Taylor Swift was the big winner at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards in the US today, taking home six new surfboard trophies, including the show’s biggest honour - the Ultimate Choice Award.

Taylor’s six wins bring her total career Teen Choice wins to 13 (Taylor’s lucky number), making her the most-honoured winner in the history of the Teen Choice Awards. Taylor, whose Ultimate Choice award presentation included an introduction by her friend Emma Stone and a touching video tribute, received the coveted award in recognition of her extraordinary contributions to the music and entertainment industry.

The discretionary award is not handed out every year, and past honorees include Justin Timberlake, Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, and Reese Witherspoon. Taylor also won surfboards last night for Choice Female Artist, Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon, Choice Breakup Song (for 'Back To December'), Choice Country Artist, and Choice Country Single (for 'Mean').

Taylor flew overnight to Los Angeles from Philadelphia to attend the awards, after making the fifth stadium stop on the US portion of her Speak Now World Tour.

Taylor’s brand new single 'Sparks Fly' from her album Speak Now is released on Monday 15th August.

Label sourses are indicating that Taylor Swift's third studio album, Speak Now is set to sell over 1 million copies in it's first week in the US and lock in a #1 debut on the Billboard 200 chart.

While Nielsen SoundScan's official first-week tally won't arrive until late tonight, all signs point to a historic debut. (SoundScan's trackingweek runs through the close of business on Sunday, and their numbers, which are reflected in Billboard's sales charts, are reported each Wednesday.)

If Speak Now starts with 1 million, it would instantly be the best sales week for a single album since Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III bowed with 1,006,000 June of 2008. And we're hearing that the album's launch might even be bigger than "Carter III." That could mean Speak Now would have the biggest week for an album in over five years, scrolling all the way back to March of 2005 when 50 Cent's The Massacre slayed the #1 spot with 1,141,000 sold, according to SoundScan.

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.

New pop/country artist Stephanie Brownlee is today releasing her debut album Keep It Real through Compass Bros Records.

Brownlee was discovered at the age of 14 by former Fleetwood Mac Manager Dennis Dunstan and after three years of development, he put her into the studio to record her debut album. 

Recorded in Nashville and Sydney, Keep It Real showcases a collection of songs from Jessie Alexander, Tom Shapiro and Liz Rose, who co-penned several of Taylor Swift’s hits.  

She toured with the McClymonts late in 2009. 

Brownlee's new single is a Sarah Buxton cover titled 'That Kind Of Day'. Check it out below...

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.

"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.

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).

Carrie Underwood's SMOKIN' new music video for 'Undo It' has debuted in the US. Check it out here.

You can also check out her commentary on the song in the video below...

Check out the new music video from new Compass Bros Records' new Pop/Country artist Stephanie Brownlee. It's called 'Good Friend/Girlfriend'. The pop version featured last weekend on Video Hits.

Check out the new music video from Shea Fisher for 'Getaway Heart' from her latest album Shea.

Shea has spent most of her time in the US in the last 18 months and she is the new face of popular rodeo brand, Cruel Girl clothing.

This video includes candid handy-cam footage and a great insite into her life in the US so far.

Check out 'Getaway Heart' now...