Her full name is Taylor Alison Swift.

Taylor's mom wanted to name her Taylor because if you saw her name on a business card you wouldn't know if it was a boy or girl.

She was born December 13, 1989 in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Some of her nicknames are Tay, T-Swift, Swifty, T-Swizzle, T-Sweezy.

A computer repairman taught her how to play three chords on the guitar when she was 12, and this inspired her to writer her first song "Lucky You”.

At 11-years-old she won a local talent competition singing LeAnn Rimes' "Big Deal"

She and her family moved to Nashville when she was 14-years-old.

Taylor says she almost definitely wouldn't get a real tattoo, as she doesn't think she could commit to any one saying or symbol for the rest of her life.