 The Lorax Audrey Voice
Discography

Main article: Taylor Swift discography
Taylor Swift (2006)
Fearless (2008)
Speak Now (2010)
Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Taylor Swift
Tours

Fearless Tour (2009–10)
Speak Now World Tour (2011)
References from Wikipedia.com

Lirik Taylor Swift - American Boy


American boy, living life as it goes
Sittin' on the fence posts
Living in the lie
American boy, living in the real world
Trying just to get the girl
Trying to survive

Chorus:

The simple things in life are always new
Growing up on Sam Hill avenue
Mama makes her cookies and daddy's just
The greatest living hero that ever was
Nothing in the world can ever once destroy
The hope of an american boy

Living off of bar tips, trying for relationships
Looking for the love
Suddenly rise, an american beauty
Suddenly he cheats, sent from above

Chorus:

The simple things in life are always new
Growing up on Sam Hill avenue
Mama makes her cookies and daddy's just
The greatest living hero that ever was
Nothing in the world can ever once destroy
The dream of an american boy

American boy, raising little babies
Hearing daddy maybe, I'll be like you
Suddenly life, seems just like a new dawn
That’s grown up, american boy

Chorus:

The simple things in life are always new
Growing up on Grandview avenue
Mama makes her cookies and daddy's just
The greatest living hero that ever was
Nothing in the world will ever once destroy
No, nothing in the world will ever once destroy
The hope of an American boy

Janelle Monae is to be Featured in "Women Who Rock" Exhibit!


Congratulations to Janelle Monae on her inclusion in the prestigious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum! The first ever "Women Who Rock" exhibit will open to the public on Friday, May 3rd.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will open a ground-breaking and provocative new exhibit that will illustrate the important roles women have played in rock and roll, from its inception through today. Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power will highlight the flashpoints, the firsts, the best, the celebrated and sometimes lesser-known women who moved rock and roll music and American culture forward. The exhibit is sponsored by PNC and Time Warner Cable. Women Who Rock will open to the public on Friday, May 13, 2011.

Janelle will be featured in the Ladies First: the 90's and the New Millenium section of the exhibit. Check out the official excerpt below. Highlighted artists will include Bikini Kill, Meg White, Taylor Swift, Queen Latifah, Janelle Monae, Alicia Keys and Lady Gaga.

Read more about it here.

Lirik Taylor Swift - Back To December

I'm so glad you made time to see me
How's life? Tell me, how's your family?
I haven't seen them in a while

You've been good, busier than ever
We small talk, work and the weather
Your guard is up, and I know why

Because the last time you saw me
Is still burned in the back of your mind
You gave me roses, and I left them there to die

So this is me swallowing my pride
Standing in front of you, saying I'm sorry for that night
And I go back to December all the time

It turns out freedom Ain’t nothing but missing you
Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine
I go back to December, turn around and make it alright
I go back to December all the time

These days, I haven't been sleeping
Staying up, playing back myself leaving
When your birthday passed, and I didn't call

Then I think about summer, all the beautiful times
I watched you laughing from the passenger side
And realized I loved you in the fall

And then the cold came, the dark days
When fear crept into my mind
You gave me all your love, and all I gave you was goodbye

So this is me swallowing my pride
Standing in front of you, saying I'm sorry for that night
And I go back to December all the time

It turns out freedom Ain’t nothing but missing you
Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine
I go back to December, turn around and change my own mind
I go back to December all the time

I miss your tan skin, your sweet smile
So good to me, so right
And how you held me in your arms that September night
The first time you ever saw me cry

Maybe this is wishful thinking
Probably mindless dreaming
But if we loved again, I swear I'd love you right

I'd go back in time and change it, but I can't
So if the chain is on your door, I understand

This is me swallowing my pride
Standing in front of you, saying I'm sorry for that night
And I go back to December

It turns out freedom ain’t nothing but missing you
Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine
I go back to December, turn around and make it alright
I go back to December, turn around and change my own mind
I go back to December all the time, all the time

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift


Taylor Alison Swift (lahir 13 Desember 1989) adalah seorang penyanyi-penulis lagu bergenre musik Country dan aktris berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat. Swift paling dikenal oleh media karena rambut curly emasnya dan mata kucingnya yang berwarna biru.

Dia merilis lagu pertamanya yang berjudul "Tim McGraw", dari album pertamanya yang juga berjudul Taylor Swift, yang telah menjadi multi-platinum dan disertifikasi 5x Platinum di US. Pada tanggal 11 November 2008, ia merilis album keduanya yang berjudul Fearless, yang penjualannya meroket, dan telah disertifikasi 7x Platinum dari RIAA. Fearless pun menduduki posisi pertama Billboard 200 untuk 11 minggu, adalah minggu terbanyak dibandingkan dengan album-album lainnya dekade ini. Fearless pun menjadi album dengan penjualan terbaik selama tahun 2009, dengan 3,2 juta kopi terjual pada tahun 2009. Album keduanya, Fearless, memenangkan penghargaan 2010 Grammy Awards untuk penghargaan tertingginya, Album of the Year. Swift menjadi pemenang Album of the Year dari Grammy Awards yang termuda, memenangkan penghargaan bergengsi tersebut pada umur 20 tahun, menggulingkan Alanis Morissette yang memenangkan Album of the Year untuk albumnya Jagged Little Pill pada umur 21 tahun.

Pada tahun 2008, kedua albumnya (Taylor Swift dan Fearless) telah terjual dengan kombinasi sebanyak lima juta kopi, dan merupakan tertinggi untuk seluruh artis pada tahun 2008 di US. Di Januari 2010, Nielsen Soundscan mengumumkan bahwa Swift adalah "Top-Selling Digital Music Artist in History" atau artis dengan penjualan musik digital terbesar, sebanyak 24,9 juta hanya dalam bentuk digital. . Sejauh ini, ia sudah menjual rekaman sebanyak 15 juta kopi diseluruh dunia. Ia telah membintangi sejumlah serial TV dan menjadi model beberapa video klip, serta menjadi cameo dibeberapa film. Ia memulai debut karier aktingnya difilm Valentine's Day dengan peran Felicia. Album ketiganya yang berjudul Speak Now, mendapatkan review yang sangat positif dari para kritikus dan terjual lebih dari satu juta kopi dalam minggu pertamanya, 1,047,000 kopi, menjadikan Speak Now album wanita dengan penjualan tertinggi sejak Britney Spears ditahun 2000 dengan album Oops!... I Did It Again dengan penjualan 1,320,000 kopi.
Karier Bermusik
2006–2008: Taylor Swift

Swift pertama kali merilis singel pertamanya, "Tim McGraw", dan berhasil meraih peringkat 6 di Billboard Hot Country Song dan peringkat 40 di Billboard Hot 100. Lalu ia merilis album perdananya, Taylor Swift, yang langsung terdaftar pada peringkat 19 di Billboard 200. Lalu, setelah perilisan singel "Teardrops on My Guitar", penjualan albumnya mulai meninggi dan akhirnya mencapai posisi puncak Billboard Hot Country Albums dan peringkat 5 di Billboard 200. Album tersebut bertahan diposisi puncak untuk 24 minggu tidak berurutan. Album lain yang memiliki minggu dipuncak Billboard Hot Country Albums diatas 20 minggu pada dekade 2000-an hanya Dixie Chicks dan Carrie Underwood. Setelah Januari 2010, Taylor Swift telah terjual 4,6 juta kopi dan 9 juta download singel.

Singel kedua dari album perdananya, "Teardrops on My Guitar" mampu mencapai kesuksesan lebih tinggi dari "Tim McGraw", menduduki posisi 2 di Billboard Hot Country Song dan posisi 13 di Billboard Hot 100, lagu Swift pertama yang menduduki posisi Top 20 di Billboard Hot 100. Singel ketiganya, "Our Song", berhasil mendapatkan kesuksesan lebih tinggi lagi dari "Teardrops on My Guitar", berhasil menduduki posisi puncak Billboard Hot Country Song, singel pertamanya yang berhasil melakukannya dan berada diposisi puncak untuk 6 minggu, juga salah satu rekor terlama untuk seorang penyanyi wanita. Lagu tersebut juga berhasil menduduki posisi 16 di Billboard Hot 100, menjadikannya lagu Swift kedua yang menduduki posisi Top 20 di chart tersebut.

Singel ketiganya yang berjudul "Picture to Burn" belum berhasil mencapai kesuksesan seperti "Our Song", namun masih lumayan sukses karena menduduki posisi 3 di Billboard Hot Country Song dan posisi 29 di Billboard Hot 100. Setelah meriis ulang album perdananya menjadi Taylor Swift: Deluxe Edition, dan menambahkan sebuah singel lagi, "Should've Said No". Meskipun mendapatkan rating yang kurang bagus, singel tersebut mampu menduduki posisi puncak Billboard Hot Country Song untuk 2 minggu dan posisi 33 di Billboard Hot 100. Sampai akhir 2008, Taylor Swift telah terjual sebanyak 3 juta kopi di US. Ia pun sempat meraih nominasi Grammy Award untuk Best New Artist, tapi lolos ke Amy Winehouse.
2008–2009: Fearless

Swift merilis album keduanya, Fearless pada November 2008 dan langsung sangat sukses. Pada awal pembukaannya, album tersebut terjual sebanyak 592,300 kopi, merupakan jumlah terbanyak untuk seluruh artis wanita pada tahun 2008. Hanya dalam dua bulan, album tersebut sukses terjual 2,2 juta kopi. Album tersebut juga terdaftar dalam peringkat 1 untuk Billboard 200 selama 11 minggu tidak berurutan dan juga peringkat 1 untuk Billboard Hot Country Albums untuk 35 minggu tidak berurutan. Empat singel dirilis sebagai singel promosi dari Fearless, dan keempatnya mendapatkan sambutan yang sangat meriah. Singel tersebut adalah "Change", "Fearless", "You're Not Sorry", dan "You Belong with Me", yang langsung masuk ke peringkat 10, 9, 11, dan 12, berurutan. Swift adalah artis pertama yang mampu melakukan hal ini.

Singel yang pertama dirilis adalah "Love Story", dengan gaya a la zaman dahulu, lagu ini menjadi lagu internasional Swift yang pertama. Berhasil meraih peringkat di Top 10 di lebih dari 20 negara didunia, termasuk juga Top 5 dibeberapa negara, termasuk peringkat 4 di Billboard Hot 100 dan peringkat 1 di Billboard Hot Country Song untuk 2 minggu. "White Horse" ditunjuk sebagai singel kedua yang dirilis, singel ballad ini berhasil menduduki posisi 13 di Billboard Hot 100, dan posisi 2 di Billboard Hot Country Song. Singel ini berhasil meraih dua Grammy Award sekaligus untuk Best Country Song dan Best Female Country Vocal Performance.

Singel ketiga dari Fearless adalah "You Belong with Me", yang dirilis sebagai singel asli dan berhasil meraih posisi 2 di Billboard Hot 100 serta posisi 1 untuk dua minggu di Billboard Hot Country Song. Lagu ini dinominasikan untuk 3 Grammy Award sekaligus, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, dan Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, sayangnya, semua gagal dimenangkan. Lalu "Fifteen" dirilis menjadi singel keempat, dan "Fearless" dirilis kembali menjadi singel asli kelima. Selain itu, Fearless pun diumumkan sebagai Billboard's Top Selling Albumof 2009, menandakan sebagai album terlaris pada tahun 2009 dengan penjualan 3,2 juta kopi.

Pada tanggal 13 September 2009, tepatnya acara MTV Video Music Awards digelar. Swift berhasil memenangkan sebuah piala untuk Best Female Video untuk videonya "You Belong with Me". Namun, saat sedang berpidato untuk kemenangannya, rapper Kanye West dengan santai maju kepanggung dan merebut mikrofon yang dipegang Swift, dan menyatakan bahwa video dari Beyonce yang berjudul "Single Ladies" lah yang harusnya menang, bukan video Swift. Kanye West lalu diusir dari acara, dan saat Beyonce memenangkan Video of the Year, penghargaan tertinggi malam itu, ia mengundang Swift untuk kembali maju dan menyelesaikan pidatonya. Swift setuju dan ia menyelesaikan pidatonya malam itu. Insiden ini menyedot perhatian banyak artis, termasuk para nominator Best Female Video lainnya, seperti Pink, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, serta Kelly Clarkson, yang kompak setuju bahwa video Swift boleh-boleh saja menang. Artis dan banyak orang penting lainnya pun menilai tindakan Kanye West sangat negatif, dan tidak pantas. Kanye West akhirnya meminta maaf pada Swift, dan Swift menerimanya.
2010-sekarang: Debut film dan Speak Now

Pada Februari 2010, ia mendapatkan 8 nominasi Grammy Awards dan mendapatkan 4 diantaranya, antara lain Album of the Year dan Best Country Album untuk Fearless, serta Best Female Country Vocal Performance dan Best Country Song untuk "White Horse". Ia juga dinominasikan sebagai Best New Artist tahun 2008 lalu (lolos pada Amy Winehouse), dan dinominasikan untuk 4 kategori lain, yaitu Record of the Year, Song of the Year, dan Best Female Pop Vocal Performance untuk "You Belong with Me" dan Best Pop Collaborations with Vocal untuk "Breathe", bersama Colbie Caillat.

Swift lalu muncul dalam film Valentine's Day, dan menyanyikan lagu utama dalam soundtracknya, yang berjudul "Today Was a Fairytale". Reaksi lagu ini sangat dahsyat, dan dalam seminggu lagu ini telah terjual 325.000 kopi, dan langsung mendapatkan posisi 2 di Billboard Hot 100. Mengalahkan rekor yang sebelumnya dipegang Britney Spears dan lagunya "Womanizer" yang terjual 280.000 kopi pada minggu pertamanya.

Swift merilis album ketiganya bertitel Speak Now pada 25 Oktober 2010. Semenjak dirilis, para kritikus memberikan review yang sangat positif bahkan mendekati sempurna untuk album ini. Melengkapi respon positif dari kritikus, Speak Now berhasil dengan hebatnya menembus angka satu juta kopi dalam minggu pertama, yaitu 1,047,000 hanya pada minggu pertamanya. Swift adalah artis pertama yang mendapatkan satu juta kopi untuk penjualan albumnya diminggu pertama sejak Lil Wayne ditahun 2008, dan juga artis country pertama yang mendapatkan satu juta kopi penjualan albumnya diminggu pertama, sejak Garth Brooks ditahun 1994. Speak Now menjadi rekor sebuah album country dari artis wanita pertama yang menembus lebih dari satu juta kopi diminggu pertamanya, dan kedua keseluruhan, setelah Garth Brooks. Artis wanita beraliran country lainnya yang sempat menduduki rekor ini adalah Shania Twain dengan albumnya Up! ditahun 2002 yang terjual 847,000 kopi diminggu pertamanya.
Grammy Awards

Berikut adalah nominasi-nominasi yang diterima Swift dalam ajang super bergengsi Grammy Awards. Swift sudah mendapatkan 9 nominasi dan memenangkan 4 diantaranya. Nominasi yang dimenangkan ada pada nominasi yang ditebalkan:

* 50th Grammy Awards (2008) :
o Best New Artist : Taylor Swift (lolos ke Amy Winehouse)

* 52nd Grammy Awards (2010) :
o Album of the Year - Fearless
o Record of the Year - "You Belong with Me" (lolos ke "Use Somebody" dari Kings of Leon)
o Song of the Year - "You Belong with Me" (lolos ke "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" dari Beyonce)
o Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - "You Belong with Me (lolos ke "Halo (lagu Beyoncé Knowles)" dari Beyonce)
o Best Pop Collaborations with Vocal - "Breathe" (Bersama Colbie Caillat) (lolos ke "Lucky" dari Jason Mraz dan Colbie Caillat)
o Best Country Album - Fearless
o Best Country Song - "White Horse"
o Best Female Country Vocal Performance - "White Horse"

Lirik Taylor Swift - Love story

We were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes
And the flashback starts
I'm standing there
On a balcony in summer air

See the lights
See the party, the ball gowns
I see you make your way through the crowd
And say hello, little did I know

That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you please don't go, and I said

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes

So I sneak out to the garden to see you
We keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew
So close your eyes
Escape this town for a little while

'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
But you were everything to me
I was begging you please don't go and I said

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes

Romeo save me, they try to tell me how to feel
This love is difficult, but it's real
Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess
It's a love story baby just say yes
Oh oh

I got tired of waiting
Wondering if you were ever coming around
My faith in you is fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town, and I said

Romeo save me I've been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you but you never come
Is this in my head? I don't know what to think
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring

And said, marry me Juliet
You'll never have to be alone
I love you and that's all I really know
I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress
It's a love story baby just say yes

Oh, oh, oh, oh
'Cause we were both young when I first saw you

Lirik Taylor Swift - Fifteen

You take a deep breath and you walk through the doors
It's the morning of your very first day
And you say hi to your friends you ain't seen in a whileTry and stay out of everybody's way
It's your freshman year and you're gonna be hereFor the next four years in this town
Hoping one of those senior boys will wink at you and say"You know, I haven't seen you around before"

Chorus: Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
And when you're fifteen feeling like there's nothing to figure outWell, count to ten, take it in
This is life before you know who you're gonna be Fifteen

You sit in class next to a redhead named Abigail
And soon enough you're best friends
Laughing at the other girls who think they're so cool
We'll be outta here as soon as we canAnd then you're on your very first date and he's got a car
And you're feeling like flying
And you're momma's waiting up and you're thinking he's the one
And you're dancing 'round your room when the night ends
When the night ends'

Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
When you're fifteen and your first kiss
Makes your head spin 'round
But in your life you'll do things greater than
Dating the boy on the football team
But I didn't know it at fifteen

When all you wanted was to be wanted
Wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now

Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday
But I realized some bigger dreams of mine
And Abigail gave everything she had to a boy
Who changed his mind and we both cried'

Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
And when you're fifteen, don't forget to look before you fallI've found time can heal most anything
And you just might find who you're supposed to be
I didn't know who I was supposed to be at fifteen

Your very first day
Take a deep breath girl
Take a deep breath as you walk through the doors

Biodata Taylor Swift


Lahir di Wyommisng, Pennsylvania, 13 Desember 1989, Taylor Alison Swift atau yang akrab disapa Taylor Swift merupakan kakak dari Austin sekaligus putri pertama pasangan makelar saham Scott Swift dan ibu rumah tangga bernama Andrea. Kecintaan Taylor terhadap menyanyi sejak dia masih kecil. Kala itu, Taylor ternyata pernah tampil dengan berani menghibur para wisatawan dengan menyanyikan lagu berjudul "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" yang merupakan salah satu soundtrack film "The Lion King" (1994). Aksi nekad itu diakui Taylor sebagai usaha yang ngawur dan serampangan mengingat ketika itu dia masih berusia 3 tahun.

Seiring bertambahnya usia, bakat menyanyi Taylor rupanya makin berkembang. Dia berhasil memenangkan kontes karaoke dan festival nyanyi yang digelar di kota asalnya. Taylor juga kerap mengirimkan contoh rekaman suaranya sejak dia masih berusia 11 tahun. Bahkan dia juga piawai menulis puisi dan lagu. Sebagai inspirasi menulis, Taylor mengaku kerap menuangkan berbagai macam tema mulai dari masalah pribadi yang dialaminya hingga hal-hal menarik lainnya. Bagi Taylor, menulis dan menciptakan lagu merupakan strateginya untuk menghilangkan stres.

Beranjak remaja, Taylor berhasil memulai debutnya sebagai penyanyi profesional dengan merilis album "Tim McGraw" (2006). Berkat album tersebut nama Taylor sebagai penyanyi semakin dikenal. Dua tahun kemudian, Taylor merilis album kedua berjudul "Fearless" (2008). Album tersebut berhasil membuatnya meraih penghargaan di ajang Grammy diantaranya untuk kategori Album of the Year dan Best Country Album. Seiring dengan kesuksesannya sebagai penyanyi, Taylor juga mulai merambah dunia akting. Beberapa film yang dibintanginya yakni "Hannah Montana: The Movie" (cameo) dan "Valentine's Day" (Felicia).

Tentu saja menjadi penyanyi muda berbakat bukan berarti selalu mendapat kemudahan. Taylor pernah mendapat perlakuan yang sedikit melecehkan dari penyanyi senior Kanye West saat menerima penghargaan di ajang MTV Video Music Awards pada 13 September 2009 silam. Kala itu, Taylor yang berada diatas panggung untuk menerima penghargaan hendak mengungkapkan kegembiraannya karena meraih penghargaan untuk kategori Best Female Video (single "You Belong with Me"). Sayangnya, belum selesai berpidato, Kanye tiba-tiba naik ke atas panggung dan merebut mic sambil berkata kalau video musik single "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) milik Beyonce Knowles yang juga dinominasikan untuk kategori yang sama merupakan video terbaik sepanjang jaman.

Tentu saja aksi Kanye tersebut membuat malu Taylor. Taylor mengungkapkan kalau awalnya dia gembira ketika Kanye naik ke atas panggung dan tak mengira akan dipermalukan seperti itu. Namun, ketika Kanye bersikap kasar, Taylor merasa sangat kecewa. Atas sikap kasarnya tersebut, Kanye sempat meminta maaf beberapa kali melalui media dan blog pribadinya. Kanye juga akhirnya menemui Taylor secara pribadi untuk menyampaikan permohonan maafnya.

Dalam kehidupan pribadi, Taylor adalah sosok yang melankolis. Dia pernah menjalin kasih dengan Joe Jonas di tahun 2008. Beberapa bulan kemudian, hubungan asmara Taylor dengan personil Jonas Brother tersebut kandas dan sempat menjadi sorotan publik. Hal ini karena Joe memutuskan Taylor melalui telepon yang hanya berdurasi 27 detik. Perpisahan itu membuat Taylor marah dan enggan menerima permintaan Joe. Dia bahkan terang-terangan mengekspresikan rasa patah hatinya dengan membuat sebuah lagu tentang Joe, "Forever & Always", yang ada di album keduanya "Fearless". Setelah hubungan asmaranya dengan Joe kandas, dia kemudian menjalin kasih dengan Taylor Lautner. Namun, kabarnya hubungan asmara tersebut digosipkan telah berakhir.

Lirik & Cord Guitar Taylor Swift - Teardrops On My Guitar

G Em C D
Drew looks at me, I fake a smile so he won’t see
G Em C D
That I want and I’m needing, everything that we should be
Em C
I'll bet she’s beautiful, that girl he talks about
G D
And she’s got everything that I have to live without

G Em C D
Drew talks to me, I laugh cause it’s so damn funny
G Em C D
That I can’t even see, anyone when he’s with me
Em C
He says he’s so in love, he’s finally got it right
G D
I wonder if he knows he’s all I think about at night

G D
He’s the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
Em C
The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star
G D Em C
He’s the song in the car I keep singing, don’t know why I do

G Em C D
Drew walks by me, can he tell that I can’t breathe?
G Em C
And there he goes so perfectly
D
The kind of flawless I wish I could be
Em C
She’d better hold him tight, give him all her love
G D
Look in those beautiful eyes and know she’s lucky cause

G D
He’s the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
Em C
The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star
G D Em C
He’s the song in the car I keep singing, don’t know why I do

Em C
So I drive home alone, as I turn out the light
G D
I put his picture down, and maybe get some sleep tonight

G D
Cause he’s the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
Em C
The only one who’s got enough of me to break my heart
G D Em C
He’s the song in the car I keep singing, don’t know why I do
G D
He’s the time, taken up, but there’s never enough
Em C
And he’s all that I need to fall into

G Em C D G
Drew looks at me, I fake a smile so he won’t see


Liril & Cord guitar Taylor Swift - Love Story

Intro: C G Am F

C
We were both young when i first saw you
F
I close my eyes and the flashback starts
Am F
Im standing there on a balcony of summer air

C
See the lights, See the party the ball gowns
F
I see you make your way through the crowd
Am
You say hello
G
Little did i know

F G
That you were romeo you were throwing pebbles
Am C
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
F
And i was crying on the staircase
G Am C
Begging you please don't go, and i said

C
Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
G
I'll be waiting all theres left to do is run
Am
You'll be the prince and i'll be the princess
F G C
Its a love story baby just say yes

C
So i sneak out to the garden to see you
F
We keep quite because we're dead if they know
Am
So close your eyes
G
Let’s keep this down for a little while
F G
Cause you were Romeo I was a scarlet letter
Am C
and my daddy said stay away from Juliet


F
But you were everything to me
G Am C
and i was begging you please don't go and i said

C
Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
G
I'll be waiting all theres left to do is run
Am
You be the prince i'll be the princess
F G C
Its a love story baby just say yes

C
Romeo save me, try to tell me how it is
G
This love is difficult, but its real,
Am
Save me from the breakdown, make it out of looseness
F G
Its a love story baby just say yes, oh

Solo: C G Am F

Am F C G
I got tired of waiting, wondering if you were ever coming around
Am F
My faith in you was fading
C G
Then i met you on the outskirts of town and i said
C
Romeo save me i've been feeling so alone
G
I keep waiting for you but you never come
Am
Is this in my head, i don't know what to think
F G
He nelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said
D
Marry me Juliet you'll never have to be alone
A
I love you and thats all I really know
Bm
I talked to your dad go pick out a white dress
G A D
Its a love story baby just say yes
D A Bm
Oh, oh, yes
G D
We were very young when i first saw you