Top 5 facts about Taylor Swift

1. She used to live on a Christmas tree farm

Swift spent her early years living on a Christmas tree farm run by her dad, whose main job was as a financial advisor, in Pennsylvania, she revealed in an interview with Esquire.

2. Her lucky number is 13

Unlike the majority of western civilization, Taylor is not triskaidekaphobic – ie, she’s not afraid of the number 13. In fact, she loves it so much so that it influences big-deal stuff she does. Born on December 13, she turned 13 on Friday 13. Her first album went gold in 13 weeks. She paints a ‘13’ on her hand before every show she does, noting: “It’s really weird.” In 2009 she commented that every time she’d won an award she was sat in the 13th row, seat, section, or in “Row M, which is the 13th letter.” Oh, and she says her first Number One single had a 13-second intro. “Basically,” she’s said, “whenever a 13 comes up in my life, it’s a good thing.”

3. She was inspired by Shania Twain’s songs

Swift was largely inspired to pursue country music by listening to Shania Twain. She told the Guardian in a 2012 interview that Twain’s music made her “want to just run around the block four times and daydream about everything”

4. Her first song was called ‘Lucky You’

Swift wrote her first song ‘Lucky You’ , when she was aged 12, with computer repairman and local musician Ronnie Cremer, who taught her to play guitar.

5. She’s won 10 Grammy Awards

Swift has so far won a whopping 10 Grammy Awards, including twice bagging the prize for Album of the Year – making her the first woman to do so.