Taylor Swift Tickets : There Has Been Speculation That The Song "dear John" Is About Mayer

Taylor Alison Swift is 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. In November 2008, Swift released her second album, Fearless, and the recording earned Swift four Grammy Awards, including the Album of the Year, at the 52nd Grammy Awards.

Fearless and Taylor Swift finished 2008 at number-three and number-six respectively, with sales of 2.1 and 1.5 million. Fearless topped the Billboard 200 for 11 non-consecutive weeks;no album has spent more time at No. 1 since 2000. Swift was named Artist of the Year by Billboard Magazine in 2009. Swift released her third album Speak Now on October 25, 2010 which sold 1,047,000 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, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Forbes ranked Swift 2009's 69th-most powerful celebrity with earnings of $18 million and 2010's 12th-most powerful celebrity with earnings of $45 million.

Swift was ranked the 38th Best Artist of the 2000/10 decade by Billboard.In January 2010 Nielsen SoundScan listed Swift as the most commercially successful country artist in music history with over 33 million digital tracks sold. As of March 2011[update], she has sold over 20 million albums and 33 million singles worldwide.

Swift's lyrics are highly autobiographical; she has said that "If you listen to my albums, it is like reading my diary." For example, the song "Forever & Always" was inspired by her relationship with Joe Jonas, while the song "Hey Stephen" was written about a boy whom she toured with in the past.

"Fifteen" was written about her freshman year of high school. It has been said that her lyrics "can be tinged with acid: the quiet loner girl getting one over on the cheerleaders, or a caustic payback for the boy who dumped her." She has also indicated that she tries to write so her fans can relate to the lyrics, saying "My goal is to never write songs that my fans can't relate to.

The intensely personal nature of the songs has drawn her attention in the music industry. Swift once said, "I thought people might find them hard to relate to, but it turned out that the more personal my songs were, the more closely people could relate to them." Due to the autobiographical nature of her songs, some fans have researched the songs' origins.

Swift once said, "Every single one of the guys that I have written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans." The New York Times described Swift as "one of pop's finest songwriters, country foremost pragmatist and more in touch with her inner life than most adults".

In 2008, Swift was in a relationship with pop singer Joe Jonas, which ended in October of that year.Swift indicated that her heartbreak song, "Forever & Always", on her album Fearless was inspired by Jonas.

In 2009, she referenced the rumors that she was dating actor Taylor Lautner during her monologue while hosting Saturday Night Live.The song "Back to December" off her album Speak Now, which Swift has described as an apology song,has been widely speculated to be dedicated to Lautner.

In late 2010, Swift briefly dated actor Jake Gyllenhaal. They split in early 2011.Swift has also been linked to singer/guitarist John Mayer. There has been speculation that the song "Dear John" from her album Speak Now is about Mayer, calling the latter out for an apparent relationship gone sour.