CMT: Artists Of The Year
Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Brad Paisley and Taylor Swift will be honored during CMT Artists of the Year, a 90-minute special premiering Dec. 13 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CMT. Criteria for choosing the five acts included music sales, country radio airplay, concert grosses as a headliner or co-headliner and video streams, searches and page views on CMT.com. During the past 12 months, the five artists have collectively sold more than 9 million copies of their albums and more than 20 million individual downloads of their current singles. Scheduled to be taped in Nashville, the celebration will feature star-studded performances from the honorees as well as celebrity peers from across the entertainment spectrum. The evening's cuisine will be inspired by the artists of the year and prepared by celebrity chef Stephanie Izard, winner of TV's Top Chef competition and chef/partner of Girl and the Goat restaurant in Chicago.
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The World's 25 Highest-Paid Musicians
"Country or pop? Either way, there's no question that Swift is a moneymaking machine: new album Speak Now was certified triple-platinum barely a month after its October release; touring grosses some $750,000 per night."
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Information om CD+DVD internationellt
Nyheten: Speak Now Tour blir CD & DVD!
The DVD will give fans the complete Taylor Swift Speak Now concert experience, showcasing performances of all 17 songs from Taylor’s Speak Now show (“Sparks Fly,” “Mine,” “Story of Us,” “Our Song,” “Mean,” Back To December,” “Better Than Revenge,” “Speak Now,” “Fearless,” “Last Kiss,” “You Belong With Me,” “Dear John,” Enchanted,” “Haunted, “Long Live,” “Fifteen,” and “Love Story”), plus additional bonus content.
The CD will contain over 75 minutes of music, including live versions of favorites from the Speak Now album.
price: $19.99
Vid tillfället kan jag inte säga något infomation om CDn och DVDn kommer att vara möjlig att köpa i Sverige! Däremot kommer all material från skivorna självklart dyka upp på nätet och här på TSS.
Taylor ska uppträda på CMA!
All five nominees for CMA’s highest honor, Entertainer of the Year – Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban,Blake Shelton and Jason Aldean – will perform at this year’s awards ceremony, the Country Music Association announced Tuesday.
All of the nominee-performers also performed at last year’s CMA Awards, and three are past winners. Paisley, who’s also co-hosting the awards on Nov. 9 with Carrie Underwood, picked up Entertainer of the Year for the first time in 2010 after being nominated for it every year since 2005. Swift won in 2009. And Urban received the award back in 2005.
Shelton, who was named male vocalist of the year at 2010’s ceremony, is vying for the prize for the first time.
Aldean, Paisley, Shelton and Swift are the top overall recognized artists, with five nominations apiece.
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5 miljoner album sålda av Speak Now!
“Wow! I did not know about that. That’s so many. This is so amazing to have you guys here. I’m looking out and seeing a sea of faces who are absolutely the pulse of Nashville. You’ve all been so nice to me over the years, and you’re all part of the reason I get to stand on that giant stage out there and play two sold-out shows.
“To get an award, this five-million plaque for this album that meant so much to me and still does,” Taylor continued. “I’m so proud of it. The fact that it went out into the world and sold five million copies is kind of unreal. I can’t really wrap my mind around it yet. That’s so many!”
Journey To Fearless DVD
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The Tennessean Music Q&A
Do you have special guests lined up for Nashville?
"I hate to advertise things before they happen, but I also have friends in Nashville whose music I’m a fan of…and it could be really fun. It could be a really fun two shows. I really have fun having people come out to the shows because my crowds are so frenzied and loud. They scream so loudly for every guest performer. I have so much fun, not only seeing the crowds react, but also seeing the guest performers react when they see how amazing the crowds are. They’re an amazing audience, everywhere we go."
What’s it like to come back to Nashville after being away for weeks or months, and at this stage in your career?
"Well, I just recently came back to Nashville for two days, and I’d been out on the road for a month. Coming back, it’s crazy, because I go straight into work mode, and both days, (I spent) the majority of my time in the studio, and then every split second that I wasn’t in the studio, I was spending with my family, and knocking on my brother’s door and seeing how he’s been. It’s funny because when you haven’t been there for a while, you get home, and you’re wiped out. I took a red eye home and my door sensor was beeping every five minutes. I was stumbling around the house in mid-sleep trying to figure out what this beeping was. This always happens. When I came home from my three month tour in Asia and Europe, there was a light that wouldn’t turn off, a chandelier that would not turn off above my bed. There’s always something that hysterically keeps me from sleeping when I’m so excited to be home in my own bed."
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The Guinness Book of World Records 2012
- Fastest Selling Digital Album (Female)
- Most Simultaneous Us Hot 100 Hits (Female)
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14 september: The Ellen Show
Ellen surprised TAYLOR SWIFT at her concert in L.A. over the summer, and now Ellen is going to show an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at her Speak Now Tour. Taylor is here to discuss her steamy relationship rumors and to perform her and Ellen’s song, “The Story of Us.”
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CMA 2011 nomineringar!
Update: Nu har resten av nomineringarna släppts och Taylor blev nominerad till ytterligare tre awards för Album Of The Year för Speak Now och Music Video Of The Year & Song Of The Year för Mean. Stort grattis till Taylor för hela fem nomineringar! CMA hålls till den 9 november 2011 och eftersom Taylor inte har någon konsert den kvällen får vi med stor sannolikhet se henne där ♥
Nashville Lifestyles
For such a young woman, Taylor Swift holds quite a bit of power. Not only is she one of the most gifted songwriters in the history of country music—but her stage presence only continues to improve with each tour. This month, fans and fellow music industry folk will be filling the Bridgestone Arena for two sold out shows on September 16 and 17. Playing a show for thousands of screaming fans is something she’s used to—but in front of her peers and in her home town it’s even sweeter. With Sparks Fly, she hypnotizes the audience both with music and the excitement of full stage production.
When not on stage, she’s writing songs, spending time with her friends and posing as the face of Cover Girl cosmetics. Not such a bad gig for a girl who’s barely legal. Add a new penthouse and a slew of awards to the mix and it gets even better. In fact, early this month, the committee for the Symphony Ball (one of Nashville’s most prestigious events) will announce their plans to honor her with the Harmony Award at this year’s ball (in December). This incredible honor only proves just how respected her talents are by her fans, peers and members of her home town community.
We got to catch up with her between tour dates about the show, biggest influences—and of course, her Nashville Lifestyle.
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Ny information om Punk'd
SPOILERS FÖR ER SOM VILL HA AVSNITTET SOM ÖVERRASKNING!!
When Taylor Swift was invited over to Justin Bieber's place to help him write a track for Selena Gomez, she probably didn't expect what was to happen next.
Justin Bieber, who has replaced Ashton Kutcher on Punk'd, was to trick Taylor Swift into believing she had set fire to a boat, ruining a wedding.
Pop star Justin invited Taylor over to help write a song with him before asking if she would set off some fireworks.Apparently, one of the fireworks 'accidentally' landed on boat which was hosting a wedding party, setting fire to it and meaning the guests, who were actually actors, had to flee by swimming to shore.An insider explained that the beauty didn't cry but was very freaked out and said 'OMG I'm so sorry!' before Justin revealed that she had been Punk'd prompting Taylor to start laughing and ask: "How could you do this to me?"Luckily all was forgotten later as Justin and Taylor performed Baby together in the Staples Centre in LA.
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Punk'd: Taylor i första avsnittet!
Stars beware – “Punk’d” is officially back in business and it’s no longer only Ashton Kutcher to be afraid of!
The MTV celebrity prank series has resumed production, filming its first return episode on Friday in Los Angeles with Taylor Swift as the unsuspecting target, a source has revealed to Access Hollywood.
However, it wasn’t Ashton at the helm.
Instead, the prankster who “Punk’d” Taylor? Her good friend, Justin Bieber.
In the show’s revamped format, series creator Ashton will no longer be the regular host of the show. Instead, a different celebrity will pull hosting duties each episode, as viewers get to watch them set up and execute their practical joke on their unknowing targets.
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Concert review: Staples Center
Firing off a slew of infectious radio hits, “Fifteen,” “You Belong With Me” and “Mean” among them, the show was an engaging sing-a-long dance party for the audience, but you couldn’t help wondering whether it’s starting to feel a little stale for Swift herself. Every flip of the hair, every strut and movement, felt over-rehearsed. Swift was at her best when it was just her and an instrument in hand, like while seated at the piano for "Back to December."
In an effort to get closer to her fans, Swift relocated to the center of the floor mid-show, where she sat beneath a bare, glowing tree. Strumming a ukulele, which she described as a "happy" instrument, she covered the songs that remind her of California -- the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" and Gwen Stefani's "Sweet Escape" -- to a party tuned-out audience. For the minority of the crowd who knew the words, it was a highlight of the evening.
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Taylor har inte sett True Blood avsnittet
E! Online har lagt upp en artikel på deras hemsida där de skriver lite om att de fick se T-Party, såg Justin Bieber i korridoren backstage, att de träffade Andrea Swift och att Taylor inte sett avsnittet av True Blood där hennes låt "Haunted" spelades i en scen än. Nedan kan ni se ett utdrag ur artikeln!
"I haven't seen it yet!" she gushed. "I heard some things. I'm excited to see it. I was so disappointed I don't have the HBO that reairs the episodes."
Of course, we had to fill her in on how awesomely steamy it was...
"I feel like you're trying to tell me something," she cooed mysteriously.
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The Taylor Swift Look Contest
The Taylor Swift Look Contest with COVERGIRL has now launched, exclusively on Facebook!
Create your Look using all your favorite COVERGIRL products to compete for a chance to win tickets to Taylor's sold out SPEAK NOW US Tour.
Earn points by getting video views, video likes, and by selling COVERGIRL products through your Look. Points will be calculated at the end of each week to determine winners, with one Grand Prize winner rewarded with a VIP trip to New York City for the last sold out show and to MEET TAYLOR! The Grand Prize package also includes a COVERGIRL-sponsored makeover for the winner & one guest, and $5,000 in cash prize for the winner.
As a member of Taylor Connect, you are eligible to log in right away and get started creating your Look video. If yours is one of the first 1,000 Looks created, you will receive a coupon code (in a separate email) for a free Speak Now Black Rubber Bracelet at the Taylor Swift online store.
Click here to go to the application and create your Look today!
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The Taylor Swift Team
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