Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift broke through in 2006 with her hit song "Tim McGraw," recorded when she was still 16 years old. From just outside of Reading, Pennsylvania, Swift began singing at local events when she was a kid, including a gig singing the national anthem at a Philadelphia 76ers basketball game when she was 11. To pursue her career in country music, Swift and her family moved near Nashville, Tennessee when she was 13. Her beauty pageant looks and surprisingly seasoned country vocal style made her a star on Country Music Television, and her video -- a wistful ballad of romantic longing ("When you think Tim McGraw / I hope you think of me") -- was voted a fan favorite. She released her self-titled debut album in late 2006 and quickly became a star singer and songwriter. Swift was nominated in 2007 by the Academy of Country Music as best new female vocalist, and before she was even 18 she was touring nationally with top stars such as Brad Paisley and Rascal Flatts. By 2008 she'd been Grammy-nominated and her album had produced the hits "Our Song" and "A Place in This World."

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FM Static

FM Static was the pop-punk side project of Thousand Foot Krutch's Trevor McNevan (vocals/guitar) and Steve Augustine (drums). A million miles away from TFK's blustery rap-metal, FM Static had much more in common with the fizzy, immediately accessible pop-punk of blink-182 or Good Charlotte. Joined by bassist Justin Smith and guitarist John Bunner, McNevan and Augustine issued FM Static's debut on Tooth & Nail in July 2003; it featured 11 positive-thinking songs about girls, high school, and summertime.

Six Candles - FM Static

FM Static toured through 2003 to 2005, John Bunner quickly retired after playing a few shows and so Justin asked his brother Jeremy to fill in for them. On August 1, 2006, FM Static released their second album entitled Critically Ashamed, which featured the single "Waste of Time." Originally, a cover of Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby" was to be included in this album, but it was removed later in the production process.



Albums

* What Are You Waiting For?
(July 22, 2003)
Tooth & Nail
* Critically Ashamed
(August 1, 2006)
Tooth & Nail
* Dear Diary
(April 7, 2009)
Tooth & Nail

Singles

* 2003: Definitely Maybe
* 2003: Crazy Mary
* 2003: Something To Believe In
* 2006: Waste of Time
* 2006: Six Candles
* 2006: The Video Store
* 2006: Girl of the Year
* 2008: Tonight
* 2008: Moment of Truth
* 2008: Nice Piece of Art
* 2009: Boy Moves To A New Town With Optimistic Outlook
* 2009: The Unavoidable Battle Of Feeling On The Outside
* 2009: Take Me As I Am

McFly

McFly came together and quickly won over the youth masses with their boyish charm and lively tales of adolescence. However, while Busted shared commonalities with the punk-edged accessibility of acts like blink-182 and Simple Plan, McFly owed a bit more musically to bands like the Beach Boys. Naming themselves after Michael J. Fox's character from the Back to the Future series, the guys -- Danny Jones (guitar/vocals), Tom Fletcher (guitar/vocals), Dougie Poynter (bass/vocals), and Harry Judd (drums) -- released Room on the Third Floor in the fall of 2004 on Universal. The album went straight to number one in the U.K., an achievement that landed them in The Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest band to ever do so. It produced a slew of Top Five hits as well, including "Five Colours in Her Hair," "Obviously," "That Girl," and "Room on the Third Floor," the first two of which peaked at number one on the U.K. charts.


Lies - McFly

McFly started off 2005 with a Best Pop Award win at the Brits, and later in the year released the charity single "All About You," which also contained a B-side cover of Carole King's "You've Got a Friend." The proceeds from the single benefited African communities affected by HIV/AIDS, and as a result, the band spent some time early in the year visiting with some of these villages in Uganda. McFly issued their follow-up record, Wonderland, in the U.K. in August 2005; filmed during a show in Manchester, the subsequent Wonderland Tour 2005 DVD appeared that fall. The bandmembers next surfaced with roles as themselves in the spring 2006 Lindsay Lohan teen movie Just My Luck. A record of the same name, though not the movie's soundtrack, was released that May in the United States, which contained tracks from their other albums.

Nothing - Mcfly

Umbrella - McFly