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In just three years, Taylor Swift has gone from being a fledgling teen country singer who grew up on a Pennsylvania tree farm to a household name. Even people who never listen to country music probably have heard of Swift, whose name and face seem to be everywhere, including the cover of several mainstream magazines like Glamour.
In Swift's meteoric rise to fame, which happened almost overnight with her self-titled debut album in 2006, she has enjoyed crossover success in the pop world. Her fan base is much broader than country music, and pop music stations play Swift's songs regularly. In fact, Swift, who plays tonight at Mellon Arena, has scored two No. 1 hits on the Top 40 charts: "Love Story" and "You Belong With Me."See the full content of this document
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Country or Pop? Taylor Swift Fans Divided On Singer's Focus
A country star gaining crossover fans from the pop-music world is nothing new; it happens more and more often in an industry that increasingly blurs the line between the two genres, experts and fans say. Still, the que...
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