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== Biografi ==
=== 1989–2003: Kehidupan awal ===
Taylor Alison Swift lahir pada 13 Desember 1989, di Reading, Pennsylvania.<ref name=biographydotcom>{{cite web|url = http://www.biography.com/people/taylor-swift-369608|title= Taylor Swift Biography: Singer (1989–)| publisher=[[FYI (TV channel)|FYI]]|accessdate= April 9, 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830131709/http://www.biography.com/people/taylor-swift-369608 | archivedate=August 30, 2016 |deadurl=no}}</ref> Ayahnya, Scott Kingsley Swift, dulunya bekerja sebagai penasihat keuangan [[Merrill Lynch]], dan ibunya, Andrea Gardner Swift (''nama belakang'' Finlay), seorang ibu rumah tangga yang dulunya bekerja sebagai seorang eksekutif penjualan dana bersama.<ref name=":5">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WdEXCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1|title=Taylor Swift|last=Jepson|first=Louisa|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=2013|isbn=978-1-4711-3087-8|page=1|accessdate=August 16, 2016}}</ref> Dia mempunyai seorang adik laki-laki bernama Austin.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2164771/austin-swift-epic-graduation-weekend/|title=Taylor Swift's Brother Had The Most Epic Graduation Weekend Ever|publisher=[[MTV News]]|accessdate=July 25, 2016|date=May 19, 2015|first=Madeline|last=Roth}}</ref> Swift menghabiskan awal-awal tahun hidupnya disebuahdi sebuah perkebunan pohon Natal.<ref>{{cite web|last=Raab |first=Scott |url=http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a30491/taylor-swift-1114/ |title=Taylor Swift Interview |work=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]|date=October 20, 2014 |accessdate=April 11, 2015}}</ref> Dia memasuki prasekolah dan taman kanak-kanak di Alvernia Montessori School, yang dijalankan oleh biarawati-biarawati Fransiska,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://readingeagle.com/articlephotos.aspx?id=195866 |title=Photos Students at Alvernia Montessori School sending Taylor Swift a valentine |work=[[Reading Eagle]] |date=February 13, 2010 |accessdate=February 25, 2013}}</ref> sebelum pindah ke The Wyndcroft School.<ref name="readingeagle1">{{cite news |last=Hatza |first=George |url=http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=116460 |title=Taylor Swift: Growing into superstardom |work=Reading Eagle |date=December 8, 2008 |accessdate=April 17, 2012}}</ref> Keluarga ini kemudian pindah ke sebuah rumah sewa di kota pinggiran Wyomissing, Pennsylvania,<ref>{{cite web|last=Mennen|first=Lauren|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/business/real_estate/Taylor_Swifts_Wyomissing_childhood_home_on_the_market_for_799500.html |title=Taylor Swift's Wyomissing childhood home on the market for $799,500 |work=[[Philadelphia Daily News]] |accessdate=October 13, 2016|date=November 12, 2014}}</ref> yang mana dia memasuki Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Taylor-Swift-Wedding-Berks-County-Reading-Pennsylvania-369611241.html | title=Taylor Swift Returns to Reading Pennsylvania as Maid of Honor in Friend's Wedding | date=February 22, 2016 | accessdate=August 26, 2016 | publisher=[[WCAU]]}}</ref>
Pada usia sembilan tahun, Swift mempunyaiberminat minat dipada teater musikal dan tampil di empat produksi Berks Youth Theatre Academy.<ref>{{cite news|title=Taylor Swift, Age 12|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/photographer-reveals-rare-photos-taylor-swift-international-star-gallery-1.2072369?pmSlide=1.2072339|accessdate=August 26, 2016|work=[[New York Daily News]]}}</ref> Dia juga bepergian secara teratur ke Kota New York untuk mengikuti pelajaran vokal dan akting.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cooper|first=Brittany Joy|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/taylor-swift-acting-emma-stone/ |title=Taylor Swift Opens Up About a Future in Acting and Admiration for Emma Stone |publisher=Taste of Country |date=April 15, 2012 |accessdate=April 17, 2012}}</ref> Dia menghabiskan akhir-akhir pekan tampil difestivaldi festival dan acara lokal.<ref name="Rolling Stone 2008-12-08">''[[Rolling Stone]]'' Interview: The Unabridged Taylor Swift, December 2, 2008</ref><ref name="albuminfo">{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1546980/when-she-thinks-tim-mcgraw-taylor-swift-savors-payoff/ |title=When She Thinks 'Tim McGraw', Taylor Swift Savors Payoff: Hardworking Teen to Open for George Strait Next Year |date=December 1, 2006 |first=Edward |last=Morris |publisher=[[CMT (U.S. TV channel)|CMT]] |accessdate=March 11, 2010}}</ref> Setelah menonton film dokumenter [[Faith Hill]], Swift merasa yakin dia harus pergi ke [[Nashville, Tennessee]], untuk mengejar karier musik.<ref name="telegraph1">{{cite news |last=Diu|first=Nisha Lilia|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/8421110/Taylor-Swift-interview-I-wont-do-sexy-shoots.html |title=Taylor Swift: 'I won't do sexy shoots' |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=April 3, 2011 |accessdate=April 17, 2012 |location=London}}</ref> Pada usia sebelas tahun, dia pergi dengan ibunya untuk mengunjungi label-label rekaman Nashville dan memasukkan sebuah rekaman demo cover karokekaraoke dari [[Dolly Parton]] dan [[Dixie Chicks]].<ref name="CMT 2008-11-26">{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1600309/cmt-insider-interview-taylor-swift-part-1-of-2/|title=News : CMT Insider Interview: Taylor Swift (Part 1 of 2) |publisher=CMT |date=November 26, 2008 |accessdate=July 1, 2012}}</ref> Akan tetapi, dia ditolak sejakkarena "semua orang dikotadi kota ingin melakukan apa yang kulakukan. jadi, aku tetapterus berpikir, aku harus mencari cara untuk menjadiagar berbeda".<ref name="americansongwriter2">{{cite news|url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2011/05/taylor-swift-the-garden-in-the-machine/ |title=Taylor Swift: The Garden In The Machine |work=[[American Songwriter]] |date=May 2, 2011 |accessdate=May 21, 2012}}</ref>
Ketika Swift berusia sekitar 12 tahun, seorang tukang reparasi komputer dan musisi lokal bernama Ronnie Cremer mengajarinya bagaimana cara memainkan gitar dan membantu Swift atas karya pertamanya sebagai seorang penulis lagu, membuatnya menulis lagu berjudul, "Lucky You".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Martino|first1=Andy|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/computer-tech-taught-taylor-swift-guitar-exclusive-article-1.2072638 |title=Exclusive: The real story of Taylor Swift's guitar 'legend' |work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York |date=January 10, 2015 |accessdate=November 10, 2015}}</ref> Di 2003, Swift dan orang tuanya mulai bekerja dengan manajer musik yang berbasis di New York bernama Dan Dymtrow. Dengan bantuannya, Swift menjadi model untuk Abercrombie & Fitch sebagai bagian dari kampanye "Rising Stars", mempunyai sebuah lagu orisinil yang masuk kedalamke CD kompilasi [[Maybelline]], dan menghadiri rapat dengan label-label rekaman besar.<ref name="americanbar">{{cite web |title=americanbar.org PDF |url=http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/migrated/Forums/entsports/PublicDocuments/oppositionbrief.authcheckdam.PDF |accessdate=April 18, 2012|publisher=Americanbar.org}}</ref> Setelah membawakan lagu-lagu orisinil dipertunjukan RCA Records, Swift diberikan kontrak pengembangan artis dan mulai sering bepergian ke Nashville dengan ibunya.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/31032270/ns/dateline_nbc-newsmakers/t/tour-taylor-swift/ |title=On tour with Taylor Swift – Dateline NBC |publisher=[[MSNBC]] |date=May 31, 2009 |accessdate=July 1, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Monsueto Ventures">{{cite magazine|last1=Castro |first1=Vicky |title=How to Succeed as an Entrepreneur, Taylor Swift Style |url=http://www.inc.com/vicky-castro/how-to-succeed-as-an-entrepreneur-taylor-swift-style.html |magazine=[[Inc. (magazine)|Inc.]] |publisher=Monsueto Ventures |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6klgx4ZPE?url=http://www.inc.com/vicky-castro/how-to-succeed-as-an-entrepreneur-taylor-swift-style.html |archivedate=September 24, 2016 |accessdate=February 9, 2015 |date=February 6, 2015 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref>
UntukDemi membantu Swift masuk dimusikdi musik country, ayahnya pindah ke kantor [[Merrill Lynch]] di Nashville ketika dia berusia 14 tahun, dan keluarga ini tinggal dirumah depan-danau di Hendersonville, Tennessee.<ref name="widdicombe1">{{cite news |last=Widdicombe |first=Lizzie |title=You Belong With Me |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/10/you-belong-with-me |accessdate=October 11, 2011 |newspaper=[[The New Yorker]] |date=October 10, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Ray">{{cite web|last=Jo |first=Nancy |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/04/taylor-swift-cover-story |title=Taylor Swift and the Growing of a Superstar: Her Men, Her Moods, Her Music |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=January 2, 2014 |accessdate=November 11, 2015}}</ref> Swift memasuki SMA umum,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1648575/taylor-swifts-high-school-names-auditorium-in-her-honor/ |title=News : Taylor Swift's High School Names Auditorium in Her Honor |publisher=CMT |date=September 23, 2010 |accessdate=April 18, 2012}}</ref> tetapi setelah dua tahun pindah ke Aaron Academy, melalui [[Sekolah rumah|homeschooling]] bisa mengakomodasi jadwal turnya, dan dia lulus setahun lebih awal.<ref name="The Very Pink, Very Perfect Life of Taylor Swift">{{cite news |last=Grigoriadis|first=Vanessa|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-very-pink-very-perfect-life-of-taylor-swift-20090305 |title=The Very Pink, Very Perfect Life of Taylor Swift |work=Rolling Stone |date=March 5, 2009 |accessdate=October 31, 2012}}</ref>
=== 2004–2008: Awal karier dan ''Taylor Swift'' ===
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