Born Taylor Alison Swift (December 13, 1989), an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress. 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 and was nominated for the Best New Artist award at 50th Grammy Awards. In November 2008, Swift released her second album, Fearless, for which she received four Grammy Awards. Swift was dubbed Artist of the Year by Billboard Magazine in 2009. She released her third album Speak Now on October 25, 2010 which sold over a million copies in its first week. In 2008, her albums sold a combined four million copies, making her the best-selling musician of the year in the United States.