Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift's personal pop songs are loved by millions of fans... but it's her positive attitude and generosity that make her a real star.

From the moment the 14-year old singer arrived in the city of Nasville, USA, it was clear she was destined for success. Taylor Swift moved to the American country music capital from her home in Pennsylvania for just one reason... she wanted to be a famous country singer. Her songs soon made an impression on music bosses... and her dream became a reality.

EARLY SUCCESS

In 2006, at age 16, Taylor released her first single "Tim McGraw" about one of her ex-boyfriends. Love has been a theme of her music ever since. Taylor's public appreciated her intimate, autobiographical songs and in 2008 she was nominated for her first Grammy award. Then at the 2010 Grammy awards, she became the youngest singer to win Album of the Year... at the age of 20.

INTERNATIONAL STAR

The talented singer now has an international reputation. Taylor's third album, Speak now, was Numer One in the USA, and Taylor has also toured North America, Europe and Australia. Taylor loves playing live shows and speaking with her fans. "Fans are my favourite thing in the world", she says. "I'll hang out with them after the show. I'll hang out with them before the show".

LOVE LIFE

Recently, Taylor has been the subject of speculation about her relationship with One Direction's Harry Styles. She says she is embarrassed that people talk about her love life. In the past, Taylor has had lots of famous boyfriends such as Joe Jonas, Taylor Lautner and Jake Gyllenhaal. So does she always go out with famous boys? "I really don't have any rules when it comes to height, age, career choice", she says.

POSITIVE INFLUENCE

Like other pop artists such as Shakira, Taylor Swift likes to help others. She gives money to schools and recorded the Hope for Haiti Now album for the victims of the disaster there. She also has a good influence on young people: Taylor avoids alcohol and cigarettes. "I don't dring to get drunk because that's just not cute... and I don't want to smoke anything because I sing", she says.

TAYLOR THE ACTRESS

Taylor Swift isn't just a country singer... she is an actress too! Taylor has had roles in Valentine's Day, The Lorax and the TV series CSI. She also played herself in the film Hannah Montana The Movie. With a successful music career and all her Grammy awards, perhaps the next step for Taylor Swift is to win an Oscar?

8.2 Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson's full name is Scarlett Ingrid Elena Johansson. She is and American actress, model and singer. She was born on 22nd November 1984 in New York. She's slim and she's got blonde curly hair and green-brown eyes.

Scarlett began acting when she was eight years old. She became famous with her role in the film The Horse Whisperer (1998) and Ghost World (2001). Scarlett, recorded two albums like Anywere I Lay My Head (2008) and Break up (2009)

She was nominated in Golden globe Award for her perfomancers in Lost in Translation and Girl with a Pearl Earring in 2003. On 2nd May, Scarlett received her star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood.

8.1 Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova's full name is Maria Yuryevna Sharapova. She was born on 19th April 1987 in Nyagan, Russia. She's 1 metre 88 centimetres tall.

Maria first played tennis, when she was four years old, and she became professional in 2001.

She won her first big trophy on Wimbledon championship in 2004.

7. History of London

London is a city in the south of England. Its name was Londinium in Roman times, and in those timeshere were 45,000 people lived there. The population is about 7.5 million now.

There are places in London with the names of important people or events in history like Victoria Street (Queen Victoria) and Trafalgar Square (Battle of Trafalgar).

The people of London are called Londoners, or "Cockneys". Famous Londoners include Charlie Chaplin and Arthur Conan Doyle. Charlie Chaplin was an actor and Arthur Conan Doyle was a writer of Sherlock Holmes stories.