The Beauty of Song, Part Two: Country singer Taylor Swift

To many people who aren't country and western fans, Taylor Swift is best known as the singer who got upstaged by Kanye West at the MTV Video Awards. But to others, she's the biggest thing to happen to country in a long time.



The Pennsylvania-born Swift has to her credit two albums, both of which have topped the American country charts, and a Christmas EP. Her hit singles include "Tim McGraw" (about you-know-who), "Love Story," and "You Belong With Me." And there are five more.

She does not, as of this writing, turn twenty for another two months.