• Are Spotify, Apple Music, and Other Streaming Services Actually Boosting Record Sales?

    Are music streaming services really as bad as some artists paint them out to be? Are music streaming services really as bad as some artists paint them out to be? In the past, some of the industry's biggest names - from Taylor Swift and AC/DC to Adele and Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke - have called out the likes of Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal for the paltry royalties they hand out to artists.

  • Taylor Swift, Zane Lowe Talk About Apple Music Documentary, '1989' and World Domination: WATCH

    Taylor Swift has had an incredible 2015 to say the least, but it's not over quite yet. In her most recent announcement, which happened to be her birthday gift to her fans, Swift broke the news that her entire 1989 World Tour had been chronichled and would be turned into a documentary featuring backstage rehearsals, interviews behind the scenes footage and more - all released through Apple Music on Dec. 20.

  • Taylor Swift Meets Australian Doppleganger Olivia Sturgiss During 1989 World Tour Gig

    As if Taylor Swift's squad needs more people in it, it just got a bit bigger--this time with a T. Swift look-a-like. After coming across her Doppleganger, Olivia "Liv" Sturgiss via a Tumblr post asking to meet the pop sensation, of course the "Wildest Dreams" singer made her fan's wish come true when the two officially met and posed for picturs on Friday night's Melbourne stop of the '1989' World Tour.

  • Lana Del Rey on Her Musical Persona, Says She Doesn't Actually Date "Bad Guys"

    Due to her moody songs and emotion riddled lyrics, you would think that Lana Del Rey is no stranger to tortured love and falls in with one destructive man after another. But in a new interview Del Rey talks her musical persona, and the difference between a record and real life. She claims that she doesn't actually date "bad guys" and that it's an image to add intrigue to her songs.

  • Feminist Icon Camille Paglia on Taylor Swift’s Girl Squad and "Obnoxious Nazi Barbie" Stuff

    Feminist academic and curmudgeon critic Camille Paglia has penned yet another criticism of pop icon Taylor Swift, this time taking on the artist's Girl Squad. In the treatise, Paglia says Taylor's squad is a "tittering, tongues-out mugging" posse that does the opposite of empower females due to the presentation of a "silly, regressive public image." "Swift herself," she adds, "should retire that obnoxious Nazi Barbie routine of wheeling out friends and celebrities as performance props."

  • Taylor Swift Performs Acoustic '1989' Hits "Shake It Off" & "Wildest Dreams" [WATCH]

    Taylor Swift is no stranger to performing in front of large audiences, especially after taking on a seven-month '1989 World Tour' complete with sold-out shows, filled stadiums and star-studded gust appearances from Alanis Morissette and Mick Jagger to Ellie Goulding and Justin Timberlake. Now, the pop sensation traded the large-scale arena performances for an intimate Australian radio station, Nova 96.9, gig, rolling out acoustic renditions of "Shake It Off" and "Wildest Dreams."

  • Taylor Swift Files Trademark Claims for '1989,' 'Blank Space' Lyrics and Possible Memoir Title

    Taylor Swift took 1989 for her own when she titled her massive 2014 album after her birth year, but now it seems as though the "Wildest Dreams" singer wants to trademark the year. In her latest US Patent and Trademark Office filing, the 25-year-old pop superstar is trying to claim ownership of 1989 as well as phrases related to her such as "Swiftmas," "And I'll write your name" and "Blank Space."

  • Katy Perry, One Direction, Garth Brooks Top List Of 2015's Highest Paid Musicians

    In just three short weeks we will wave goodbye to an eventful 2015 and it has been a year where many musicians have been able to reap the rewards of their labor and reap some of them did. Forbes has unveiled their list of the highest paid musicians in 2015 and Katy Perry tops the list with a whopping $135, putting her just behind Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao as the highest paid celebrities on the planet. She is followed by One Direction, Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift and The Eagles to round out the top five.
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