Category Archives: Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift became one of country-pop’s brightest (and youngest) faces in 2006, when the 16-year-old singer released her first record. Although new to the American public, Swift had been playing since early childhood, taking inspiration and encouragement from her opera-singing grandmother. She sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” before a Philadelphia 76ers game at the age of 11; the following year, she began practicing her guitar skills for several hours each day, only stopping when her fingers started to bleed. Swift’s parents realized their child’s dedication and began making regular visits to Nashville, TN, where Swift would perform casually and meet with songwriters in the area. The family then decided to move from their native Pennsylvania to an outlying Nashville suburb, which accelerated Swift’s career.

While performing at the intimate Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Swift caught the eye of songs industry veteran Scott Borchetta, who signed her to his newly formed label. Swift joined the roster at Big Machine Records and released her debut single, “Tim McGraw,” in August 2006. The song drew upon her experience as a lovelorn high-school student, a theme that Swift revisited throughout her self-titled debut album. issued in late 2008, Taylor Swift catapulted the young songwriter to stardom, spawning a handful of hits (five consecutive Top Ten singles, a new record for a female solo artist) during earning multi-platinum sales. Swift also received a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist, an award she ultimately lost to Amy Winehouse. Two subsequent EPs — Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection and Beautiful Eyes — helped maintain Swift’s popularity while whetting public demand for her sophomore release, Fearless, which arrived in November 2008.

Taylor Swift – Speak Now

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Taylor Swift announces new album Speak Now! In her live chat today, country superstar Taylor Swift announced news her fans have been waiting 2 years for. Taylor will be releasing a new album, titled “Speak Now”this coming October 25th, 2010 worldwide. The album will feature 14 songs, and is a concept piece that centers around the idea that you should tell people how you feel when you have the chance. “That pertains to the album as a concept, and an entire theme of the record, more than I can even tell you. I’ve been working on it for two years ever since we came out with Fearless I’ve been working on this album and what I want to put in it and how I want it to be. For me I write a lot about what I live so you have to give yourself a little time to live a little so you have something to write about A lot of things I wanted to say in the moment and in life you have a lot of situations and people that pop up and come at you in life and a lot of times you don’t get to tell them what you want in person.” Taylor will also begin touring in the late fall and early spring to support the album. She even made mention of touring internationally. We can expect to hear the first single off the album in mid-August. The lead single “Mine” was recently shot in Portland Maine, which Taylor absolutely loved. “Mine” is a song that is about kind of my tendency to run from love.. I think it’s because for me, every direct real example of love for me has ended in goodbye and breakups… this song is sort of about finding the exception to that and finding someone who can make you believe in love… I’m never going to go past believing that love can work out. We shot the video for “Mine” in Maine so you may have seen pictures of that online… When I am old and have silver hair… I want to live in Maine and have a house and make necklaces and have a lot of cats” Today’s live chat brought a total of well over 60,000 simultaneous viewers, with over 4,000 interactively chatting during the broadcast. It was a fantastic example of how new media technology like USTREAM helps artists reach their fans one-on-one.Country Music Photo Gallery

Taylor Swift Live Chat

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Taylor Swift schedules a live chat with fans this Tuesday! Taylor Swift is ready to move forward from the Fearless album and tour, and wants to share her latest projects with fans, as well as answer their questions. “I’ve spent the last two years out on the Fearless Tour and working on my new record,” she says. “I’ve gotten so many questions from fans — on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, my website, everywhere really — and it’s so incredible to see how excited everybody is about what’s next. I want them to be the first to know about my new music, and I can’t wait to talk to everybody as directly as I can!” Tune In July 20th at 5pm EST for Taylor’s Live Broadcast Online video chat with Taylor Swift by Ustream On Tuesday, July 20th at 5pm EST, tune in here, Ustream.tv/taylorswift, or Taylorswift.com to join the conversation. Ustream members will be able to log in and post questions of their own.

A Taylor-Free Award Show?

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In a spectacular ACM Awards Show tonight, one thing was blaringly clear: Taylor Swift is NOT an industry darling anymore! Taylor Swift may have performed during tonight’s Academy of Country Music awards show, but that’s the only stage time she’d get as the peer-voted industry award show shunned the pop princess. Miranda Lambert walked away with 3 awards including Top Female Vocalist and Album of the Year, Carrie Underwood takes away Entertainer of the Year for the second year straight, and Taylor… well Taylor’s probably counting the days till the next fan-voted awards show so millions of texting teens can keep her thanking Mom and God with her shaking hands and ever-surprised face. So what led to this lack of industry peer votes for team Taylor? Perhaps over-saturation? Much like the Hannah Montana craze, have many grown adults heard Taylor’s tunes courtesy of their little girls radios so often that they are now on absolute burnout? Perhaps. Or perhaps, and far more likely, Taylor has been outdone by pure talent. With such a rock-solid performance of “The House That Built Me” from Miranda Lambert, the flaws in Taylor’s live vocals were painfully clear. Add to it the almost too-technically-perfect Carrie Underwood, and the timelessly amazing Reba McEntire all on the same show, and suddenly Taylor is looking more like the little kid they let in for fun. I KNOW I’ll get a ton of hateful comments, but please, just for one minute, do the math and open your mind to the idea that the perfect princess may not be so perfect after all.Country Music Photo Gallery

Country Music Celebrates Thanksgiving

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Country music stars reveal their Thanksgiving plans. Find out what Taylor Swift, Wynonna, Billy Currington The Carter Twins, and more are doing to kick off their holiday season! 1. Nashville-based country group Brokedown Cadillac have confirmed plans to perform for the troops during a Thanksgiving week tour of military bases in Iraq. The group will head overseas this week for the tour, which runs from November 21-30 and they will be joined by a select group of Hooters Girls from around the U.S. 2. Billy Currington has been added as Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade performer which airs on NBC 11/26 – Taking to the sky for the first time this year will be the lovable and oh-so-ticklish Pillsbury Doughboy*; America’s favorite clown Ronald McDonald*; the web-slinger Spider-Man*, and the top mouse on deck, Sailor Mickey Mouse. 3. The Carter Twins have also recorded Let it Snow for A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS VOLUME 7, benefitting Special Olympics. Their video for the track will debut Thanksgiving weekend. 4. Wynonna Judd will be kicking off her Classic Country Christmas tour immediately following thanksgiving, with a resurged interest after announcing that she may be touring WITH mom next year! 5. Taylor Swift will be featured on NBC’s “People of the Year” special, airing Thanksgiving night. 6. Chris Daughtry will be performing at the halftime show for the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving. While he may not be a country performer, his recent CMA duet with Vince Gill for the song “Tennessee Line” makes him a person of interest. And that’s all we’ve got for now fans, so stuff the bird, set your DVR’s and enjoy the holiday with family, friends, and good country music!Country Music Photo Gallery

Taylor Swift discusses life at fifteen

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Taylor Swift’s song “Fifteen” becomes the center of a radio special aimed at parents and teens discussing the challenges of young adulthood. Taylor Swift is the talk of radio DJ’s everywhere but now she’s doing the talking. Taylor Swift is hosting a 27 minute special that discusses the challenges of being a young teenager in today’s society titled “Fifteen: The Times & Trials of the American Teenager“. This public service special is aimed at parents and teenagers, and will include a round table discussion featuring teenagers and commentary from a high school guidance counselor . Taylor will also share the inspiration behind her hit song “Fifteen”. The special is scheduled to air nationwide during the weekends of November 21st & 22nd, November 28th & 29th and December 5th & 6th. Stay tuned for a list of stations that will be airing the special!Country Music Photo Gallery

New Taylor Swift Tickets!

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Taylor Swift tickets are selling out like hotcakes these days. We want YOU to know we’ve got your access to hard-to-find Taylor Swift concert tickets through our partner site Country Music On Tour! Tickets for the following Fearless tour stops have JUST been released! Amway Arena Orlando, FL view tickets HP Pavilion At San Jose San Jose, CA view tickets Pepsi Center (2 nights) Denver, CO view tickets RBC Center Raleigh, NC view tickets Save Mart Center Fresno, CA view tickets Scotiabank Place (formerly the Corel Centre) Kanata, ON view tickets St Pete Times Forum Tampa, FL view tickets U.S. Bank Arena Cincinnati, OH view tickets Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, IA view tickets Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, MN view tickets Air Canada Centre (2 nights) Toronto, ON view tickets STAPLES Center (2 nights) Los Angeles, CA view ticketsCountry Music Photo Gallery

Taylor Swift Tonight on Dancing With The Stars

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Taylor Swift is performing her new single tonight on Dancing With The Stars as ABC goes country. Taylor Swift is all set to debut her latest single “Jump, Then Fall” on tonight’s episode of Dancing With The Stars on ABC 9pm (et).  This is all part of ABC getting countrified in preparation for the CMA Awards! Other network country star appearances are: Carrie Underwood on Good Morning America Tuesday November 3rd Kellie Pickler on Extreme Makeover Home Edition Sunday November 8th Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley together on Good Morning America Tuesday November 10th Later that evening (11/10), ABC’s Robin Roberts will host “In The Spotlight With Robin Roberts: Bright Lights. Big Stars. All Access Nashville” at 10p (ET). Roberts will interview artists like Loretta Lynn, Vince Gill, Rosanne Cash, Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw and Martina McBride. The special will also be available online at www.abcnews.com, where fans can vote for their favorite country song. The favorite song will be revealed on “Good Morning America” the next dayCountry Music Photo Gallery

Taylor Swift on Saturday Night Live

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Taylor Swift will be doing double duty as she participates in sketches AND performs on Saturday Night Live November 7th! Taylor Swift  is more than ready for her appearance on SNL next month, telling Associated Press: “I’ve been thinking about skit ideas for a long time. There are definitely some hilarious things that have happened to me over the past couple of months that I think will be pretty substantial skits.” Taylor is only the fourth musician to fill both rolls of host and performer in the history of SNL, joining the ranks of Garth Brooks, Justin Timberlake, Sting, and Janet Jackson. The show airs Saturday November7th at 11:35pm(ET)Country Music Photo Gallery