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Taylor Swift

Wednesday, January 7, 2009
D.O.B: 13th December, 1989
Home town: Pennsylvania, USA.
Star sign: Saggitarius

Meet Taylor Swift; the coolest thing to happen to country music for a long time. Before you turn your nose up and say "Oh, but I don't like country music", we have to say that Taylor is no twanging country bumpkin, y'all.

If you like girls who play guitar and sing about love, then you'll probably like Taylor. And even if you don't dig her music, there's another reason you might be interested: she's the girl Joe Jonas dumped over the phone in 27 seconds! Read on for the juice ...

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At only 10 years of age, Taylor was performing on stage at every event she could enter, from karaoke contests and festivals to country fairs and singing to hundreds of spectators in an effort to get her music out there. This was certainly one determined little lady!

While the rest of us were colouring in pictures in primary school and playing with our Tamagotchis, Taylor was delivering home-made demo tapes to all the top music labels, hoping for that big break. She was only 11. No wonder her latest album is titled Fearless.

At 14, Taylor and her family moved to Nashville Tennessee, the country music capital of the world, where signed her first record deal before she could even get her learner's licence!

Now she's huge in the US, so much so that despite country music suffering a major decline in CD sales, more than four million copies of Fearless were sold in 2008!

People are just going crazy for Taylor — her single 'White Horse' was her sixth top 20 debut in the American charts in one year, which is a record in the chart's 50-year history. And guess who she stole that record from? None other than The Jonas Brothers, her ex-boyfriend Joe's band!

Read the transcript of Taylor's exclusive Live Chat on DOLLY.com.au

Taylor's relationship with Joe helped cast her into the Hollywood spotlight, but it wasn't until they broke up that things got really interesting. Taylor told American talk show host Ellen DeGeneres that Joe broke up with her over the phone, in just 27 seconds.

"I looked at the call log; it was like 27 seconds. That's got to be a record," Taylor said.

Taylor continued to wear her heart on her sleeve. Obviously upset that Joe had started dating Camille Belle not long after their split, Taylor told US OK! Magazine: "They've been together since we broke up. That's why we broke up — because he met her."

It was this comment that forced Joe to issue a public statement.

"I never cheated on a girlfriend. It might make someone feel better to assume or imply I have been unfaithful but it is simply not true," Joe posted on The Jonas Brothers' blog in response to the cheating accusation.

And as for the 27-second phone call biz?

"I called to discuss feelings with the other person. Those feelings were obviously not well received. I did not end the conversation. Someone else did," Joe shot back. "Phone calls can only last as long as the person on the other end of the line is willing to talk.

"A phone call can be pretty short when someone else ends the call. The only difference in this conversation was that I shared something the other person did not want to hear.

A song on Fearless, 'Forever and Always', is reportedly about Joe.

"It's a song about watching somebody completely fade away in a relationship and wondering what you did wrong," Taylor told People magazine.

We're loving the tune and the fact it's about a Jonas Brother makes it's an instant hit!

Another thing we love about Taylor (since we're on the soapbox, we might as well stay up here!) is how open she is with her fans, and not just about all this break-up stuff.

Watch Taylor's video blog from her recent trip to Australia:

Those stars burn like diamonds.

Check out Taylor's MySpace page, where she gives a lot more away about herself than other celebs. An example of her down to earth nature:

"I just got back from a [five]-show run on the road. Now I'm sitting in my kitchen … on the counter. Eating cool whip. And trying to think of things to do with my free time. Other than talking to my cat and making playlists of sad songs. Sad songs are awesome, by the way."

Watch this space!

Random facts about Taylor

  • The straight-A student spent her school time doodling lyrics in the margins of her notebooks, dreaming of bigger and better things.
  • Taylor became obsessed with the hit television series Grey's Anatomy. She became convinced she would name her first daughter Izzie, and when Denny died, she cried for days!
  • During the filming of live shows, Taylor has a habit of placing her microphone down and not remembering where she left it! "Then when we're about to go live, there is a lot of scrambling and running and finding the mic in random places," she says.
  • Taylor's MySpace page features a video in which she picks up a Joe Jonas doll and says, "See, this one even comes with a phone. So he can break up with other dolls." Ouch!
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I don't think anyone has a right to decide who was correct with the whole brake-up situation.Are all of you aware that this is a review of the article written above, Not for talking to taylor (thats what you do on her myspace fan mail), and not for dissing her or anything else to that effect. odds are taylor won't read these. I don't think anyone has a right to decide who was correct with the whole brake-up situation. I thought the overall artilce helped alot, I wish they would haver talked about her other CDs. Did you all know she actuily has 7 CDs. You have to pay attention to the limitted CDs. My opinion, is taylor is right. So to all of you whome think joe was correct, go watch some disney show! His music sucks! So why don't you grow up, and look at this from someone else's point of vew.
I love Taylor Swift, she's so truthful and pure and she brings innocent back into new music. She's my role model, and she's inspired me even more to write music about my life experiences.
taylor your my role model! i learn knew stuff from you and relise important things that i need to know in life from you. i think that joe jonas is a total jerk. but, hey, what can i say- i dont know what happened and i wasnt there.
she shouldnt have been so open about the break up and talking about 27 seconds coz she is the one that ended it!! it would have been longer if she hadn't.
u r awesum ur my role model i love ur music and cant wait for the next album
Deaar Taylor. I think your music is the best music ever, my favorite song at the moment is love story. I know nearly all of your songs off by heart now. I hope when I grow up I will be just like you and I will have heaps of friends. I think you are the prettiest singer in the world. I would be really upset if you go on drugs are do somthing really stupid. I LOVE YOU TAYLOR SWIFT YOUR MY STAR, YOUR MY MOON, MY SUN MY ROLE MODEL =)
I have been a big fan of Taylor since her first song.. Tim Mcgraw, taylor just keeps getting better and better love you Kat
Hey this is ericka and her friend.I hope you can be our friend.Can you get me back.WE love u very much.Can u send us some stuff.xoxo....PEACE.
I loved Taylor from ages ago, way before she dated Joe Jonas, but the funny thing is i loved the Jonas brothers way way before too, and it was kind of funny how they got along, well about the 27 sec break up, they were both wrong, but during the phone call i think Taylor was wrong, like i said i love them both, but she ended the phone call, and blamed it on Joe, i don't think that is fair. Joe said his feeling changed, and yes that dose happen to people in life, if u have no feeling for this person anymore what’s really the point of being together, i think Taylor took it a bit too harsh, but this is only MY opinion.
HEYY!! omg i love you!!! i have all your cds. ive been tryin to find a way to fan mail you like all night and now i kinda found it. but i need help to find some more lol. well i wanted say heyy taylor and i love you. i want to meet you to=] lol Hope to cya l8r=]=] LOVE YA!!



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