Taylor Swift (born December 13, 1989) is a country music singer-songwriter from Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.
At 15 years old she became the youngest recruit to Big Machine Records, a joint venture between former Dreamworks executive Scott Borchetta and country superstar Toby Keith.
She has appeared on Good Morning America, and at the 2006 Academy of Country Music Awards. Her pursuit of country music stardom was the subject of "GAC Short Cuts," a part-documentary, part-music video series that aired during the summer of 2006 on the country music channel Great American Country. Her debut single, entitled "Tim McGraw" after the country superstar, was released in June, 2006.
Her self-titled debut CD was released on October 24, 2006.