Check out Taylor Swift's brand new music video 'Mine' from the new album Speak Out.
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New Taylor Swift Track Leaked Online
Taylor Swift's new single 'Mine' has been leaked online and has been rush released for online sale in the US.
"An unauthorized low-quality mp3 file of the single appeared online earlier today. As the low-quality file started to spread virally the decision was made to rush release “Mine" to iTunes and Country radio to ensure that Taylor’s fans were able to hear the single as she intended" said Swift's record company Big Machine Records earlier today."
Within hours of release to Country Radio in the US, the new track has jumped to #35 on the Billboard Country Radio singles chart.
UPDATE: The track has now also been rushed to Australian radio and online stores.
Taylor Swift To Release Speak Now In October
Published on July 21, 2010
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It's official... Taylor Swift will release her third studio album, Speak Now at the end of October. She announced these details Tuesday with her fans on Ustream.
The album's first single, 'Mine,' will be released around mid-August.
"Ever since we put out 'Fearless' I've been writing this one," said Swift, who added that "Speak Now" will consist of about 14 songs. "Through the past two years, I've been through a lot of things that I have been dying to write about and talk about. There were a lot of things that I wanted to say in the moment but couldn't, and this album is my opportunity to do that.
Swift co-produced the album with Nathan Chapman, whom she collaborated with on her first two albums.
Taylor Swift To Announce New Album Details Via Live Web Chat
Published on July 16, 2010
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"Current CMA Entertainer of the Year and Grammy Album of the Year holder Taylor Swift will conduct a live web chat next Wednesday morning at 7:00am Australian Eastern time to give fans details about her new album - set for release before Christmas"
“I’ve spent the last two years out on the Fearless tour and working on my new record,” Taylor said. “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!”, said Taylor on her official website this week.
Visit www.taylorswift.com at 7:00am Sydney/Brisbane/Melbourne time on Wednesday morning to hear all the news from Taylor herself.
Taylor Swift Undertakes 13 Hour Fan Day At CMA Music Festival
Published on June 14, 2010
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Country's biggest global star Taylor Swift is currently completing a 13 hour fan day at the downtown arena in Nashville. Demand from fans for a photo opportunity and autograph has become too big for the CMA Music Festival's Convention Centre venue and she needed to move to a bigger venue.
Swift has been meeting fans all day and well as performing a few acoustic tunes. She is expected to sign over 2,000 autographs.
Her new iPhone app is also being launched today which gives fans the opportunity to re-mix two Taylor Swift tracks and even record their own version.
Swift will have a new album out before the end of the year.
Photos provided by the Country Music Association (US).
Hit Country - Hits Of The Decade (2001 - 2010) ... The Best Of The Best!
Published on June 03, 2010
Hit Country – Hits Of The Decade (2001 – 2010) features the best of the best! It’s a celebration of the last ten years of great country music globally.
Songs for this compilation have been selected on the basis of major chart success, music sales, industry awards and general impact on the music market.
With so many great artists recording so many great songs, the HitCountry.TV team's job of selecting the final 40 tracks was extremely tough!
We could have selected another 40 songs that could have been considered "Hits Of The Decade" but we could only fit 40 tracks on the two CDs, and the 40 on there are simply sensational!
Country's biggest artists from the last decade from Australia and world are featured including Keith Urban, Lee Kernaghan, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Kasey Chambers, George Strait, The McClymonts, Adam Brand, Jasmine Rae, Beccy Cole, Melinda Schneider, Brad Paisley, Steve Forde, Sugarland, Brooks & Dunn and many many more.
The compilation is released on June 11, 2010.
Tracklisting:
Disc 1
1. Planet Country - Lee Kernaghan
2. Wrapped Up Good - The McClymonts
3. Born To Survive - Troy Cassar-Daley
4. You’ll Think Of Me - Keith Urban
5. Jesus Take The Wheel - Carrie Underwood
6. Like A River - Kasey Chambers
7. I Go Back - Kenny Chesney
8. Redneck Woman - Gretchen Wilson
9. Bring Me Down - Miranda Lambert
10. Believe - Brooks & Dunn
11. Beer For My Horses - Toby Keith (with Willie Nelson)
12. I’m A Road Hammer - The Road Hammers
13. Country Singer - Jasmine Rae
14. There’s No Limit - Deanna Carter
15. Alcohol – Brad Paisley
16. Best I Ever Had – Gary Allan
17. All Kinds Of Tough - McAlister Kemp
18. Moments – Emerson Drive
19. Stronger – Melinda Schneider
20. Poster Girl (Wrong Side Of The World) – Beccy Cole
Disc 2
1. Summer’s Little Angel - Steve Forde
2. Best Days Of Your Life - Kellie Pickler
3. Blame It On Eve - Adam Brand
4. In Colour - Jamey Johnson
5. What I Did Last Night - Catherine Britt
6. Beautiful Life - Doc Walker
7. What Was I Thinkin’ - Dierks Bentley
8. Austin - Blake Shelton
9. Stay - Sugarland
10. Tim McGraw - Taylor Swift
11. Fast Car - The Wilkinsons
12. I Saw God Today - George Strait
13. Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy - Big & Rich
14. Love Is A Beautiful Thing - Phil Vassar
15. I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann Womack
16. Acting Stupid - The Sunny Cowgirls
17. What You Give Away – Vince Gill (featuring Sheryl Crow)
18. Song For The Old Rake - Paul Kelly & The Stormwater Boys
19. Boondocks - Little Big Town
20. Don’t Chase Me - Shea Fisher
You can buy the two CD compilation now at 
Taylor Swift & Julianne Hough Named In Magazine Hot 100
Published on May 18, 2010
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US country artists Julianne Hough (pictured above) and Taylor Swift have been named in Maxim Hot 100 list for 2010. Hough came in at #45 and Swift #31. Surprisingly Carrie Underwood didn't make the list!
Pop artist Katy Perry topped this year's list.
See the full list here.
Taylor Swift's Fearless Album Declared The Most Awarded Country Album Of All Time
Published on March 22, 2010
Taylor Swift's four times Platinum (Australia) Fearless album was officially recognized as the Most Awarded Album in the History of Country Music last week at a private dinner in Nashville, TN.
Fearless is the only album in history to win the all-genre Album of The Year GRAMMY, plus Country Album of the Year Award from the GRAMMYs, the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music and the American Music Awards.
Representatives from NARAS, The American Music Awards, The Country Music Association, and the Academy of Country Music all joined Big Machine Records Group President/CEO Scott Borchetta for an unprecedented group presentation honoring Taylor for her achievement.
Taylor, who turned 20 in December, was the youngest artist in history to win the music industry's coveted top prize and she is also the award's first-ever solo female country winner, and the first solo female winner in more than a decade.
"We tend to always look forward when it comes to Taylor, but tonight it was time to stop for a moment and look back on one of the most successful music works of all time," said Scott Borchetta.
"The eighteen months of our lives known as the 'Fearless' era have been history-making, euphoric and triumphant. The sales, the airplay, the accolades and the awards have all just been incredible. But most important to me is that my friend Taylor and her collective team of family, record label, management and her road family continue to raise the bar with work ethic, achievement and enjoyment. Dreams do come true."
Taylor was also honored at this week's event for:
* More than 13 Million in total record sales
* More than 25 Million Digital Downloads
* The 6x Platinum Certification of Fearless in the US
* Fearless as the #1 selling album in the US in both 2008 & 2009
* The 5x Platinum Certification of Taylor Swift in the US
* The #1 and #2 positions atop Nielsen's BDS 2009 Top 10 Most Played Songs chart (all genres), with 'You Belong With Me' and 'Love Story'
* The #1 spots on both the 2009 Top 10 Artist Airplay chart (all genres) and the Top 10 Artist Internet Streams chart
* Her four most recent #1 singles ('Should've Said No', 'Love Story', 'White Horse', and 'You Belong With Me')
This week also marks Taylor's 10th consecutive Top 10 Country single in the US ('Fearless'), and with that she becomes the only female artist in the 66-year history of Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart to score at least five Top 10s apiece from her first two major album releases.
Taylor is currently nominated for four 2010 Academy of Country Music Awards, including Entertainer of the Year.
Taylor is a four-time GRAMMY winner, the top-selling digital artist in music history, has had singles top both the Country and Pop radio charts, and had the #1 best-selling album in any genre of music in both 2009 and 2008. This year she became the youngest artist in history to win the GRAMMY Award for Album of the Year. Also at the 2010 GRAMMYs, she took home the awards for Country Album of the Year, Best Country Song, and Best Country Female Vocal Performance. In 2009, she was named Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards, and also became the youngest artist in the 43-year history of the Country Music Association to win the CMA Award for Entertainer of the Year. Taylor currently holds the Billboard all-genre records for most first-week downloads by a female artist, for the longest charting album of this century and for most Top 20 debuts in a calendar year, as well as the Billboard record for the largest overall airplay audience for a country-based act.
2010 Academy Of Country Music Awards Nominees Announced
Published on March 03, 2010
Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood and Zac Brown Band have topped the nominations for the 45th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, which were announced by Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton last night.
Lady Antebellum scored seven nominations. While Lambert and Underwood received six each nominations in five categories. Zac Brown also scored six nominations - four as a member of the Zac Brown Band and another two as the group's producer.
Following for CMA Awards and Grammy success, Taylor Swift received a total of five nominations, including her first Entertainer of the Year nomination.
Under the ACM tally, artists receive multiple nominations in certain categories if they wrote the song or produced the recording.
Kenny Chesney's nominations include entertainer of the year (which he has already won four times) and top male vocalist. Brad Paisley is also nominated for the fan voted Entertainer of the Year and top male vocalist. His American Saturday Night is nominated for album of the year, and "Welcome to the Future" is competing for video of the year.
The other entertainer of the year nominees are Toby Keith, George Strait and Australia's Keith Urban. The three categories for newcomers - top new solo vocalist, vocal group and vocal duo - will also be opened up to fan voting. The winner in each of those three categories will then move on to compete for overall top new artist, another fan-voted category.
Reba McEntire will host the show live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas USA on April 18.
As Taylor Hit's Sydney, Her GRAMMY Performace Continues To Generate Major Discussion
Published on February 05, 2010
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Taylor Swift won the major award at the GRAMMYS earlier this week - the award for Album of the Year, as well as three other awards, but her vocal performance with Stevie Nicks has been widely critized.
Patrick Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times said, "Even though Swift was the big winner Sunday night, she has largely been derided by critics and is viewed as a youthful enthusiasm, not a serious artist. (If you watched the show, you may have noticed that while she has lovely hair, she can barely sing).
And popular online music critic Bob Leftez said, "Taylor Swift shortened her career last night. And since she says she calls all her own shots, she has to shoulder the blame. Yes, her dream came true, she made it, she's a star, but the real test is longevity. Elton John can play with GaGa decades later. Will Taylor Swift be duetting with the stars of the 2030s? Doubtful."
Scott Borchetta, the head of Swifts record label, Big Machine Records responded to the critics in the The Tennessean by saying...
“The facts say she is the undisputed best communicator that we’ve got," Borchetta said.
"So when she says something or feels something it affects more people than anybody else. Maybe she’s not the best technical singer, but she is the best emotional singer. Everybody gets up there and is technically perfect people don’t seem to want more of it. There’s not an artist in any other format that people want more of than they want of Taylor. I think (the critics) are missing the whole voice of a generation that is happening right in front of them. Maybe they are jealous or can’t understand that. But obviously the people that she talks to are engaged with her. No one is perfect on any given day. Maybe in that moment we didn’t have the best night, but in the same breath, maybe we did.”
In a phone intoerview to Billboard, Borchetta went on to say, "This is not 'American Idol.' This is not a competition of getting up and seeing who can sing the highest note. This is about a true artist and writer and communicator. It's not about that technically perfect performance."
And that prompted a response from American Idol's first winner, Kelly Clarkson on her online blog.
"I understand defending your artist obviously because I have done the same in the past for artists I like, including Taylor, so you might see why its upsetting to read you attacking American Idol for producing simply vocalists that hit ‘the high notes’. Thank you for that ‘Captain Obvious’ sense of humor because you know what, we not only hit the high notes, you forgot to mention we generally hit the ‘right’ notes as well. Every artist has a bad performance or two and that is understandable, but throwing blame will not make the situation at hand any better. I have been criticized left and right for having shaky performances before (and they were shaky) and what my manager or label executives say to me and the public is “I’ll kick butt next time” or “every performance isn’t going to be perfect” ……I bring this up because you should take a lesson from these people and instead of lashing out at other artists (that in your ‘humble’ opinion lack true artistry), you should simply take a breath and realize that sometimes things won’t go according to plan or work out and that’s okay," said Clarkson.
Swift takes to stage on Saturday night at Acer Arena to a sold out crowd in Sydney. There's no doubt her longevity as an artist will have everything with her ability to continue to record hit songs and remain relevant to her world-wide army of fans, as opposed to the reaction to her GRAMMY performance.
