“I’m intimidated by the fear of being average,”(Wang) Taylor Swift said on October 24 to the press. This quote shows how driven she lives her life. Born on December 13, she grew up on a Christmas tree farm in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania . Her career began there at age five, when she first started to write songs.(Grimm) At thirteen, she decided to sign with RCA Records. Swift does not last long in that contract because she did not like the thought of other people singing her songs.(Wang) Then later she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, at age 14 to fulfill her singing career. Big Machine Records is the next recording company on her list to try. She must have liked it because she is still with them today. I believe that if anyone is going to be put into the Country Hall of Fame, it should be Taylor Swift. Not only because of her many achievements and her impact to society, but her generous donations and charitable contributions are what is going to get her inducted into the Hall of Fame as well.
For starters Taylor Swift should be in the hall of fame because of the numerous awards and achievements she has received. She started writing the song “Tim McGraw,” in math class of her freshman year. This song soon reaches number six on the Hot Country Songs chart.(Wang) Swift won the Horizon Award at the Country Music Association Awards with a reply of "This is definitely the highlight of my senior year!"(Wang) This shows how young she was when she first started her career. In 2008, Swift’s career starts to grow rapidly. In April of that year she received Video of the Year, and in May she also took home Top New Female Vocalist at the Academy of Country Music Awards.(Wang) Her next album, Fearless, sells over 592,000 copies in th...
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...l of her own. She has maintained appropriate lyrics for all ages and handles herself with class in public. I believe Swift should be a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame not only because of her many awards she has acquired throughout her lifetime, but also her impact on people and her numerous charitable contributions.
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