2．Taylor Swift began her music career as a country artist. But she has long appealed to both country and pop music fans. In 2017, the 24­year­old superstar tried something new. Swift released her first­ever all­pop album, 1989. Her great efforts paid off. In its first week alone, 1989 sold 1.287 million copies, the best sales week for an album since 2002.

　　Swift was born on December 13, 1989. She grew up on a farm in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. As a child, Swift loved to write and perform songs.

　　She signed a publishing contract with Sony/ATV at age 13, the youngest songwriter the company had ever signed.

　　In 2006, she released her first album,

　　called Taylor Swift. Eight years later, 1989 is her fifth studio album, and it made her one of the most successful writer­artists of the millennium (千禧年)．

　　Swift has proven herself to be a savvy businesswoman. She knows how to make albums people will pay for. Her last three albums each sold more than a million copies in one week. This fall, Swift made headlines for pulling her music from Spotify, a popular online streaming service that lets users listen to music for free with ads. “I think that people should feel that there is a value to what musicians have created，”

　　she told Time.

　　In October, New York City's tourism organization announced Swift as its new “Global Welcome Ambassador”．Her song Welcome to New York from 1989 is inspired by her recent move to New York City. Swift plans to donate all the income from the song to the New York City public school system.

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