I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs.

In 2008 Taylor Swift donated a pink Chevy pick-up truck to the Victory Junction Gang Camp; the truck is used to transport sick children from the airport to the camp. Kris Kristofferson claims that "Taylor Swift blows me away. 7 million copies worldwide.

She received a Best New Artist nomination at the 2008 Grammy Awards. Swift's fourth album Red was released in 2012. The North American leg of Swift's Red Tour will run until September 2013.