Music fans have shared a clip of a top artist performing for the first time on a “big stage” at the age of 11.
The singer, who is currently on a stadium tour, performed with a local country band in Pennsylvania in 2001.
After taking the stage, the blonde preteen sang with Pat Garrett’s band.
He tells Pat, a local musician, that he’s been singing for two years, before launching into a rendition of LeAnn Rimes’ Big Deal in front of thousands of people.
Clearly having a stage presence from a young age, the singer shouts ‘hit him guys!’ before dancing across the stage.
The singer now fills stadiums and has won dozens of awards for her music. So can you tell who it is?
Music fans have shared a clip of a top artist performing for the first time on a ‘big stage’ at age 11.
The singer, who is currently on a stadium tour, performed with a local country band in Pennsylvania in 200
After taking the stage, the blonde preteen sang with Pat Garrett’s band.
It’s Taylor Swift!
Fans of the 14-time Grammy Award-winning megastar have been sharing the clip, which was first made public as part of a French documentary, after her boyfriend Travis Kelce liked it.
Taylor, a budding pop star who was even 11 years old, had headed to her local karaoke competition at the Pat Garrett Amphitheater in her hometown of Reading, Pennsylvania.
Speaking to the Times in June, Pat, who owns a gas station and a sheepskin store and is a musician, explained: “One week they showed up: 11-year-old Taylor and a whole group of her people for the karaoke contest. Whoever wins will be able to open the show at the Amphitheater.
“She kept getting better, so she won and that’s how she opened.”
Taylor played with his band at country music fairs and festivals.
After taking the stage, she told the audience: ‘Hi everyone, I’m Taylor!’
Pat added that she suggested to Taylor’s father, Scott, that the family should move to Nashville, a decision that ultimately put her on the path to stardom.
“I said, ‘They make bars here in Hershey. In Detroit they make cars. And in Nashville they make stars. Move to Nashville.”
Taylor Swift and her mother Andrea pictured at the 2010 American Music Awards. One of Taylor’s first managers praised Andrea for her “great marketing mind.”
Marketing director Andrea and stockbroker Scott married in 1988 before welcoming their daughter Taylor the following year in 1989.
Taylor and her family moved to Nashville three years later, before releasing her first album, Taylor Swift, when she was 16 years old in 2006.
In the 18 years since then, he has released 11 albums and re-recorded four of his first six albums after being denied the opportunity to purchase his Masters.
He is currently performing on the final leg of the record-breaking Eras Tour, which will raise more than $1 billion.
Taylor Swift landed her first record deal with Big Machine Records when she was just 15 years old.
The Swift family had big plans for Taylor back in 2001, when she first recorded a demo CD featuring covers of Hopeless Devoted to You and Here You Come Again.
Before signing with Big Machine Records, Taylor was already working with one of her previous managers, Rick Barber.
They then welcomed Taylor’s brother Austin in 1992 (pictured in 2019) and the family lived in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, on a Christmas tree farm, before realizing Taylor’s talent.
Her loving parents realized her passion for music from a very young age and the family moved to Nashville when Taylor was 14 and soon had her hit song Love Story.
Pictured: Taylor Swift in 2005, shortly after signing her first record deal with Big Machine Records.
talking to Entertainment WeeklyThe star’s former manager praised Andrea for approaching her daughter’s career path with a clear marketing strategy.
He said: ‘The parents already had their MySpace and website up and running.
‘Both mom and dad have great marketing minds. I don’t want to say fake it until you make it, but when you looked at his stuff, he was very professional even before he got the deal.’
Thanks to Andrea’s innovative social media strategy, Rick was able to gauge the reaction of Taylor’s fan base to her past music.
The former manager says he used Taylor’s MySpace page to help them decide which songs would eventually end up on her debut album.
In an interview with poll star In 2014, Rick claimed that Taylor told him, “I want to be the biggest star in the world” when they began working together.
Andrea had also been very supportive and played a pivotal role in Taylor’s now multimillion-dollar career despite her battle with cancer.
Scott is a former employee of Merrill Lynch (a Bank of America company) whose registered investment advisor, The Swift Group, is based in the family’s hometown of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.
Taylor is currently on the final leg of her Eras Tour, photographed in New Orleans.
Taylor is now the biggest pop star in the world.
Marketing manager Andrea and stockbroker Scott married in 1988 before welcoming their daughter Taylor the following year in 1989.
They then welcomed Taylor’s brother Austin in 1992 and the family lived in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, on a Christmas tree farm, which inspired their 2019 smash hit of the same name.
Speaking to Esquire in 2014, Taylor spoke about her childhood on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania, where she is originally from, and said Scott “took care of it as a hobby.”
“He farmed as a hobby,” she explained.
“He got up four hours early to go mow the field with his tractor. We all had work. Mine was plucking praying mantis pods from trees, collecting them so the insects wouldn’t hatch inside people’s houses.
“My parents were very strict about education and hard work, since my brother and I were very little.”
Her loving parents realized her passion for music at a young age and the family moved to Nashville when Taylor was 14 to help her pursue her dream of becoming a singer.
Andrea said previously Entertainment Weekly about the move: ‘I never wanted to make that move about her ‘making it.’
‘Because what a horrible thing if it hadn’t happened, for her to carry that kind of guilt or pressure. We have always told him that it is not about putting food on our table or making our dreams come true,’ he added.