Taylor Swift Success Story: Music, Awards, Properties & more

Taylor Alison Swift is a singer-songwriter. She was born on December 13, 1989, in West Reading, Pennsylvania. Her parents are Scott and Andrea Swift. She also has a younger brother named Austin. Taylor started taking vocal and acting lessons in New York. Later, she focused on country music, inspired by Shania Twain and Faith Hill. In Beverly Hills, Taylor Swift bought her California home in 2015. Previously owned by film producer Samuel Goldwyn, the singer later got permission from the Beverly Hills Cultural Heritage Commission to remodel the mansion into a historic landmark. Swift has since sold her other two properties in Los Angeles, making this her only home on the West Coast.