taylorswift.ppt

1、,Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country pop singersongwriter, guitarist and actress. In 2006, she released her debut single Tim McGraw, which preceded the release of her self-titled debut album. Her album was certified Platinum several times by the Recording Industry Ass

2、ociation of America.,Early life,Swift was born in the borough of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Scott Swift, a stock broker, and his wife Andrea, a homemaker. She has a younger brother, Austin. When she was in fourth grade, Swift won a national poetry contest with a three page poem

3、 entitled Monster In My Closet. She was a member of a local SNL-inspired kids sketch comedy group, Theatre Kids Live!, where she was a natural comedic talent. After seeing her karaoke performance at one of the cast parties, group founder Kirk Cremers mother suggested that Swift seemed more of a natu

4、ral to pursue a career in country music than theatrical performing. Emboldened by her performances and growing audiences, she began to perform in other local open mike and karaoke nights. Her first major show was a well-received performance at the Bloomsburg Fair, arranged by local performer Pat Gar

5、rett.,Early work,Swifts greatest musical influence is Shania Twain. Her other influences include her grandmother, LeAnn Rimes, Tina Turner and Dolly Parton. Although her grandmother was a professional opera singer, Taylors tastes always ran more toward country and she developed a love for Patsy Clin

6、e and Dolly Parton at an early age. She also credits the Dixie Chicks and Shania Twain for demonstrating how much impact can be made by stretching boundaries. 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 song

7、s. She gave a copy to every label in town. Swift faced rejection, not just from record labels, but also from her peers.,After Swift returned to Pennsylvania, she was asked to sing at the U.S. Open tennis tournament; her rendition of the national anthem received a lot of attention. Swift started writ

8、ing songs and playing 12-string guitar when she was 12. Swift began to regularly visit Nashville and wrote songs with local songwriters. By the time she was 14, her family decided to move to an outlying Nashville suburb. When Swift was fifteen, she rejected RCA Records because the company wanted to

9、keep her on a development deal. Swift then performed at Nashvilles songwriters venue, The Bluebird Caf, catching the attention of Scott Borchetta who signed her to his newly-formed record label, Big Machine Records. She also became the youngest staff songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Tree publis

10、hing house at 14.,Music career,Swift performing during her Fearless tour in August, 2009.Swift is Billboards Top Country Artist and Hot Country Songwriter of 2008; she is also country musics best-selling artist of 2008. Swift ranked seventh on Nielsen Sound Scan Canadas top-10 selling artists across

11、 all genres in 2008. Fearless and Taylor Swift took the top1 and top2 slots on 2008 Year-End Canadian Country Albums Chart. Swift sang the Star-Spangled Banner at game three of the World Series in Philadelphia on October 25, 2008. On January 10, 2009, Swift made her first musical guest appearance on

12、 Saturday Night Live, making her the youngest country singer to appear as a musical guest on the show in its 33-year run. Swifts show achieved SNLs highest adult 18-49 rating and overall viewer total since the November election (in 2008). It was tied for the top7 rating of that week among all broadc

13、ast and cable entertainment programs on all networks and outscored all its telecasts of last season in 18-49 and total viewers. On February 8, 2009, Swift performed her song Fifteen with Miley Cyrus at the 51st Grammy Awards.,Swift is the youngest artist in history to win Album of the Year award. Sw

14、ift was also awarded the Academys Crystal Milestone Award, given for Outstanding Achievement in Country Music. 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 (which spawned

15、five Top 10 hits, more than any in history for a female artists debut CD), and the worldwide crossover success of her top1 single Love Story. The Academy also cited Swifts contribution to helping country music attract a younger audience. As of late April 2009, Swift has sold more than 14 million dow

16、nloads, as well as three Gold Mobile Ringtones.,achievements,Grammys,50th Grammy Awards 2008 ： Best New Artist 最佳新人奖 - Taylor Swift 提名 52nd Grammy Awards 2010 ： Album of the Year - Fearless 获得（有史以来该奖项最年轻获得者) Record of the Year - You Belong With Me 提名 Song of the Year - You Belong With Me 提名 Best Fem

17、ale Pop Vocal Performance - You Belong With Me 提名 Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals - Breathe feat.Colbie Caillat 提名 Best Country Album - Fearless 获得 Best Female Country Vocal Performance - White Horse 获得 Best Country Song - White Horse 获得,American Music Awards,American Music Awards of 2007： Favorite Female Country Artist - Taylor Swift 提名 American Music Awards of 2008： Favorite Female Country Artist - Taylor Swift 获得 American Music Awards of 2009: Artist of The Year - Taylor Swift 获得 Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist - Taylor Swif