MCA Music's latest muse explores the L-word

MANILA, Philippines - Taylor Swift has also sold over eight million copies of her “Fearless” album worldwide, and has sold over 14 million tracks online.

Aside from the single titled Love Story, her album also includes tracks such as Teardrops on My Guitar, Our Song, and Should’ve Said No.

So how did a simple girl from Tennessee reach the top of the charts? Taylor says, “My grandmother was an opera singer, she’d been famous in Puerto Rico and Singapore and places like that. She used to sing in church every Sunday, and I think seeing her get up there every single week made me realise, subliminally, that performing’s nothing, it’s kinda normal, so that helped me.”

Then came records. “I became obsessed with music when I was about six, bought my first LeAnn Rimes album and I was hooked. I started wanting to do music when I was about 10. I begged my parents to let me try out for children’s theatre, where if you’re tall, you get to play an adult, so I got all these leads and got to memorize two-hour plays, and really got into the performing aspect of things.”

Taylor Swift’s gift for songwriting is also one of her admired competencies that helped her greatly in reaching the top. She explains, “Music has to be in my day. There’s nothing without music. It gives people a way to say how they feel. Sometimes we have no idea what we’re feeling unless somebody says it perfectly for us, and when that moment happens, it becomes your favorite song. That’s a really special thing, and it’s an honor to make music that could possibly be somebody’s favorite song.”

Taylor Swift’s new album “Fearless” is available at Odyssey, Astrovision, Music One and Fully Booked stores and comes with a free limited-edition Taylor Swift poster. Her songs are also available for downloads through cell phone via WAP and over the Internet via www.fliptunesplus.net.