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__**Taylor Swift**__ A. Early Life B. How Taylor was discovered C. Career D. Other E. Philanthropy F. Taylor and her fans
 * 1) Taylor Swift was born from Scott and Andrea Swift in December of 1989
 * 2) Born in Reading, Pennsylvania
 * 3) Spent a lot of vacationing in Stone Harbor, New Jersey
 * 4) loved horseback riding
 * 5) Repair man taught her three chords
 * 6) Had a song writing interest at a very young age
 * 7) Began writing music at the age of 10
 * 8) First song: Lucky you
 * 9) Sang at fairs, festivals, and baseball games
 * 1) When Taylor was 11, they moved to Nashville to pursue a career
 * 2) Faced a lot of rejection from record labels and her peers
 * 3) Scott Borschetta signed her when she was 16, by Big Machine Records, after he saw her sing at Bluebird Cafe and was very impressed.
 * 4) It took her three years to finally get signed by a record label
 * 1) First album: Taylor Swift
 * 2) Second album: Fearless
 * 3) Third album: Speak Now
 * 4) Best selling music artists of all time
 * 5) CSI, Valentine's Day, The Lorax
 * 1) Grandmother was an opera singer
 * 2) Looks to Dolly Parton and LeAnn Rimes as music influences
 * 3) Loves and is very good with little kids
 * 4) written/ cowritten over 200 songs
 * 5) Has a brother named austin who attend the University of Notre Dame from 2010- 2011 school year, but now attends Vanderbilt University as a Sophomore
 * 6) Scott Swift: father, a Merrill Lynch financial advisor
 * 7) Andrea Swift: mother, a homemaker, who previously worked as a mutual fund marking executive
 * 1) what is philanthropy?
 * 2) Natural disaster funds: All of the proceeds that she earned from her country music festival in 2008, she donated to the Red Cross's disaster relief fund. $100,00 was donated to Iowa Flood victims of 2008. In May 2010, there was floods in Tennessee, so Taylor donated $500,000 during a flood relief telethon. In May 2011, Swift raised $750,000 from ticket sales at a concert to benefit people who were victims in recent tornadoes. In April 2012, a man that was permanently paralyzed by the tornado, she donated $1,500 to make his home wheelchair- accessible.
 * 3) September 2007, launched campaign to protect children from online predators
 * 1) Just a regular girl
 * 2) Loves her fans