A beautiful, inspiring and hugely talented singer and
songwriter,Taylor Swift has earned lot of fame in few years of her
career. Started at a young age, this singer and performer has shown wide
range in her singing and great maturity in her writings for which she
has been appreciated and awarded. The more you know her, the more you
fall for her. So here few interesting facts about Taylor Swift you
should know to adore her.
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1. Youngest artist to win a Grammy
Taylor
Swift is the youngest artist to win a prestigious award of Grammy at
the age of 20 for her Album ‘Fearless’. To date she has 7 Grammy’s.
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2. Wrote her first song at the age of 12
This
talented star, wrote her first song, ‘Lucky You’ at the age of 12. When
a repairman taught her how to play few strings of a guitar, this
inspired her to write a song.
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3. Novelist at a young age
Not
only she started singing and writing songs at early age, Taylor also
wrote a 350 page novel at the age of 12 which has never been published.
She surely knows her way with the words!
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4. Taylor fears…
Taylor
Swift has few fears to her list which includes snakes and spiders which
terrify her. Also she fears death and not ending up happy. So she isn’t
too different than many of us!
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5. Taylor is kind of blind
Taylor
Swift supposedly has very bad eyesight which is like nearly blind and
she wears big chunky glasses when not using contacts.
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6. She is terrified of tattoos
Well most super stars love having ink on them; this country girl is
terrified of the idea of getting a tattoo. She says that she cannot
commit to any one symbol or saying for the rest of her life.
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7. Instrument queen
Taylor
Swift not just writes and sings well but is very good with instruments.
She can play Guitar, Piano, Ukulele, Electric Guitar and Banjo.
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8. For her first job, she did bugs examinations
Well long before she ruled the world, this singer participated in
family business during holidays and used to check all Christmas trees
for bugs. That surely is an interesting first job!
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9. About Harry Styles
The pop star who is known to write about her Ex admits in a recent
interview that three songs in 1989 are about Harry Styles namely “I Wish
You Would,” “All You Had To Do Was Stay,” and the perfectly titled
“Style.”
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10. Only artist to have an album hit 1 million
Taylor Swift is known to be the only artist in the music history to have an album hit 1 million 1
st week sales figure three times. Her 3 albums to have that are Speak Now(2010), Red (2012), 1989 (2014).
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11. Taylor Grandmother was an Opera Singer
So
we gathered that the singing runs in Taylor’s blood. Her grandmother on
her Mom’s side, Marjorie Finlay, was an accomplished opera singer and
apparently, Taylor looks a lot like her.
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12. First host to write her own monologue at SNL
The famous show ‘Saturday Night Live’ generally have writers to take
care of celebrity’s host monologue, but Taylor was the first one to come
up with her own song called ‘My Monologue Song’.
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13. Obsessed with Disney
The beautiful singer admits that she is obsessed with everything Disney and follows the Disney legacy.
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14. Won a Poetry Award
At the age of 10, Taylor Swift won a national poetry award for a poem she wrote, named “Monster in My Closet”.
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15. Records and Awards
In
the year 2009, Taylor Swift broke a country music world record by
selling more digital downloads than any other country artist which was
selling more than 20 million hits.
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16. Rich celebrity stuff
As connected as she can get to her fans, this star surely has rich
celebrity stuff to flaunt. She owns an 8-bedroom summer house in coastal
Watch Hill, Rhode Island. Also she owns a Dassault Falcon 900 private
jet- and an airport hangar at Nashville International Airport.
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17. The Big Help Award by Michelle Obama
In
the year 2012, the first lady, Michelle Obama presented the Big Help
Award to Taylor for her dedication to helping others and inspiring
others through actions. Way to go Swift!
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18. Her Dad is her Best Friend
The
adorable Taylor once said that she and her dad are very similar. They
both love English language and read the same books. She considers her
dad as her best friend. How many of you are saying, Awwww?
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19. Obsessed by iPhone cases
Taylor is known to be obsessed with iPhone cases especially the vintage ones. She loves the handmade ones available on Etsy.