Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 2006 Big Machine released Taylor Swift's self-titled debut album?

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Here are 5 interesting facts about Taylor Swift.

  • She grew up on a Christmas-tree farm in Pennsylvania.
  • Her grandmother was a professional opera singer.
  • She won a national poetry contest while in 4th grade.
  • She began performing at age 10.
  • At 14, she became the youngest staff songwriter ever hired by Sony Tree publishing house in Nashville.

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