Country Pop Bites: Taylor Swift – May 6
Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 2011 Taylor Swift's "Mean" video had its world premiere on CMT?
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Here are 5 interesting truths about Taylor Swift that you might not have known.
- She actually 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 age 14, she became the youngest staff songwriter ever hired by Sony Tree publishing house in Nashville.
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