Taylor’s born name is Taylor Alison Swift and her birthday is December 13, 1989 which makes her 19 yrs. old. She’s originally from Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Scott, a stock broker, and Andrea Swift, a stay-at-home mom. She has one younger brother named Austin. When she was ten, Swift began writing songs and singing at karaoke contests, festivals, and fairs around her hometown. She was a member of Kirk Cremer's SNL-inspired kid's sketch comedy group, TheatreKids Live!, where she was a natural comedic talent. After seeing her karaoke performance at one of the cast parties, it was Cremer's mother who first suggested that Swift seemed more of a natural to continue a career in country music, rather than theatrical performing. Cremer soon leased space at a local mall and began to showcase his young protege in weeknight performances of country songs with karaoke backing tracks. Proud of her performances and growing audiences, she began to perform in other local open mike and karaoke nights. Her first major show was a well-received performance at the Bloomsburg Fair, arranged by local performer Pat Garrett. Swift's singing influences include her grandmother and LeAnn Rimes.Although her grandmother was a professional opera singer, Taylor's tastes always ran more toward country and she developed a love for Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton at a young age. At age eleven, Swift made her first trip to Nashville hoping to obtain a record deal by distributing a demo tape of her singing with karaoke songs. She gave a copy to every label on Music Row. Swift faced rejection, not just from record labels, but also from her peers. Swift began to regularly visit Nashville and wrote songs with local songwriters. By the time she was fourteen, her family decided to move to an outlying Nashville suburb. Swift started writing songs and playing 12-string guitar when she was twelve when she played at a open tennis tournament where she received much attention .