• Taylor Swift '1989' Aimed for Third Week at No.1, "Blank Space" Album to Outsell Foo Fighters' 'Sonic Highways', Garth Brooks' 'Man Against Machine'

    Taylor Swift is holding on strong to the No. 1 spot in the country with 1989, and it seems like nothing can "Shake It Off." In the two weeks since its release, Swift's new album has surpassed platinum status and topped the Billboard 200, and she's looking to come in first for a third week, beating out new releases like Foo Fighters' Sonic Highways and Garth Brooks' Man Against Machine.

  • Brantley Gilbert and Justin Moore Join Big Machine Label Mate in Leaving Spotify; Why Now?

    The anti-Spotify-cation of the country music genre continues this week as two more big names have opted to remove their wares from the music streaming site. Brantley Gilbert and Justin Moore both announced on Wednesday that they would be pulling their respective discographies from the service immediately. This follows in the wake of announcements over the last two weeks that Taylor Swift and Jason Aldean would be taking similar stands. Why, and why now?

  • Taylor Swift Label Head Says She Made Less Than $500K Last Year on Spotify

    Taylor Swift pulled her catalogue from Spotify last week, and the streaming giant's co-founder Daniel Elk responded earlier this week saying that the 1989 songstress would have made $6 million from Spotify streaming by the end of the year. Now Swift's label boss, Scott Borchetta, is claiming in an interview with TIME that last year his label only made $496,044 from her domestic Spotify streams, a number drastically smaller than what Elk suggested they could expect this year. According to a Spotify representative, the global payout last year was $2 million.

  • Video of 12-Year-Old Taylor Swift Belting the National Anthem at a Philadelphia 76ers Game Surfaces [WATCH]

    Taylor Swift had the makings of a star even when she was a 12-year-old. Old video footage of the young "Shake It Off" singer performing the national anthem at a Philadelphia 76ers game in Pennsylvania recently went viral.Swift, a native of Reading, Pennsylvania, is shown in the brief clip below belting the last few lines of "The Star-Spangled Banner," including the challenging "o'er the land of the free" part, "The Huffington Post" reports. The singer does a spectacular job, considering her age at the time. I am sure no one knew Swift would one day rule the charts after listening to her performance, but she had plenty of years to improve. The next T.Swift is out there, though, so do not disregard any youngster you see belting out the beloved song.In case you missed it, New Zealand singer Lorde was also an excellent singer at age 12.

  • Taylor Swift "Shake it Off" Reigns Supreme on Hot 100 Again as Ariana Grande & The Weeknd "Love Me Harder" Enters Top 10

    Taylor Swift may be able to shake off a lot of things: players, haters, heartbreakers, fakers... and now she can add off every other mainstream artist. For the fourth week total and the second in a row, Swift's first single from 1989, the infectious "Shake It Off" leads the Billboard Hot 100 as the number one song in America. While Swift dances atop the charts again, Ariana Grande and The Weeknd are coming for her, as their collaborative My Everything single "Love Me Harder" vaults into the top 10.

  • Spotify Co-Founder Responds to Taylor Swift, Says Singer Could've Made $6 Million from Streaming

    Taylor Swift pulled her catalogue from Spotify last week, which set off a nationwide debate over the music streaming service."If I had streamed the new album, it's impossible to try to speculate what would have happened," Swift said. "But all I can say is that music is changing so quickly, and the landscape of the music industry itself is changing so quickly, that everything new, like Spotify, all feels to me a bit like a grand experiment. And I'm not willing to contribute my life's work to an experiment that I don't feel fairly compensates the writers, producers, artists and creators of this music. And I just don't agree with perpetuating the perception that music has no value and should be free."On Tuesday, Nov. 11, Spotify co-founder Daniel Elk offered a rebuttal and estimated that Swift would have made $6 million from Spotify streaming by the end of the year.His argument included "three myths," including "free music for fans means artists don't get paid."Elk believes that Spotify's free service leads to more premium subscribers, and therefore more cash for artists.

  • Taylor Swift "Blank Space" App Features Expansive World, Plenty of Swiftie Easter Eggs

    Yesterday (Nov. 10), Taylor Swift released the official music video for her new 1989 single "Blank Space," which finds her in an expansive, gaudy mansion as she meets, falls in love with, goes crazy and breaks up with a handsome man all in one day. Now Swifties can immerse themselves in the music video all thanks to a new app. Today (Nov. 11), American Express released the Unstaged Taylor Swift app, which allows fans to navigate the "Blank Space" music video's world.

  • Taylor Swift to Perform at Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS

    Taylor Swift is crashing your Thanksgiving. CBS has tapped her to be a performing artist for its Thanksgiving parade. In its 54th year, the CBS Thanksgiving Day Parade will run side by side with the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. As reported by CBS, the broadcast will air footage from the NBC broadcast with additional performances from the casts of Broadway musicals "Matilda" and "Pippin."Thanksgiving parades have been an American tradition for decades. Running down the heart of New York City, they have greeted New Yorkers for decades now with their colorful and vibrant floats and balloons that run from Central Park West down to midtown, ending in front of the Macy's store at Herald Square.Now the parade has gotten the hottest artist in the world to perform live on the broadcast.According to NBC, another broadcast partner, additional performers and live guests on the NBC broadcast will include Kiss, Hilary Duff, Nick Jonas, Meghan Trainor, The Madden Brothers and many more. It should be a stacked lineup of artists and celebrities in addition to the musical performance from Swift on CBS.The broadcast will take place from 9 a.m. and 12 p.m.
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