• 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.

  • Harry Styles Speaks On Taylor Swift Writing About Their Relationship [WATCH]

    The Taylor Swift - Harry Styles relationship captured the hearts of millions, hoping for something lasting from two good-looking and incredibly talented pop stars at the top of their game. Since their break up, Harry Styles can't seem to escape Taylor's song writing and has been a common theme in her recent work. Now in a recent Google hangout led by director Ben Winston, producer of last year's One Direction documentary One Direction: This Is Us Harry was posed the question about his inclusion in her songs and he had the chance to respond.

  • Taylor Swift and '1989': Can She Keep Top Two Sales Spots for Rest of 2014?

    Taylor Swift is having her cake and eating it too. Her monster release 1989 set the standard for albums dropped during 2014, selling nearly 1.3 million copies during its first week. Now the folks over at Nielsen Soundscan are saying she'll win the Billboard 200 competition during the album's second week as well. And not just win it: She'll actually have the second highest sales week for any album during 2014.
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