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Taylor Swift became one of country's brightest (and youngest) faces in 2006, when the 16-year-old released her first album. Although new to the American public, Swift had been performing since her preteen years in ... Taylor Swift became one of country's brightest (and youngest) faces in 2006, when the 16-year-old released her first album. Although new to the American public, Swift had been performing since her preteen years in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, where she first took the stage as part of a children's theater troupe. Encouraged by the troupe's manager to pursue music instead, Swift began performing karaoke songs at a local mall, with open-mike gigs following shortly thereafter. She sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" before a Philadelphia 76ers game at the age of 11; the following year, she began practicing the guitar several hours each day, modeling her early songwriting attempts on crossover artists like Shania Twain and the Dixie Chicks. Swift's parents realized her dedication and began making regular visits to Nashville, Tennessee, where Swift could perform casually and meet with songwriters in the area. The family then decided to move to an outlying Nashville suburb, which accelerated Swift's career.

While performing at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Swift caught the eye of music industry veteran Scott Borchetta, who signed her to his newly formed label. Swift joined the roster at Big Machine Records and released her debut single, "Tim McGraw," in August 2006. The song drew upon her experience as a lovelorn high-school student, a theme that Swift revisited throughout her self-titled debut album. Released in late 2006, Taylor Swift catapulted the young songwriter to stardom, spawned a handful of hits (five consecutive Top Ten singles, a new record for a female solo artist), and earned multi-platinum status. Swift also received a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist, an award she ultimately lost to Amy Winehouse. Two subsequent EPs -- Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection and Beautiful Eyes -- helped maintain Swift's popularity while she worked on another album, which arrived in November 2008.

Swift's debut record made her a queen in the country world, but 2008's Fearless positioned her as the year's biggest star of any genre. The sophomore album went gold during its first week of release; combined with the sales of its predecessor, it also made Swift the highest-grossing artist of 2008. The accolades increased in 2009, when Fearless went multi-platinum and took home two ACM awards, five American Music Awards, five CMAs, two CMTs, and a controversial trophy at the MTV Video Music Awards (Kanye West infamously stormed the stage during Swift's acceptance speech to throw his support to Beyoncé, claiming she deserved the award instead). Meanwhile, "You Belong with Me" peaked at number two on the pop charts, officially cementing Swift's status as a crossover artist. By the time 2009 drew to a close, Fearless had sold nearly six million copies in America alone, making it the year's best-selling album.

Swift kicked off the new year by contributing two songs to the Valentine's Day soundtrack. She also made a cameo in the film, playing the high-school sweetheart of her real-life boyfriend, Taylor Lautner. Swift then focused her attention on wrapping up her third album, Speak Now, which she'd written entirely on her own throughout the two previous years. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard Top 200 chart, and by August 2011 had sold over five and a half million copies worldwide; it would later win two Grammy Awards for its single "Mean." That same year, Swift released her first live album, World Tour Live: Speak Now.

Swift decided to turn her fourth album, Red, into something of a sonic departure, working with Max Martin -- best known for his collaborations with Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys -- for its lead single, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together." Its pop sheen signaled a departure, as did the presence of such collaborators as Dan Wilson, Mark Foster, and Butch Walker. Red was released on October 22, 2012.

Andrew Leahey
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Tape	Songs	Comments	Author
Gooey and Romantic This mixtape contains my favorite love songs	33	1	BlackVegeta
First love It's about the evolution of my first love.	21	0	lovemegan
I can't keep thinking about you like this. This mix tape is about someone, anyone, everyone, no one, him, her, you, me, them, and us.	25	2	missleeniemak
I'm Yours. Songs to my best friend who I love to death. Who knows but is afraid to hurt me. Who I will live the rest of my life hoping for.	30	8	Meguca
Friends With Benefits A soundtrack - to go along with a true story. Fun while it lasted. Kinda tragic, really. But we all move along. As Alanis says, you've "wash...	28	0	Sue866
Randomness Totally random, random singers, bands, and music genres.	30	0	TheIntimindator27
breakup I recently went through a breakup, and made a playlist to listen to sum it up. Its a combo of the typical sad songs, with some hopeful song...	30	8	mmf28
It's Easier for Me to Sing the Words I Want to Sing to You Cliché: To the One that Got Away	11	0	eloquent
for my soulmate. Songs to the one I consider to be my soulmate.	18	0	dahliablack
best of me my favorite songs	41	0	annamaereyes
Love Is Confusing Love is very confusing, and sometimes it hurts.	14	0	passionatesleepyhead
The Lost Legends Some of my favorite songs.	48	0	song102938
Love Songs My favourite love songs. Or songs that aren't love songs, but could be. <3	30	0	Lockehart
Go to songs The songs that I listen to when I feel happy or sad or angry or whatever.	18	0	WannabePunkEmoKid
Random! For people who like a little bit of everything!	36	0	DorkyGirl3434
Music High These songs are the reason I don't do drugs/alcohol.	7	9	oceanheart13
Just Friends being just friends when you want to be more.	5	0	saracore
Jax's Mix	57	0	Mkiddie16
Theme Songs	16	0	iamblair
my many moods I love you andy sixx hayley williams jared leto AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH i love you guys <3	30	1	jorjor809
MFEO Volume 1 A mix I made for a friendship that turned into more. And it only took 13 years.	14	0	SammyJo
Songs for him It's about my ex. He put me through a lot. And these are the songs that reminded me of him. In the beginning where everything was fine, all ...	10	0	imyours4now
Xmas 2010 Christmas music for this year (:	35	0	lexin3d
Couple last ones, why not?	20	8	Intolerable
LIFE I love this beautiful, crazy, awful, sometimes wonderful thing we call...LIFE.	30	0	ymandy75
Latest and Greatest ( To me anyway) This is basically a mixtape with all of my favorite songs. New and old.	37	1	Adiaj98
Boys	29	0	baisi
I'm Yours pt. 2	30	1	Meguca
♥ Volume 1 ♥	30	1	ghostthefestivals
Uplifting Songs =) Exactly what it says on the tin.	8	1	WannabePunkEmoKid
A Place In This World	3	0	DafnneCarter
Wait It Out For my dearest Maria Mariano, "This is my mixtape for you. It's like I wrote every word with my own fingers."	12	0	iNiks
Anti-Alex breakup	2	1	pandacrazedgirl
Arthur/Ariadne tape Um. These are some songs that remind me of Arthur and Ariadne from Inception. Mainly for my ff friends. Don't flame.	9	0	Heyitsjoss
Dying Embers When a realization hits that love is fading and there is nothing left to keep hope alive. A realization when it is time to move on, even tho...	12	0	spzero
Chris Songs that make me think of my lover <3	6	0	missprettyname
love songs love songs	3	1	QueenBeeof210
Paris romance	10	3	beautybeyond
my fall mix	15	0	kemurner
Living in the Past this tape to me is about me and the songs that remind me of my past. My past was a huge rollercoaster ride and these songs make me realize i...	2	0	ilysamily
Cry Me A River Volume 1 Heartbreak. Some of the songs are from a boy's perspective, but I just change them to a girls.	27	0	liljojo204
breakup Volume 1 I recently went through a breakup, and made a playlist to listen to and to sum it up. Its a combo of the typical sad songs, with some hopef...	3	0	mmf28
Cry Me A River Heartbreak. Some of the songs are from a boy's perspective, but I just change them to a girls.	30	0	liljojo204
Give It A Chance	5	0	jayme87
Meredith This story in my head.	7	0	baisi
Strong Female Voices Songs from women that evoke strong emotions and even a feel of empowerment to us women	19	7	Ladysphinx
fighting back	9	0	gootsh21
Awesome tunes 1	7	0	showlove4ever
AWSOME! COOL! FANTASTIC! songs AWSOME! COOL! FANTASTIC! TERRIFIC! EXCEPTIONAL! AMAZING! OUTSTANDING! THE BEST!	1	0	Maxxyboy1000
Just like honey Come over here and kiss me, kiss me.	22	0	Enooby
Special Songs some special,romantic-like songs.	1	0	song102938
Me and my Jearbear Songs that describe me and my fiance. Such a sticky situation that I use music to express my feelings everyday	6	4	Boobear85
Love is HARD So its about going through all the elements of love, and then realizing its hard, but then still wants to go through it.	1	0	ilovechase
New Eyes Well my mixtape is about music that you can relate to. Why I named this title New eyes? I want people to see true lyrics, not some nasty stu...	4	0	kckdiamondprincess
october 26th	1	0	spaz1234
Me	8	0	baisi
broken	2	0	thecobbster
Taylor Swift Songs that are written by Taylor Swift	1	1	basssteeler
Hunger Games The whole Hunger Games soundtrack.	7	1	atalia831
My Faves	5	0	asianlamia
Songs about Anabanana Songs from the period of unrequited love to the one of the most beautiful girl called Anabanana.	30	1	syhongedu
favourite	2	0	ickone
Dangerously In Love An abusive relationship, but you're really in love.	30	3	liljojo204
2011 this pretty much defines 2011 for me i fell in so called Love got my heart broken had problems with my family and then at the end finally sh...	9	0	ToniMaire
The Hunger Games These songs remind me of the book. All songs are from either Katniss or Peeta's point of view.	15	0	anagirl
-Toni- this is about songs that mean some thing to me in my life if it was a crush or a death these songs were always there even when people wernt ...	30	0	ToniMaire
Dangerously In Love Volume 1 An abusive relationship, but you're really in love.	17	0	liljojo204
In Like About the wonderful joys of liking someone.	11	0	vaha
Dimka & Roza Songs that fit Rose and Dimitri's relationship in the Vampire Academy series	25	0	baisi
Cori/Jasper Complicated relationships.	4	0	nicoleyelyah
Top 100 Country Songs 10-1 100 country songs I like	10	4	harderman61
The Goods.	11	0	rosejmac
hateful friends liers	8	0	kitkat95
Songs that I love Those songs says everything about me and how I feel	25	0	gleice115
The Most Overrated Pop Songs of 2012 Pop songs that were a bit too overrated.	9	8	Pikachu87
Give Me Love Songs that I just absolutely love&make me happy.	23	0	syrainatron
Hearts	3	0	HopeLily
good songs	2	0	ap0403
I Can't Get You Off My Mind Songs for my amazing teacher that I can't stop thinking about :)	10	0	xxL0v3xx
Songs For James This is for my one and Only true love. Whom I'll always love and never forget.	6	0	trueheart
SONGS I LOVE I MADE THIS MIX TAPE TO SHOW THAT GOTHIC PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO LOVE JUST GOTHIC MUSIC. THEY CAN LOVE A VARIETY OF MUSIC AND STILL BE TRUE TO ...	1	1	GOTHICSTAR
Music I listen to when I'm annoyed with the world. I listen to these sort of songs just to escape to my own little world that only I can hear. Just to escape from all the ignorant and rude pe...	8	1	audrey430
Favorite Songs These are my favorite songs.	16	0	iholland95

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