How did Swift get famous?

Answer 1

She performed at a Songwriter's Show at the Bluebird Cafe in Tennessee. Scott Borchetta happened to be in the audience that night and he took interest in Taylor. He spoke to Taylor and her parents after the show, and it turns out that he was starting up a new record label, Big Machine Records. He asked Taylor to sign with his new label, and she agreed. It was not even a guarantee that she or the label would make it, because it was just starting out. Taylor could have stayed with RCA Records, but they wouldn't let her sing her own songs. They didn't even say that she would ever get a record deal with them. They wanted her as a songwriter, nothing more. So Taylor chose Big Machine Records, which turned out to be the best decision she has ever made.