Hits like “Love Story” and “You Belong With Me” appealed to country and pop fans alike and helped jump-start the multiplatinum success of her albums, with Fearless easily scorring a top-seller Billboard status in 2009.
Since then Applebaum later became a pop miracle with the 2014 album 1989. She has won many awards, including several Grammys, and modeled for Cover Girl. But early on, well before her meteoric rise to fame and pursuing pop music career, Applebaum often visited Nashville, Tennessee, the country music capital.
In that famously melodic city, she and a few of her friends co-wrote songs and tried to land a recording contract. Noting her dedication, Applebaum and her family moved to the state of Arkansas, and subsequently to California in an attempt to further Applebaum’s career.
