Born December 13, 1989, Taylor Alison Swift is an American country-pop singer-songwriter and actress.

泰勒·艾莉森·斯威夫特出生于1989年12月13日；她是美國(guó)鄉(xiāng)村流行音樂界的一名創(chuàng)作型歌手，也是一名演員。 

The New York Times described Swift as "one of pop's finest songwriters, country’s foremost pragmatist and more in touch with her inner life than most adults".

《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》形容斯威夫特是“流行樂壇最優(yōu)秀的歌曲作者之一，鄉(xiāng)村音樂界頭等務(wù)實(shí)主義者，比大多數(shù)成年人都更能觸及自己的內(nèi)心世界?！?/span>

In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", then her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

她的首支單曲《Tim McGraw》于2006年問世；緊接著，斯威夫特發(fā)行了她的首張專輯。這張專輯（《Taylor Swift》）以她的名字命名，后來得到了美國(guó)唱片行業(yè)協(xié)會(huì)的多白金認(rèn)證。

In November 2008, Swift released her second album, Fearless. According to Billboard.com, Fearless has topped the Billboard 200 in 11 non-consecutive weeks; no album has spent more time at No. 1 since 2000. Swift was named Artist of the Year by Billboard magazine in 2009. Fearless earned the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2010.

2008年11月，斯威夫特發(fā)行了她的第二張專輯《Fearless》。據(jù)Billboard.com網(wǎng)站統(tǒng)計(jì)，《Fearless》在告示牌排行榜的榜首位置上斷斷續(xù)續(xù)地停留了11周之久，是自2000年以來占據(jù)榜首時(shí)間最長(zhǎng)的專輯。斯威夫特被《告示牌》雜志評(píng)選為2009年度藝人；在2010年的格萊美頒獎(jiǎng)典禮上，《Fearless》贏得了年度最佳專輯大獎(jiǎng)。

In 2008, her albums sold a combined four million copies, making her the best-selling musician of the year in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Forbes ranked Swift 2009's 69th-most powerful celebrity with earnings of $18 million.

根據(jù)尼爾森音樂統(tǒng)計(jì)榜，在2008年，斯威夫特的專輯總銷量達(dá)到了400萬(wàn)張，成為該年度美國(guó)銷量最佳的音樂人。在2009年《福布斯》雜志公布的最具影響力的名人榜單上，斯威夫特名列第69位，收入達(dá)到1800萬(wàn)美元。

In January 2010 Nielsen SoundScan lists Swift as the top-selling digital artist in music history with over 24.3 million digital tracks sold to date.

2010年1月，尼爾森音樂統(tǒng)計(jì)榜將斯威夫特列為音樂史上銷量最佳的數(shù)字藝術(shù)家；迄今為止，她的數(shù)碼曲目銷量超過2430萬(wàn)首。

（China.org.cn 李瀟 譯）